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Carole Sue Braaten

Republican · WA

Carole Sue Braaten is a Fife resident with study in agricultural science, soil science, and critical-areas regulation. A previous candidate for state and local offices, she is seeking Washington House District 27, Position 1.

Track record

Environment and Public Health

· 2 records

  • Expressed concerns to the Fife City Council about the liquefied natural gas pipeline and plant under consideration at the Port of Tacoma.

    December 11, 2018For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Told the Fife City Council she was concerned that a liquefied natural gas station had been built with no public input and with no environmental impact statement prepared.

    November 22, 2016For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Anti-Corruption

· 2 records

  • Addressed the Fife City Council during citizen comments and requested that all records relating to the resignation of Police Chief Blackburn be made available to all residents of the city.

    August 12, 2014For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Told the Fife City Council that the public should have more time for input on Ordinance No. 1869, the police-department reorganization adding two captain positions, and separately reported coyote sightings in the area during citizen comments.

    June 24, 2014For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 1 record

  • Questioned the Fife City Council about a sexual predator released in the area and about surveyors at the Yamamoto property, and urged the Council to pass Ordinance No. 1860 governing parking on North Levee Road west of 70th Avenue East, which the Council passed unanimously that night.

    March 25, 2014For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Public Infrastructure

· 6 records

  • Raised lahar and tsunami hazards with the Fife City Council and asked the Council to contact Washington State Emergency Management for additional information on those hazards.

    April 11, 2023For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Raised maintenance of city-owned property and semi-truck traffic on Wapato Way with the Fife City Council during citizen comments.

    June 28, 2022For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Commented to the Fife City Council on the Cascadia Rising earthquake exercise, asked the Council to consider a tsunami evacuation plan, and raised the absence of maps in the city's flood plains.

    June 28, 2016For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Presented the Fife City Council with Pacific Northwest Society of Engineers flood-control maps and with US Army Corps of Engineers maps of the Puyallup River Project Resource Use Plan during citizen comments.

    February 24, 2015For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Presented the Fife City Council with a Pierce County Seismic Hazard Areas map depicting liquefaction hazard areas and suggested the city work with Puyallup, Orting and Sumner to identify hazardous areas.

    November 26, 2013For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Spoke at the Fife City Council public hearing on the proposed opening of the 54th Street railroad crossing, and in the same meeting stated her support for the proposal to reduce the city's parks commission from seven members to five so that a quorum could be obtained.

    July 23, 2013For

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

General

· 4 records

  • Provided public comment to the Fife City Council on the city newsletter, on Sound Transit 3, and on the pipeline routed through Fife.

    September 25, 2018

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Used the Fife City Council citizen comment period to remind the Council of the upcoming methanol plant meeting.

    February 9, 2016

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Spoke to the Fife City Council on behalf of the city's Parks Board and Tree Commission and asked the Council to move forward with appointing the applicants already on the waiting list for those commissions.

    April 14, 2015

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Served as an appointed member of the City of Fife Parks, Recreation & Community Services Citizen Advisory Board, the municipal board whose seven members are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council for three-year terms; the City of Fife's 2014 Parks, Recreation & Open Space Plan lists her among the board's members in its acknowledgements.

    March 12, 2014

    Source: fifewa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 2 records

  • Resolved Washington Public Disclosure Commission enforcement case 191217 through a Statement of Understanding closed June 23, 2026, admitting that she failed to file the required Candidate Registration (C-1) report within two weeks of becoming a 2026 candidate, and paying the assessed $200 penalty on June 12, 2026.

    June 23, 2026

    Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Was the respondent in Washington Public Disclosure Commission enforcement case 161547, opened October 31, 2024 on a citizen complaint alleging late and inaccurate expenditure disclosure during her 2024 state Senate campaign; PDC staff found she filed the 7-day pre-general C-4 expenditure report two days late but was otherwise substantially compliant, and the executive director dismissed the case on January 10, 2025 with no penalty.

    January 10, 2025

    Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

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Profile last researched July 24, 2026.