Subject: Kicking off the 2018 Campaign
From: "Jamie Pederson" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:25:45 -0400

Friend,

Senate Democrats had an outstanding session in 2018. Five
years of gridlock and frustration came to an abrupt end in
November 2017. We organized our leadership and committees within
two weeks and appointed an outstanding new chair of the Ways &
Means Committee, Senator Rolfes. Working closely with our
colleagues in the House, we resolved the long stalemate on the
capital budget and reached compromise on rural water wells; we
met our constitutional obligation to fund public schools; we
passed major policy reforms on voting rights, reproductive
parity, equal pay, conversion therapy, gun responsibility, net
neutrality, net pens, oil spill prevention, legal financial
obligations, credit freezes, and home care; and we completed work
on our three well-crafted supplemental budgets and ended on time.

This progress was made possible by hard-fought victories in
the 41st district in 2016 (Senator Wellman) and in the 45th
district in 2017 (Senator Dhingra), which restored our working
majority. And those victories were made possible by the
outstanding work of the Washington Senate Democratic Campaign
(WSDC). Our staff, members, volunteers, and donors mounted
unprecedented efforts to retake those seats and protect
incumbents such as Senator Mullet (5th district).

As the new Chair of the WSDC, I am honored and excited to
build a larger and stronger team for the 2019 session.

There is very little question that our majority can grow in
November. Our incumbents in contested districts, Senator Hobbs
(44th district) and Senator Kuderer (48th district), are working
hard and taking nothing for granted. And we have recruited strong
challengers in at least six swing districts held by Republicans:
Claire Wilson (30th district); Pinky Vargas and Tim Ballew (42nd
district); Mona Das (47th district); Emily Randall (26th
district); Bengie Aguilar (15th district); and Jessa Lewis (6th
district). Winning several of these races is within reach and
would open up opportunities for even greater progress in the next
session, building lasting prosperity and supporting our shared
values of fairness and opportunity for every resident of our
state.

I look forward to working with you in the months to come
and welcome your thoughts, questions, and comments.

Jamie Pedersen

Chair, Washington Senate Democratic Campaign

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