She also worked on both of Bernie Sanders' presidential primary campaigns in 2016 and 2020.[6] In the latter campaign,she served as national director of surrogates where she coordinated celebrity supporters and other prominent campaign surrogates.[9][10]
After incumbent Washington State Democratic Party chair Tina Podlodowski announced she would step down in January 2023,Conrad announced her campaign to succeed her.[15] She was elected unopposed on January 28;making her the state party's first woman of color and youngest chair at 38 years old,as well as the first South Asian American woman to serve as a state party chair in the United States.[2]
In February 2025,Conrad ran for one of three Vice Chair positions of the Democratic National Committee. She ran on the Washington State Democratic Party being an example for national Democrats,as the state did not follow the national 6 point shift towards Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.[18] She had the endorsement of Chair Ken Martin,but placed fifth in the third and final round of balloting,and sixth overall among nearly two dozen candidates.[19]
Following the invalidation of Malcolm Kenyatta and David Hogg's elections in May,Conrad announced she would run for one of the seats reserved for women as part of the gender parity bylaws. On June 20,she defeated Kalyn Free in a run-off vote with approximately 56% of the vote after having finished first in the initial round ahead of Free and Jeanna Repass with a plurality of 44% of the vote.[3][20] She succeeds Hogg,who did not run in the separate election won by Kenyatta,as Vice Chair.[21]
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