Former Survivor Contestant Nick Brown Becomes First Black Person to be Elected Attorney General in Washington

Former Survivor Contestant Nick Brown Becomes First Black Person to be Elected Attorney General in Washington

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Former Survived contestant Nick Brown became the first black man to be elected attorney general in Washington state.

Brown, a Democrat, defeated Pasco Mayor Pete Serrano, a Republican, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the state election to succeed Bob Ferguson, who has been selected to be Washington’s next governor, according to Seattle Times and NBC News.

At a party Tuesday at the Seattle Convention Center, Brown, 47, promised his office would defend “your civil rights, your abortion rights, your environmental protections” in Washington. “I have so much to build on the work that Bob and his team have done to defend the rights of Washingtonians,” he continued, according to time. “I plan to pick up that baton in the coming days.”

Nick Brown 2017

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Before he made history on election night, Brown was a cast member Survivor: The Australian Outbackwhich aired on CBS in 2001. He finished seventh in the second season of the hit reality competition and was the third member of the show’s seven-member jury.

Speaking to theGrio in March, Brown said he was in law school when he applied for the show, which he believes showed his willingness to “change course and make big decisions.” He explained: “I never aspired to be anything other than what I was on my way to becoming, but I loved the adventure and the thrill and the craziness of being on this reality TV show.”

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Before his time SurvivedBrown graduated from Morehouse College in 1999 and earned a JD from Harvard Law School in 2003, according to FOX affiliate KCPQ. He also served as an officer in the US Army General Court Bar Association.

Promotional portrait of contestants from the television series 'Survivor: The Australian Outback' shortly after their arrival, Australia, 2001. Front (L-R): Jeff Varner, Elisabeth Filarski, Debb Eaton, Alicia Calaway and Amber Brkich. Back (L-R): Kimmi Kappenberg, Rodger Bingham, Colby Donaldson, Kel Gleason, Mitchell Olson, Michael Skupin, Keith Famie, Maralyn Hershey, Jerri Manthey, Nick Brown and Tina Wesson.

The cast of ‘Survivor: The Australian Outback’.

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Brown subsequently graduated from law school Survivedaccording to theGrio. In 2005, he was deployed to Iraq and became a military attorney, according to time.

Since then, Brown has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief Counsel to former Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington. Now he is adding the Attorney General to the list.

Brown told TheGrio that he likes the idea of ​​making history as the first black person to hold the position of attorney general in Washington. “We have a long way to go … to be fully inclusive and to fully include the voices of the people and ensure that we don’t ignore people who have been ignored for generations,” he said.

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