has passed on after a pulmonary embolism.  

UPDATES IN BOLD AFTER THE JUMP

The former US Rep. Jennifer Dunn, mother of the man who led the charge to fire Dean Logan - namely King County Councilman Reagan Dunn - is back in Heaven.  The News-Tribune's Peter Callaghan has written up a nice report on the lady's other accomplishments:

She was the first woman to lead the state Republican Party, the first freshman woman to become a member of the U.S. House Republican leadership team and achieved the highest party office by a woman when she was elected vice chairman of the House Republican Conference.

In 1999, Dunn was chosen to deliver the GOP response the State of the Union Address by then-President Bill Clinton. She was twice a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, first in 1984 and again in 1990.

When she announced in 2004 that she would give up what was considered a safe seat in Congress, Dunn said she most proud of her sponsorship of such bills as the Amber Alert system. Dunn also was active on tax issues, especially Internal Revenue Service reform and eliminating the inheritance tax.

Sincere condolences to the Dunn family.  We have NOT forgotten what R.D. and his mom did for this country and this state and we won't.

Hat-tip: ORBUSMAX

Update one: I have no intention of giving blow-by-blow or harassing the Dunns with umpteen updates.  That said, this Attorney General Rob "RMK" McKenna statement via e-mail is worth posting here:

“Jennifer was a great leader both as chair of the Washington State Republican Party and as a member of Congress for 12 years. She was also a very important personal friend and mentor to me and many others. Most importantly, Jennifer was a wonderful mother and grandmother to her family. My thoughts and prayers are with her family as are my wife, Marilyn’s. Our nation and our state have lost a great leader and a wonderful person. We will deeply miss her.”