Arthur Franklin

Character Name: Albert Franklin

Character Gender: Male

Character Age: 56

Character Height: 5'8"

Character Weight: 131.5 lbs

Character Position/Role/Job: Washington 9th Congressional District

Appearance: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Denny_Heck_official_photo.jpg/220px-Denny_Heck_official_photo.jpg

Character State of Origin: Washington

Character State of Residence: Washington

Character Party Affiliation: Democratic

Main Strengths: honest, but sometimes a little too much, creative, knows the education policy well.

Main Weaknesses: Insults opponents, short temper, usually close-minded

Franklin was born in Vancouver, Washington in 1964, and raised in the Lake Shore area of Clark County where he graduated from Columbia River High School. He graduated from The Evergreen State College in Olympia in 1986, where he studied Political Science. During his time as a student at Evergreen, he realized that he agreed with a lot of the Democrat's views, and he became a registered Democrat when he graduated. He agreed most with the idea of general equality, which inspired him to write and pass the Bill of Freedoms.

From 1986 to 1999, Franklin worked as a data analyst for Boeing, where he helped the prolific plane company create safr, faster, planes that were able for more passengers. Franklin was the co-founder and from 1999 to 2012 was board director of Intrepid Learning Solutions, a company specializing in business oriented education and training programs, where he became an expertise in the education policies of Washington State. He helped found Digital Efficiency, which specializes in aiding businesses and medical facilities in transferring toward an all digital format.

Franklin helped found TVW in 1995, the public affairs network for the state. TVW provides coverage of the Washington State Legislature and sessions of the Washington Supreme Court. In 2006, he helped report the story of a scandal that involved three of the heads of the Congressional Districts in Washington. The scandal involved abuse of power with Representatives for the 1st, 8th and 10th Districts of the Washington State House, where they accepted money from a small startup company so they would create laws that would help them grow faster. TVW’s growth following its reporting of the scandal was influenced to an extent by the steady growth in the channel’s viewing figures following its foundation.

Franklin ran for Representative in the previous election, but lost in the primary election by three percent. In his winning election of 2018, he won 40% of the votes in the primary election and 53% in the general election.

He resigned at his job before running as a Representative for the second time. During his time as Representative in Washington, he rejected the bill of mandatory sex education, helped bring back the transportation fund, wrote the Bill of Freedoms, and lowered multiple taxes for all classes (such as the sugar tax and water bills) in Washington's population. The Bill of Freedoms was concerned about minorities not being treated as equals and the punishments concerning these unrightful actions. It makes refusing service to minorities unlawful and hate crimes a potential execution-worthy crime depending on the magnitude.

Franklin and his wife Paula Franklin, married since 1989, have two sons. Franklin has supported numerous organizations within Washington, both actively and as a past contributor. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Evergreen State College. He serves on the Board for the Washington State History Museum. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Washington Learns Commission; a long-term strategy to improve the education system of Washington.