Former “Survivor ”contestant Nick Brown elected attorney general in Washington

Brown will become the state's first Black AG.

Nick Brown, who competed on Survivor: The Australian Outback, has accomplished an even bigger feat than sticking around after the latest tribal council. He's been elected to be the state of Washington's attorney general.

Brown's episodes of the now long-running CBS series aired in 2001. the same season in which viewers met Jerri Manthey and Elisabeth Filarski, now known as former The View cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Brown finished seventh and was named a member of the jury that determined the winner of the season.

CBS; United States Department of Justice Nick Brown pictured on 'Survivor' and as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington

CBS; United States Department of Justice

Nick Brown pictured on 'Survivor' and as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington

Previously, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney, general counsel for former Gov. Jay Inslee, and U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington.

After defeating Republican Pete Serrano, Brown will become the state's first Black attorney general.

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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to Brown for comment.

In August 2020, he told EW some of what he'd been up to in his many years off TV, which included finishing law school and establishing his career, serving in the Army, getting married and having two children.

"It didn’t take long to readjust," Brown said then. "I just went back to law school and picked up where I'd paused my life. But it was great to be 23 and quasi-famous for a while. Survivor was the most popular show around, and a pop culture phenomenon. And then people move on and life goes back to normal, which was also good."

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Brown didn't have any regrets from the show.

"Never. I loved it," he said. "I was in awe of the experience and the people I met throughout."

In fact, the former contestant has even credited the show with making him an effective politician.

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"Thankfully, when I was on the show, social media didn't really exist, so I wasn't too caught up in all the madness that comes with that," Brown told The Grio in March. "But I do think it shows a little bit about my personality, that I like an adventure" and that he's "not afraid to change course and make big decisions."

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