Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma will be return­ing to the great Pacif­ic North­west next month to raise mon­ey for U.S. Sen­a­tor Pat­ty Mur­ray and the Wash­ing­ton State Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty, accord­ing to an invi­ta­tion post­ed by the par­ty.

The invi­ta­tion reads:

Fundraising luncheon with President Obama and Patty Murray

Tick­ets start at $250. Tables can be spon­sored for $2,500 or $5,000.

Pro­ceeds from the event will ben­e­fit Mur­ray Vic­to­ry, a joint fundrais­ing com­mit­tee autho­rized by Peo­ple for Pat­ty Mur­ray and the Wash­ing­ton State Democrats.

The Pres­i­den­t’s vis­it will result in street and high­way clo­sures on Octo­ber 9th, as will Chi­nese Pres­i­dent Xi’s vis­it next week. It pays to plan ahead, so leave extra time for your com­mute on the 9th, and pos­si­bly also the day before (Octo­ber 8th).

Typ­i­cal­ly, when Pres­i­dent Oba­ma vis­its the Seat­tle area, he flies into Boe­ing Field, but not always (Paine Field has also been used).

Often, when the Pres­i­dent comes out to the Left Coast, he makes stops in oth­er states, so he may also be vis­it­ing Ore­gon and Cal­i­for­nia next month.

The White House has not yet announced the trip, so oth­er details about the Pres­i­den­t’s itin­er­ary are not yet avail­able. But we would­n’t be sur­prised if the Pres­i­dent swings by a water­front man­sion for a more inti­mate fundrais­ing event with major Demo­c­ra­t­ic donors from our region. Whether the White House will sched­ule any offi­cial events is less cer­tain, but we’ll keep you posted.

About the author

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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