Jay Robert Inslee is an American politician,lawyer,and economist who has served as the 23rd governor of Washington since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012,and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He is the longest-serving current governor in the United States.
Donna Lease Brazile is an American political strategist,campaign manager,and political analyst who served twice as acting Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). She is currently an ABC News contributor,and was previously a Fox News contributor until her resignation in May 2021. Brazile was also previously a CNN contributor,but resigned in October 2016,after WikiLeaks revealed that she shared two debate questions with Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 United States presidential election.
The 1984 Democratic National Convention was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco,California from July 16 to July 19,1984,to select candidates for the 1984 United States presidential election. Former Vice President Walter Mondale was nominated for president and Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York was nominated for vice president. Ferraro became the first woman to be nominated by either major party for the presidency or vice presidency. In another first,the 1984 Democratic Convention was chaired by the female governor of Kentucky,Martha Layne Collins. The Democratic National Committee Chairman at the time,Charles T. Manatt,led the convention.
Sally J. Clark is a former member of the Seattle City Council for Position 9 from 2006–2015.
Thomas Edward Perez is an American politician and attorney currently serving as senior advisor to the president of the United States and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs,holding both positions since June 2023. Perez previously served as the United States Secretary of Labor (2013–2017),the chair of the Democratic National Committee (2017–2021),and United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (2009–2013).
Robert Watson Ferguson is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 18th attorney general of Washington since 2013. He is the governor-elect of Washington,and is a member of the Democratic Party. In addition,he served as a member of the King County Council from 2004 to 2013 and the council's chair from 2009 to 2013.
Suzan Kay DelBene is an American politician and businesswoman who has been the United States representative from Washington's 1st congressional district since 2012.
Timothy L. Burgess is an American journalist and politician from Seattle,Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2007 to 2017,and served as Mayor of Seattle for 71 days in late 2017. Prior to his political career,Burgess was a radio journalist and Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer.
Kshama Sawant is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. She was a member of Socialist Alternative,the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office.
Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention held July 25–28 and determine the nominee for President in the 2016 United States presidential election. The elections took place within all fifty U.S. states,the District of Columbia,five U.S. territories,and Democrats Abroad and occurred between February 1 and June 14,2016. Between 2008 and 2020,this was the only Democratic Party primary in which the nominee had never been nor had ever become President of the United States. This was the first time the Democratic primary had nominates a woman for president.
Kimberley Marie Wyman is an American politician who served as the 15th Secretary of State of Washington from 2013 to 2021. Wyman resigned as Secretary of State on November 19,2021,to work on election security at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on November 8,2016,to elect the 10 U.S. representatives from the state of Washington,one from each of the state's 10 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 2.
Maria Lorena González is an American lawyer and former politician who was a member of the Seattle City Council from position 9. She was the first Latino elected to the council. She was a candidate for mayor of Seattle in 2021 but was defeated by Bruce Harrell 59 percent to 41 percent.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 8,2016. The primary was held on August 2.
The Washington Secretary of State election,2016,was held on November 8,2016. Incumbent Republican Kim Wyman won reelection over Democratic nominee Tina Podlodowski,the two having received the most votes in an August 2016 primary election.
The 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election was held on February 25,2017,at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta to determine the next chairperson of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). It was the first contested DNC chair election since 1985.
The 2012 Washington Attorney General election was held on November 6,2012,concurrently with the other statewide elections and the gubernatorial election. Incumbent Republican State Attorney General Rob McKenna retired to run for governor. Democratic King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson won the general election over Republican King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn.
Heidi Wills is an American former politician who was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2000 to 2004. In 2019,she ran for city council in District 7 but lost in the general election.
Jane Noland was a member of the Seattle City Council serving from 1986 to 1998.
Sue Donaldson was a member of the Seattle City Council from 1990 to 2000 and served as council president from 1998 to 1999.
