Who is in charge of you? Who makes the rules you have to follow? Who makes the world work around you?
What are our levels of government?
Three Branches of Government The US has 3 branches and Washington has these same 3 branches
Federal (U.S.) –State CountyCity School District *Tribal Governments Executive Branch of Government
President George W Bush Vice President Richard Cheney Vice President Richard Cheney US Senator Patty Murray US Senator Maria Cantwell (there are a total of 100 US Senators and the VP is tiebreaker) US Representative Rick Larsen (there are 9 representatives for the state of WA for a total of 435) Congressman WA Governor Christine Gregoire Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen State Senator Jean Berkey State Representatives John McCoy and Mike Sells County Executive Aaron Reardon + County Council Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson + City Council
President George W Bush
US Senator Patty Murray US Senator Maria Cantwell U.S. Senators
U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Congress Rick Larsen
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire
State Senator Jean Berkey Senator Jean BerkeySenator Jean Berkey
State Representative John McCoy State Representative Mike Sells
Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon
Snohomish County Council Snohomish County Council Snohomish County Council District 1 District 1 John Koster District 2 District 2 Council Chair Kirke Sievers District 3 District 3 Gary Nelson District 4 District 4 Vice-Chair Dave Gossett District 5 District 5 Dave Somers
City of Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson
Everett City Council Council Members Council Members The Everett City Council members Left to right: Paul Roberts, Mark Olson, Arlan Hatloe, Ron Gipson, Drew Nielsen, Brenda Stonecipher and Bob Overstreet.
Judicial Branch Federal Courts State Courts These two courts can overturn laws that they determine are unconstitutional Municipal (City) Courts Tribal Courts