The 46th Legislative District Caucus will be held on Saturday, April 5th at Ingraham High School. The business of the 46th Legislative District caucus shall be the election of delegates and alternates to the Congressional District caucuses and the Washington State Democratic Convention in Spokane. The district platform shall also be considered at this meeting. There will be a small registration fee (amount TBD). Payment of fee is voluntary, and shall not be condition of participation or election.

Download the LD Caucus Call

Three (3) committees will be established to prepare for the 46th LD Caucus:

Rules Committee - Javier Valdez, Chair
Establish proposed rules for 46 LD caucus.

Platform Committee - Sarajane Siegfredt and Dean Fournier, Co-Chairs
Review resolutions and platform planks submitted at the Precinct Caucuses.

Credentials Committee - Janet Miller, Chair
Review and approve credentials of delegates and alternates.

A packet with proposed rules, draft platform and delegate information will be sent out approximately 10-20 days prior to the 46th LD caucus on April 5th. It will also be available here on our website.

More Information about the LD Caucus

The state party has come out with a list of each County and LD Delegate and Alternate allocation. In the 46th, we will be electing 60 Delegates and 30 Alternates to the Congressional District and State level of the caucus cycle. Please click here to see the entire list.

All 49 Legislative districts in Washington State will be holding Caucuses on April 5th. Here is a link to a map that shows as many as we can find.

Platform and Resolutions

Our Platform and Resolutions Committee has come out with the draft platform that will be considered at the LD Caucus on April 5th.

Download the Draft Platform (March 14, 2008)

The Final 2008 Platform was adopted at a special meeting on July 26, 2008.

The incredible number of people who attended the Precinct Caucuses on February 9th cared about a whole bunch of different issues, and they submitted a lot of resolutions. Our Platform & Resolutions Committee has been working to go through those since then, and have presented the following resolutions for consideration by the Delegates at the LD Caucus on April 5th:

1. Voter-Owned Elections
2. Comprehensive Nat'l Health Care
3. Closure of Torture Facilities
4. Funding of Iraq et al.
5. Election Integrity
6. Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
7. Climate Crisis
8. Racial Profiling
9. Dep't of Peace & Nonviolence
10. Allocate All Delegates by Primary (‡)

These additional resolutions will be considered on April 5th if the time is available.

Recommended “DO PASS”

• Acts & Omissions by WSD
• Siege of Gaza
• Alternative Energy

Recommended “DO NOT PASS”

• Accountability to WSD platform
• Delegates by Primary AND Caucus (‡)
• Immigration
• Impeachment of Bush & Cheney
• Superdelegates
• SR 520 Interchange (‡)

(*) Sequence of listing does not necessarily reflect relative importance nor intended sequence of discussion. Not included: “Seating the Mich. & Fla. Delegations” (to be considered at the March 20 LD mtg) and “Instant Runoff Voting” (to be considered at a later LD mtg).

(‡) determination/recommendation was by divided vote of Platform/Resolutions Cmtee.

The following is from the state party about the LD Caucus

2008 Washington State Democratic Party

Caucus and Convention Cycle

Next Steps

As a delegate, alternate, potential delegate, or involved Democrat, it's important to understand the caucus and convention cycle, which is the process by which Washington State selects its delegates for the Democratic National Convention. The chart on the next page illustrates the cycle.

The caucus and convention cycle has six parts. The first part consists of the Precinct Caucuses which took place on Saturday, February 9th. At this first tier we elected delegates and alternates and collected resolutions.

The second part consists of the Legislative District Caucuses, where delegates and alternates will be elected to go to the Congressional District Caucuses. Statewide, 2,000 delegates and 1,000 alternates will be elected.

The third part is the County Convention. At each County Convention, and some Legislative District Caucuses, you will develop a platform. All resolutions will be addressed at the County Conventions.

If you were elected as a delegate at the Precinct Caucuses you have a vote at each of these meetings and may attend both in order to cast your vote.

In many counties, such as Thurston and Kitsap, the Legislative District Caucuses and the County Convention will be merged into one meeting. These Legislative Districts usually meet as a sub-caucus during the County Convention and elect their delegates and alternates at that time. The Legislative District Caucuses and County Conventions will meet on weekends in April.

If all this sounds confusing don’t worry. If you are a delegate or alternate, you will be contacted in advance of your Legislative District Caucus and County Convention and told when and where your Caucus and Convention are being held. We encourage you to visit your local Legislative District organization or County organization website for more information. We will also post this information on this website. We greatly appreciate your patience, and we will let you know this information as soon as possible.

The fourth part of the caucus and convention cycle is the Congressional District Caucuses, while the fifth part is the State Convention. Delegates and alternates will be elected and platforms and resolutions will be addressed.

The sixth part is the Democratic National Convention, which will be held in late August in Denver, CO.