Updated May 20, 2008 Two 34th District Democrats are going to the National Convention Chris Porter and Nick Bordner, from the 34th District, were among seven Obama delegates elected from the 7th Congressional District to become delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August.
Chris, the Precinct Committee Officer for Seattle Preinct 1520, and Nick, 18, a senior at Vashon High School, survived a rigorous delegate selection process in a long, long day at the 7th Congressional District Caucus Saturday, May
17 at North Seattle Community College.
At the end of the first round of balloting, only one Obama delegate, Jayron Finan from the 46th District, had the necessary majority to be elected. The remaining top vote-getters faced off for the six remaining spots. Obama Delegate David Ginsberg, from the 34th, was eliminated in a coin toss.
Delegates elected from the 7th CD were:
Hillary Clinton Delegates:
• David Kunselman (43rd District),
• Elizabeth Willmott (46th District)
Barack Obama Delegates:
• Majid Al-Bahadli (43rd District),
• Nicolas Bordner (34th District),
• Jayron Finan (46th District),
• Jennifer Hauseman (43rd District),
• Helen Howell (11th District),
• Suzan Levine (36th District),
• Chris Porter (34th District)
Barack Obama Alternate:
• David Valdez (43rd District)
In the Clinton sub-caucus, 34th District PCO Kimber McCreery (SEA 34-1470) was the No.2 vote getter among female delegates.
The top male vote getter in the Obama sub-caucus was Majid Al-Bahadli from the 43rd district, an Iraqi-American whose message of peace and reconciliation should resonate in Denver.
The 34th District should be proud of all our delegates in both sub-caucuses.
They all presented well and represented the District with distinction. All the Obama delegates supported Chris and Nick in the final round of balloting, which no doubt was instrumental to their success. For us to have two delegates out of only seven for the entire Congressional District is quite significant. But that is because of the solidarity that our delegates showed.
If we can retain that solidarity in all our work going forward, the future of the 34th District Democrats will be bright indeed.
Ivan Weiss Chair, 34th District Democrats
2008 Caucuses
The 34th's Legislative District caucus is over. The results are posted here. Photos of the LD Caucus are here. The next stage of the caucus process is the King County Convention.
Here is what will happen next with caucuses:
• Congressional District Caucuses - May 17 at 10:00 AM.
• 7th Congressional District, North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way North, Seattle, Washington 98103 - Chair: Javier Valdez, 206.548.9510
• 9th Congressional District - Riverside Elementary School, 5514 44th Street East, Puyallup, Washington 98371 - Chair: Zack Smith, 360.280.7080
• Delegates elected at the LD caucuses meet at nine Congressional Districts and elect at total of 51 delegates to the National Democratic Party convention in August will be elected
• State Convention - June 14th, 9:00 AM - Spokane. Delegates elected at the LD caucuses meet to elect a few delegates to the National Convention (97 total delegates are sent to the National Convention) and to adopt the State party platform. The 34th Districts' delegates to the State convention are listed here.
Note: if you are elected as a delegate or alternate, you should have a packet of registration materials for the State Convention. You can also download it here (985kb PDF).
• General 2008 Caucus Cycle Information. Here is a document (600kb PDF) which explains the whole 2008 caucus/convention cycle.
A slightly more wordy document is here.
• Do you want to become a delegate to the State or National Convention?This web page will explain how to do it.
Caucus Schedule
• Saturday, February 9th: Precinct Caucuses (see below)
• Saturday, April 5th: 34th Legislative District Caucus
• Sunday, April 13th: King County Democrats Convention
• May 15: Congressional District Caucuses
• Saturday, June 14th: Washington State Democrats Convention
• August 25-28: National Democratic Convention, Denver
Older Information
The information below pertains to the February 9th precinct caucuses, which now have been completed. It is kept here for background and historical purposes.
Caucus Locations in the 34th District
See the caucus locations page on this site for the list of locations. Here is a caucus location finder for the whole state of Washington. It is map based, so you do NOT need to know your precinct number to use this location finder.
General Plan for the Caucus
Washington State will have both a set of party caucuses and a Presidential Primary in 2008.
But the Democratic Party will use only the caucues to select delegates for the Democratic
National 2008 Convention to choose our candidate for the Presidential Election.
There will be a number of caucus locations in the 34th District. The caucus locations and
process will be posted on this page as the information becomes available.
The Washington State Democratic Central Committee met in Bellingham on April 28, 2007,
and by an overwhelming margin (119-42), they voted to use caucuses to select our next
Presidential Nominee. Washington's Precinct Caucus will be held on February 9th, 2008.
The caucuses are a grassroots process where Democrats meet together and decide which
candidate should lead us through the election. By choosing the caucuses Washington State
Democrats made a statement that we are a Party driven by grassroots activism.
