Our Endorsements for the August Primary Election

July 15, 2008 – 7:14 pm

The 37th District Democrats held its endorsement meeting on July 15. The candidates below received at least 60 percent of the votes from our paid membership.

FEDERAL

United States Representative

Congressional District No. 7: Jim McDermott 

Congressional District No. 9: Adam Smith  

STATE

Governor

Chris Gregoire

Attorney General

John Ladenburg  

Secretary of State

Jason Osgood �

State Treasurer

Jim McIntire�

Commissioner of Public Lands

Peter J.  Goldmark

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Randy Dorn

Insurance Commissioner

Mike Kreidler

State Auditor

Brian Sonntag  

Lieutenant Governor

Brad Owen

State Representative

Legislative District No. 37 – Position 1: Sharon Tomiko Santos 

Legislative District No. 37 – Position 2: Eric Pettigrew 

Justices of the State Supreme Court

Position 3: Mary Fairhurst

Position 4: Charles W. Johnson

Judges of the Superior Court

Position 1: Susan Amini

Position 10: Regina S. Cahan

Position 22: Holly Hill

Position 26: Laura Gene Middaugh

Position 37: Barbara Mack and Jean Rietschel

Position 53: Mariane Spearman

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Endorsement meeting - July 14

June 23, 2008 – 8:57 pm

Just a reminder, everyone: The endorsement meeting will be July 14 at the Central Area Senior Center. Be sure to come early to check in as only paid members and PCOs can vote.

The races being considered on July 14 will include:

United States Representative Congressional District No. 7
United States Representative Congressional District No. 9
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
State Treasurer
State Auditor
Attorney General
Commissioner of Public Lands
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Insurance Commissioner
State Representative Legislative Dist No. 37 - Position 1
State Representative Legislative Dist No. 37 - Position 2

Plus, several important judicial races!
(Gov. Chris Gregoire was endorsed at our last meeting.)

Note to Candidates: we’ll send you some additional information shortly!

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This is our time

June 3, 2008 – 8:36 pm

It’s been a long, hard-fought campaign. But tonight Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination. From his victory speech:

Sixteen months have passed since we first stood together on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois.  Thousands of miles have been traveled.  Millions of voices have been heard.  And because of what you said – because you decided that change must come to Washington; because you believed that this year must be different than all the rest; because you chose to listen not to your doubts or your fears but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations, tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another – a journey that will bring a new and better day to America. 

Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

For us in the 37th District, this means just one thing: Time to get to work.

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Jean Amos

June 3, 2008 – 8:19 pm

Sad news to share from executive board member Robert Porterfield:

It is with great sorrow that I tell you that Jean Amos (1929-2008) died May 29 at 1:00 p.m. Close friends and family were with her. She was strong to the end.

Jean was a committed Democrat, a strong Obama supporter, and someone who always knew the future was perfectable. Her optimism and belief in the polical process, always tempered with realism, shaped all of her actions and beliefs. Additionally, she had a wicked sense of humor and a sharp intellect. She cared for and about people, as exemplified by her long professional career in health care.

We will all miss her very, very much. Friends are hard to acquire and even harder to lose.

UPDATE:
Services are planned for Saturday, June 28 at 2 p.m., Prospect Church, 1919 E. Prospect Street, Seattle

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Final Caucus Results

April 6, 2008 – 9:28 am

UPDATE: I’ll be posting the delegate names here as soon as I get the official list. Stay tuned.

UPDATE 2: Names of delegates listed below.
-NS

I just received the final numbers from yesterday’s Democratic Caucus for the 37th District:

There were 854 delegates seated yesterday stemming from the Feb. 9 Precinct Caucuses. The allocation was 823 delegates for the 7th Congressional District and 31 delegates for the 9th Congressional District.

The 7th Congressional District breakdown was:
Clinton: 139
Obama: 684

Delegates elected to the state convention from the 7th Congressional District were:
Clinton: 8
Obama: 37

Alternate numbers are:
Clinton: 4
Obama: 19

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The 9th Congressional District breakdown was:
Clinton: 8
Obama: 23

Delegates elected to the state convention from the 9th Congressional District were:
Clinton: 1
Obama: 1

Alternates numbers are:
Obama: 1

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Obama Delegates - 7th Congressional District

Females
1. Chelsea Kellogg
2. Britta Decker
3. Yalonda Gill Masundire
4. Tandy Williams
5. Pam Keely
6. Yen Baynes
7. Carolyn Walden
8. Gwen Rench
9. Alison Park-Douglas
10. Jade O’Neil
11. Jessica Tweedy
12. Dawn Mason
13. Bev Barker
14. LaJuana Locklin
15. Alessanda Turner
16. Janet White
17. Catherine Perkins
18. Victoria Moreland

Males
1. Alec Stephens
2. Peter Masundire
3. Rev. Samuel McKinney
4. Robert Stowers
5. John Capps
6. Denmark Jones
7. Julius Caesar Robinson
8. Lem Howell
9. Paul Lee
10. Nhan Thai
11. Patrick Scott
12. Chris Mirabueno
13. Rodney Proctor
14. Joshua Farris
15. Julian Saint Clair
16. Clarence Williams
17. John Sunqvist
18. Willie McClarin, Jr.
19. Tyrone Brown

Alternates
5. Kasi Farrar
1. David Weedbee
2. Donovan Rivers
3. Chris Lara
4. Paul Holmes
6. Kelly French
7. David Guilbault
8. Darnell Holder
9. Bob Rosenberger
10. James Hicks
11. Anthony Roger
12. Lynelle Wang Hunter
13. Linda Bush
14. Annie Williams
15. Cezanne Hardy
16. Valerie Smith
17. Andrea Brennecke
18. Beverly Raines
19. Cindy Laws

Obama Delegates - 9th Congressional District
1. Larry Crim- Delegate
2. Roseanne Garrett – Alternate

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Clinton Delegates - 7th Congressional District

1. Virtaj Singh – Delegate
2. Michael Maddux – Delegate
3. Robert Porterfield – Delegate
4. Paul Berry – Delegate
5. Faith Ireland – Delegate
6. Laurie Goff – Delegate
7. Pam Eakes – Delegate
8. Jessilyn Whitehead – Delegate
9. Harold Gene Booker – Alt. #1
10. Georgia Spenser – Alt. #2
11. Marcella Benson Duziena- Alt.#3
12. Jim Fotter – Alt. #4

Clinton Delegates - 9th Congressional District
1. Brandy Reed – Delegate

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