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Democrats have control in Washington. They don't want to lose it.
BELLEVUE – Democrats know they’ve been winning in Washington.
They hold all statewide elected offices. They have a near supermajority in the Legislature. And there’s been a Democratic governor since the 1980s.
But to the hundreds of delegates who gathered at their party convention on Saturday, there is more work to do in the Evergreen State and across the country.
“We are not letting Republicans get an inch,” Democratic State Party Chair Shasti Conrad told members of the Jewish caucus. “And we do not let Donald Trump get close to the Oval Office again.”
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/06/22/democrats-have-control-in-washington-they-dont-want-to-lose-it/