News from 23rd Legislative District Central Committee Meeting June 25
My Fellow Democrats,
As you read this, please keep in mind what Will Rogers once said: “I am not a member of any organized political party, I’m a Democrat.”
We had a big night last Thursday at our LD meeting where we voted on candidate endorsements and approvals. The results are below.
I want to thank my fellow E-Board members for their support and help during the entire process from reviewing applications to participating in the numerous candidate interviews. I could not have done it without them: Ginny Bell, Kathy Canderle, Jesse Cockerham, Chiara D’Angelo, Steve Green, Doug MacKenzie, Brian Maule, Erin Phillips, Hallette Salazar, Tarra Simmons, Ginger and Jim Sommerhauser.
As for the meeting itself, Doug, Erin and Hallette took care of the Zoom logistics, Ginny and Ginger kept the discussion moving forward, Kathy kept the time and Jim did his job as parliamentarian by keeping me and the process on the right track. I really appreciated Jeff Wiley stepping up to put the balloting process together and doing the voting tallies.
After lots of discussions and exercising our knowledge (or lack thereof) of Roberts’ Rules, motions were approved that resulted in the following:
Endorsements of the 23rd LD were voted for:
- Representative Derek Kilmer for US Congress-6th District
- Governor Jay Inslee for Governor
- Justice Whitener for Washington State Supreme Court
- Hilary Franz for Commissioner of Public Lands
- Representative Drew Hansen for Position 2, 23rd District for the State House
- Lynn Fleischbein for Kitsap Superior Court
Senator Christine Rolfes and Kitsap County Commissioner Rob Gelder received their endorsements at the 23rd LD May meeting.
Approvals of the 23rd LD were given to:
- Denny Heck and Marko Liias for Lieutenant Governor
- Leslie Daugs and Tarra Simmons for State Representative, Position 1
- Charlotte Garrido and Stacey Smith for County Commissioner Position 2
We also heard from former State Representative Jesse Wineberry and campaign coordinator Amanual Mamo on Initiative 1776. I-1776 reintroduces the Washington Anti-Discrimination Act and is collecting signatures to be turned in on July 2. For more information on I-1776 go to the website which is yeson1776.com.
