Today, the Metropolitan King County Council voted to appoint Rebecca Saldaña to take the place of Pramila Jayapal in the Washington State Senate, representing the 37th Legislative District (which spans Beacon Hill, Central District, Rainer Valley, Columbia City, Rainier Beach, and part of Renton). King County Democratic Chair Bailey Stober issued the following statement in…
After monitoring the weather situation and consulting with the LD Chair, I am convinced we would create an unsafe situation for our members by asking them to come to a meeting tonight. While winter weather isn’t predicted until 8pm – given the likelihood that we have to conduct back to back nominations for the Senate…
I am monitoring the weather situation and will make a determination tomorrow morning as to if we will proceed with the special nominating caucus tomorrow night. All candidates have been notified of this by the 48th LD Chair and we will provide PCOs with as much notice as possible if anything changes. However, based upon…
SEATTLE — In anticipation of 37th District State Senator Pramila Jayapal’s resignation from the Legislature to serve in Congress as the 7th District’s U.S. Representative, the King County Democrats tonight selected Rory O’Sullivan, Rebecca Saldaña, and Shasti Conrad as its nominees to fill the forthcoming vacancy resulting from Jaypal’s election to federal office. O’Sullivan is…
SEATTLE — At a reorganization meeting today in South Park, members of the King County Democratic Central Committee selected nine at-large officers for the 2017-2018 midterm election cycle, including, for the first time, a Chair and First Vice Chair who are both under thirty. A record number of precinct committee officers — each representing one…