Historic Choice To Lead Washington State Democrats
January 30, 2023 1:39PM PST
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SEATTLE (AP) – The Washington State Democratic Party has chosen the former leader of the King County Democrats as its new chair.
The Seattle Times reports 38-year-old Shasti Conrad was chosen Saturday.
Conrad is a political consultant who ran unopposed with the support of Gov. Jay Inslee, Washington’s Democratic U.S. senators, most of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation and other elected Democrats.
She is the first woman of color to serve as chair and the youngest chair in the state party’s history.
The state party says she is also the first Indian American woman to serve as a state party chair in the country.
Caleb Heimlich was reelected chair of the state Republican Party last week.
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