| Excerpt: | Bringing Wyman to DHS could enable the administration to make more headway in its efforts to prepare the country for the 2022 midterms. |
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| Published at: | 6:55 PM on Monday, October 25th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Exec |
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Category Archives: Public Service
Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman might be joining the Biden administration
Tana Lin joins David Estudillo, Lauren King as a new judge on Washington’s federal bench
| Excerpt: | Lin, a civil rights attorney, is the third judge confirmed this year to a distinguished but lately depleted federal court that sits in Seattle and Tacoma. |
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| Published at: | 7:32 AM on Friday, October 22nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Transformative change comes from dialogue, not talking points, canvassing experts say
| Excerpt: | At Netroots Nation 2021, attendees were treated to a panel discussion on deep canvassing, which can get results that traditional canvassing methods can't. Read our recap of the discussion. |
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| Published at: | 6:42 PM on Friday, October 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Other Categories: | Education, Events |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation |
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Harnessing the power of the Native vote: how Indigenous leaders are preparing for 2022
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's recap of a Netroots Nation panel that explored what is being done and can be done to recruit Native Americans to run for office and turn out to vote in the 2022 midterms. |
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| Published at: | 10:22 PM on Thursday, October 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Candidate Recruitment, Fair Elections, Netroots Nation, Partybuilding |
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Lauren King confirmed to the U.S. District Court in Seattle: She will be Washington’s first Native American federal judge
| Excerpt: | King will be the first Native American to serve on the federal bench from a state with twenty-nine recognized tribal nations. |
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| Published at: | 9:37 AM on Thursday, October 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Senator David Frockt to retire from the Legislature after the 2022 session
| Excerpt: | "I came to this job with the firm conviction that the privilege of public service does not confer a right to a position that one holds forever, and for me, the time has come for renewal," Frockt said. |
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| Published at: | 12:43 PM on Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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Washington gets a new U.S. federal judge: David Estudillo wins Senate confirmation
| Excerpt: | Cantwell and Senator Patty Murray, D-Washington, put forward Estudillo’s name and he was nominated to the federal bench in April by President Biden. On September 14th, he was confirmed by a vote of 54-41. |
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| Published at: | 5:06 PM on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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Incoming federal judges David Estudillo and Tana Lin will diversify and strengthen a federal bench that has spoken truth to power
| Excerpt: | President Joe Biden's nominees for the federal bench in the Western District of Washington are well prepared and suited to continue the state's rich history of federal jurisprudence. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, September 9th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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Pacific Northwesterner chosen to lead the National Park Service by President Joe Biden
| Excerpt: | Charles "Chuck" Sams, of Oregon, will be first Native American to head the National Park Service if the United States Senate concurs. He has lived the history of one park unit. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 AM on Thursday, August 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation, Nominations |
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Andrew Cuomo finally resigns; Kathy Hochul to become first female Governor of New York
| Excerpt: | “Given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing,” Cuomo said in a livestreamed message from his office that many found difficult to watch. “And therefore, that’s what I’ll do.” |
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| Published at: | 3:17 PM on Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | NY-Gov, Resignations |
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Dan Newhouse’s political future was imperiled by his January 2021 impeachment vote. Can he appease the Trump cult?
| Excerpt: | He may not like grizzly bears, but Dan has become a serious pander bear, trying to get back into the good graces of the Republican base after breaking with Trump. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, July 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government, Party Politics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, WA-04 |
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It’s official: Kim Wyman is joining the Biden administration, will resign November 19th