In the 22 years since his first election to the Washington state legislature, Locke has established a reputation as a down-in-the-trenches, details-oriented administrator; an early article called him "The Man Who Mistook His Life for the Legislature."
自從二十二年前首度進軍華盛頓州議會以來，駱家輝已經樹立了一種凡事親力親為、不放過細節的行事風格；過去曾有人撰文形容他是一個「並非刻意從政，但是投入後就奮力向前的人」。