The Young Democrats of Washington State are proud to announce our second round of endorsements. We are lucky to have such hard working candidates this year! Endorsed candidates are listed by office, and district.

Denny Heck
Jay Clough
Norm Dicks
Jim McDermott
Suzan Delbene
Adam Smith

Patty Murray

Luis Moscoso
Derek Stanford
Andrew Billig
Bob Apple
Greg Hoover
Dean Willard
John Driscoll
Zach Hudgins
Bob Hasegawa
Tim Probst
Monica Stonier
Dennis Kampe
Mary Helen Roberts
Marko Liias
Chris Reykdal
Sam Hunt
Sherry Appleton
Christine Rolfes
John Thompson
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Join the Young Democrats of Washington for a Memorial Day Barbeque!

It will be on May 31st, starting at 11 AM, at the Rattlesnake Lake Picnic Area. It will be a potluck, so attendees should bring some food or drink to share. Also, for those interested there will be a hiking trail. Please check out the Facebook Event for more details and to RSVP.

Our next target for a statewide campaign invasion is Eric Oemig, the Senator for the 45th Legislative District.

Some of our campaign season this year will be spent defending vulnerable first term Democratic seats, and this certainly is a critical one! It is important for us to continue to make visible efforts to support our Democrats in tough districts this year.

The details for the event are listed below. The Oemig campaign is willing to provide water and snacks for doorbellers.

What
YDWA Campaign Invasion: Eric Oemig

When
12:30pm, Saturday, June 5th

Where
Oemig Campaign Office
303 Park Place Center, Suite G117
Kirkland

Bring
Yourself, a favorite YD doorbelling buddy, and good walking shoes!

Please Contact Max Brown with any questions or concerns.

See you on the 5th!

The Summer Meeting for the Young Democrats of America is July 16th-18th in Washington, DC.

Regular registration is now open and is $55 until June 9th. After June 9th, registration will be available on site for $75. The meeting will be taking place at the Madison Hotel. You can book a room online at the Madison Hotel at a discounted rate with the code YDA716.

For more information on the meeting, visit YDA's Website or contact our National Committee Representatives Amanda Nelson and Drew Pollom.

Be a part of the YDWA Regent's Circle, our low dollar monthly donor program!

Please, take a moment to set up a monthly donation and become a part of the YDWA Regent's Circle. No matter how big or small you may think your donation may be, they’re all big to us because they all are building blocks to the larger picture. No one person does this on their own, and no one donation builds us on its own.

Your donation goes right now to helping develop chapters across the state. Your donation helps build the YDWA Convention for 2011, which helps train and develop our leaders in the party for the future, as well as funds our programs throughout 2010 including our campaign invasions. During the 2010 cycle, YDWA will be organizing behind local politics that benefits communities across Washington, and when the year is done our organization and state will be stronger for it.

Your donation makes YDWA a powerful force working for you to improve Washington.

You can help us now. Log onto www.ydwa.org/donate and schedule a monthly payment or lump sum.

Washington State Democratic Convention is June 25 and 26th in Vancouver, Washington. It will be taking place at the Hilton Vancouver Washington and the Clark County Event Center. Friday's events and meetings will be at the Hilton, and the Saturday Convention will be at the Events Center.

For all of the information check out the Washington State Democrats Website or email our WSDCC Representative Andrew Peabody.

The Diversity Caucus has been quite busy this month. The caucus is organizing a state-wide summer meeting to discuss a fall conference on diversity and developing ways to use the 2010 campaign season to promote diversity as an election issue.

In addition, the caucus is working to produce the official publication of the Diversity Caucus, Diversity Matters. It will be the main forum for discussing different ideas concerning diversity, politics and life. Please send your articles, opinions, poems, political cartoons, rants, raves, and reviews to diversity.matters.ydwa@gmail.com. The first issue of Diversity Matters will be available June 15.

Please contact the Diversity Caucus Chair, Andrew Oommen, for more information on this or getting more involved with the Caucus.

The Young Democrats of Washington held the first campaign invasion of the election season for Luis Moscoso, a candidate for House Position 2 in the 1st Legislative District.

Currently, Luis serves as Party Secretary for Washington State Democrats and on the Executive Committee. Young Democrats from throughout the region doorbelled in five precincts. Moscoso said of the campaign, "I'm glad to have the support of the Young Democrats in their 1st 'Campaign Invasion' of this political season. These young folks represent the real 'spirit' of my campaign. A campaign of new beginnings and new opportunities to address the serious issues facing our District and the State. I have worked with these young people before and am proud to have their help in reaching out to the voters of the 1st District."

YDWA is proud to support Luis in his race for the State House, and to have been able to help his campaign get off to a great start.

Our 2010 Annual Convention in Seattle was a great success thanks to the many Young Democrats from all over the state that attended. The weekend was packed full of relevant training programs, networking, productive business and the election of our 2010-2011 officers.

We would like to thank our major sponsors the Washington State Democrats and Congressman Rick Larsen for making this possible. We would like to also thank our special guests Mayor Mike Mcginn and Congressman Jay Inslee for your continued support of the Young Democrats. We look forward to 2010, getting Democrats elected, and working with some of the best progressive leaders anywhere.

Every year, YDWA endorses candidates who care about youth issues and work to make a difference in Washington State as well as ballot issues. During the State Convention, the Endorsements Committee met and recommended a first round of endorsements. Congratulations to our first set of endorsed candidates!

US House of Representatives
Congressional District 1: Jay Inslee
Congressional District 2: Rick Larsen
Congressional District 8: Suzan DelBene

Legislative Districts
1st LD
Position 2: Luis Moscoso
5th LD
Position 1: Greg Hoover
Position 2: Dean Willard
18th LD
Position 2: Dennis Kampe
22nd LD
Position 1: Chris Reykdal
Position 2: Sam Hunt
26th LD
Position 1: Sumner Schoenike
31st LD
Senate: Ron Weigelt
35th LD
Position 2: Fred Finn
45th LD
Senate: Eric Oemig

State Supreme Court
Barbara Madsen

As more candidates are endorsed, they will be added to our Endorsements Page.