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{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Al Swift
| image name = Al Swift.png
| image_size=180px
|birth_name=Allan Byron Swift
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|9|12}}
| birth_place =[[Tacoma, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date ={{death date and age|2018|4|20|1935|9|12}}
| death_place =[[Alexandria, Virginia]], U.S.
| state = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| district = [[Washington's 2nd congressional district|2nd]]
| term_start = January 3, 1979
| term_end = January 3, 1995
| preceded = [[Lloyd Meeds]]
| succeeded = [[Jack Metcalf (politician)|Jack Metcalf]]
| party = [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse =
| children =
|alma_mater= [[Central Washington University]]
| religion =
|module       = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Al Swift on the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.ogg|title=Al Swift's voice|type=speech|description=Al Swift addresses concerns with the [[National Voter Registration Act of 1993]]<br/>Recorded June 16, 1992}}
}}

'''Allan Byron Swift''' (September 12, 1935 – April 20, 2018) was an American [[Emmy]] award–winning broadcaster and politician who served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for eight terms from 1979 to 1995. He represented the [[Washington's 2nd congressional district|Second Congressional District]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]].