Manka Dhingra
What this job does: Your district's one senator in the Washington Senate (49 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the budget, and confirm the governor's appointments. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, 45th Legislative District
- Occupation
- State senator; King County senior deputy prosecuting attorney
Background
- State Senator; Deputy Majority Leader and chair of the Law and Justice Committee. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in King County for 20 years; chaired the Therapeutic Alternative Unit. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- J.D., University of Washington; B.A. in History and Political Science, UC Berkeley. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Co-founder of API Chaya, which supports survivors of gender-based violence; Hopelink board member. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Strengthen public safety and victim services source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Expand behavioral health care and crisis response source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Protect reproductive freedom and civil rights source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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