Given the question: Facts: - residence: orcas island , washington - caption: ranker in 2011 - party: democratic - state senate: washington state - district: 40th - succeeded: incumbent - term start: 2009 - name: kevin ranker - image: kevin ranker 2011.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kevin ranker .
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kevin m. ranker is an american politician who is a member of the democratic party .he has represented district 40 since 2009 in the washington state senate .prior to his election to the senate , ranker served as san juan county commissioner .in 2011 , he was appointed as an advisor to president obama 's national ocean council .he is also the 2013-2014 president of pacific northwest economic region , a partnership of ten u.s. states and canadian provinces .ranker was first elected in 2008 , winning 58.6 % of the vote against republican steve van luven .he was re-elected in 2012 with 62.9 % of the vote , defeating republican john swapp .ranker lives on orcas island with his wife and daughter ; his son serves in the u.s. navy .