Biden’s overarching message was that opportunities accompany crises. As he said, there are opportunities for progress, and we should be working together to realize those opportunities.
Category: Public Service
President Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court
Jackson is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and one of three Black women that Biden had been considering as finalists for the vacancy.
State Representative Laurie Dolan to retire from the Legislature after three terms
“I’ll deeply miss working with my colleagues and constituents on issues ranging from education improvements to helping our hard-working State Employees, but this is a good time for me to step aside and spend more time with family,” said Dolan.
Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of current term
President Joe Biden has pledged to nominate a Black woman to succeed Breyer, and the White House has consistently reiterated that Biden intends to honor that campaign promise.
Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen has died after contracting COVID-19 last month
Ericksen, fifty-two, represented the 42nd Legislative District, which currently encompasses much of Whatcom County, including portions of the City of Bellingham.
John Lovick moves over to the State Senate; Brandy Donaghy joins Washington’s House
With less than one month to go until the beginning of the 2022 legislative session, the Snohomish County Council on December 15th made two legislative appointments to bring the 44th Legislative District’s delegation to Olympia back up to full strength following Steve Hobbs’ departure.
U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio calls it quits: Thirty-six years in Congress well spent, with a provocative book to come
DeFazio, seventy-four, has served on the transportation committee from the day he entered Congress in 1987 and, in the words of Politico, accumulated an “encyclopedic amount of institutional and technical knowledge on infrastructure.”
Ten months in, a plurality of Washingtonians still approve of Joe Biden’s job performance
49% of Washington State voters surveyed from November 10th-11th by NPI’s pollster said they approved of Biden’s job performance, while 43% disapproved. 7% were not sure.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan: Comfortable in power, but embarking on his second fight with cancer
Horgan, who leads the BCNDP, is known for pounding the B.C. Liberals on their (many) misdeeds while running the province for sixteen years. Yet, across the spectrum, Hogan’s illness has produced warm wishes for recovery.
Yasmin Trudeau joins the Washington State Senate as Jeannie Darneille’s successor
The newest member of the Legislature is a Bengali-American who is the first woman of color to serve as state senator for the 27th Legislative District.
It’s official: Kim Wyman is joining the Biden administration, will resign November 19th
Washington’s Republican Secretary of State is leaving the state’s executive department for a job with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Her resignation will allow Governor Jay Inslee to name a Democrat to take her place.
Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman might be joining the Biden administration
Bringing Wyman to DHS could enable the administration to make more headway in its efforts to prepare the country for the 2022 midterms.
Tana Lin joins David Estudillo, Lauren King as a new judge on Washington’s federal bench
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.
Transformative change comes from dialogue, not talking points, canvassing experts say
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.