| Excerpt: | Get to know, Leaders We Deserve - "a grassroots organization dedicated to electing young progressives to Congress and State Legislatures across the country to help defeat the far-right agenda and advance a progressive vision for the future." |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, November 6th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Partybuilding |
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Category Archives: Party Politics
Say hello to Leaders We Deserve, a new PAC working to elect young progressives to office
House Republicans pick a new Speaker at last: Ultra MAGA Congressman Mike Johnson
| Excerpt: | The vote to elect Johnson, who is a devoted soldier for Donald Trump, was unanimous among Republicans, with all 220 Republicans who voted backing his candidacy. He is the first speaker in U.S. history from Louisiana. |
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| Published at: | 1:39 PM on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | House Speaker Elections |
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Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan keynotes Saturday breakfast at 2023 Oregon Summit
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's recap of the Saturday morning plenary of the 2023 Oregon Summit, with Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, and Treasurer Tobias Read. |
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| Published at: | 10:35 AM on Saturday, October 21st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Seth Boun |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Events, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Oregon Summit, Privacy, Reproductive Rights |
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Republicans remain paralyzed and speaker-less over a week after McCarthy’s ouster
| Excerpt: | The turmoil of House Republicans, divided by factions and feuds, shows a party unable to govern at a time when America’s commitments are vitally needed abroad while at home, another government shutdown looms in just five weeks. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, October 14th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | House Speaker Elections |
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Kitsap County Democrats nominate Brynn Felix, Greg Nance, Leiyomi Preciado to fill Washington State House vacancy in 23rd LD
| Excerpt: | Meeting at the Filipino-American Association of Kitsap County, a special nominating caucus of more than fifty Democratic precinct committee officers (PCOs) from the 23rd Legislative District heard from a total of six candidates interested in the appointment before casting ballots to decide who the party's nominees would be. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Sunday, September 10th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Special Nominating Caucuses |
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Republicans in Washington State cannot just ignore King County and expect to win
| Excerpt: | Republican candidates can win statewide, but that means they need to appeal to voters in King County, because, despite new party chairman Jim Walsh's claims, there just are not enough votes in Eastern Washington to overturn King County’s whims. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 |
| Written by: | McCauley Pugh |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Partybuilding, WA-Exec, WA-Gov, WA-Leg, WA-Sen |
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Jim Walsh elected to take over as Chair of the Washington State Republican Party
| Excerpt: | Walsh feels that under his leadership, Republicans can end this losing streak in 2024. "We can win. We will win. We will improve the lives of people in this state," he said during a speech witnessed by The Standard's Jerry Cornfield. |
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| Published at: | 2:53 PM on Saturday, August 12th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Partybuilding, State Party Chair Elections, WA-Gov |
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Caleb Heimlich to resign as Chair of the Washington State Republican Party
| Excerpt: | “It has been a tremendous honor to serve as the chairman of this great organization for five and half years, but for the sake of my family it is time to pass the torch to someone new,” Heimlich said. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Party Politics |
| Tags: | Party Leadership Elections |
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The oil sands province of Alberta: Where extreme weather meets extreme politics
| Excerpt: | The political climate of Canada’s oil producing province is being upstaged by Mother Nature. Prolonged heat and lightning have produced a natural climate emergency with fires blackening the skies and consuming more than 2.3 million acres in a not-so-merry month of May. |
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| Published at: | 10:25 AM on Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | AB-Assembly, Climate Crisis |
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Democrats in Washington lost ground with Latino voters despite 2022 wins, data shows
| Excerpt: | Democrats in Washington declared the 2022 cycle a resounding victory, but a 17% decline in support within the state's fastest-growing minority group spells trouble for the party's future. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Friday, March 17th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Hong |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Partybuilding, US-Pres, WA-Sen |
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Shasti Conrad unanimously elected the new Chair of the Washington State Democrats
| Excerpt: | Shasti Conrad, the former Chair of the King County Democrats, was chosen unanimously by the Washington State Democratic Committee (of which I am a member) to be the successor to Tina Podlodowski at its biennial reorganization meeting in Olympia, after running unopposed for the position. |
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| Published at: | 12:02 PM on Saturday, January 28th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Party Politics |
| Tags: | Reorganizations |
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Tina Podlodowski to retire this month as Chair of the Washington State Democratic Party
| Excerpt: | Podlodowski has been chair for six years. She took over from Jaxon Ravens at the end of January 2017, at a time when Democrats across the country were still reeling from the disastrous 2016 presidential election. |
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| Published at: | 1:18 PM on Wednesday, January 4th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Party Politics |
| Tags: | Party Leadership Elections |
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Thank you, Speaker Pelosi
| Excerpt: | Our team at NPI thanks Speaker Pelosi for her tremendous contributions to our country. As she said, quoting Scripture, for everything, there is a season. The time is right to pass the baton to a new generation of leadership and celebrate an incredible run that secured the passage of legislation American families needed. |
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| Published at: | 10:56 AM on Thursday, November 17th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Leadership Transitions |
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United States House of Representatives finally expels fraudster George Santos