Deborah Mandel Senn was a Democratic Party lawyer and politician in the United States.
She was born on March 8, 1949, in Chicago. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her law degree from Loyola University Chicago.
Senn was the first woman to be elected as Washington’s insurance commissioner, defeating incumbent Richard Marquardt in 1992. In 1996, she was re-elected. She was also a professor of health care law at the Loyola University.
She was well-known for becoming directly engaged in situations people were being refused possibly life-saving medical care.
She also supported legislation to abolish insurance discrimination against victims of domestic abuse and was an advocate for Holocaust survivors who were refused insurance benefits.
Instead of campaigning for re-election, she ran for the United States Senate in 2000, losing in the Democratic primary election to Maria Cantwell.
She was 72 years.
Deborah Senn cause of death
She died on February 18, 2022, at the Swedish Medical Center as a result of pancreatic cancer complications.
She participated in a variety of activities, including hiking, cycling, and skiing. Senn was an avid spectator of baseball, football, and tennis.
Was Deborah Senn married? Did Deborah Senn have children?
Deborah got married to Bertschi and moved to America, Washington in 1984. They never had children during their long years of marriage.
She was survived by her husband and 2 siblings.
Deborah Senn net worth
Senn was worth 5 million dollars as of 2022. She amassed considerable wealth as as lecturer, a politician and most notably a health advocate.
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