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WA State Senate District 40 - D Nomination

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Parents

> United States > Washington > State Senate > WA State Senate District 40

Office

State Senate

Type

Endorsement

Filing Deadline

00, 0000 - 06:00pm

Polls Open

May 18, 2008 - 01:00pm

Polls Close

May 18, 2008 - 06:00pm

Term Start

January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Ralphie

Last Modified

Ralphie February 04, 2011 01:44pm

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Description

In response to the implementation of the Top Two primary, the state Democratic Party has instructed its legislative district PCOs to hold nominating conventions to choose the party's official nominee. While any losing candidates are not barred from running, the winning candidate can claim to be the party's nominee on the ballot if s/he chooses and will have access to party resources for the primary that other candidates will not have.

Some Democratic district organizations have refused to hold nominating conventions, and in response party leader Dwight Pelz has threatened to nominate primary candidates through the state party apparatus should legislative-level parties fail to do so.

For the 40th district endorsement, Kevin Ranker's establishment support led him to an easy victory amongst the PCOs. In June, the district party will hold a series of endorsement meetings where they will give the top two candidates an official endorsement in addition to this nominating contest.