Facts: - profession: politician - residence: allyn , washington - preceded: kathy haigh - state house: washington - party: republican - district: 35th - term start: january 12 , 2015 - name: dan griffey - website: -lsb- http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/dan-griffey/ legislative website -rsb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dan griffey .
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dan griffey is an american politician .a republican , he was elected to the washington house of representatives in 2014 , narrowly defeating democratic incumbent kathy haigh to pick up one of four house seats gained by washington republicans that year .he sits on the house education , local government , and public safety committees .he is a firefighter from allyn , in mason county .his successful 2014 campaign was his third attempt to unseat haigh .