Caucus Information

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Congressional District Caucus Information

Anyone can become a delegate to the Democratic National Convention (DNC). You don't need to have been elected as a delegate at one of the previous meetings, and you don't necessarily need to be an elected official, Party leader, or even a Party activist.

If you're interested in being a candidate to the DNC, you may run as one of the following three types of candidates:

  • 51 Congressional District level delegates and 9 alternates.* To do so, you must attend your Congressional District Caucus on May 17.
  • 10 Pledged Party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). To do so, you must attend the State Convention June 14 - 15.
  • 17 At-large delegates and 4 alternates. To do so, you must attend the State Convention June 14 - 15.


* 51 and 9 are statewide numbers for all Washington Congressional Districts. Congressional Districts 3 and 9 are each allocated 5 delegates and 1 alternate.

Declaration of Candidacy forms for each are below. Mail, e-mail, or fax the Declaration of Candidacy form to the Washington State Democrats office no sooner than Wednesday, March 5, 2008 and no later than Friday, May 2, 2008 at 5:00pm. There are no exceptions.

At-Large Declaration of Candidacy

District Level Declaration of Candidacy

2008PLEO-DeclarationofCandidacy

You may mail completed forms to Dwight Pelz, Chair, RE: Declaration of Candidacy, Washington State Democratic Party, PO Box 4027, Seattle, WA, 98194, e-mail them to doc@wa-democrats.org, or fax them to (206) 583-0301.

Super Delegates - http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=display&id=277

Congressional District 3

Saturday, May 17 beginning at 10:00 AM
Napavine High School, 404 4th Ave Ne, Napavine, WA (map)


Congressional District 9

Saturday, May 17 beginning at 10:00 AM
Location: TBA