Due to the changes in how this year's Primary election will be held the Whitman County Democrats must hold a nominating convention to nominate a Democrat for each local partisan political office. The Whitman County Democrats will be holding their Nominating Convention on Wednesday May 14th at 7:30 pm after our regularly scheduled meeting at the Pullman, Holiday Inn Express. Candidate for partisan political office in Whitman County in 2008 will be nominated as official Democratic Candidates at the Nominating Convention.

The rules from the Washington State Democratic Party only allow PCO's to vote at the nominating convention. If there is not currently a Democratic PCO in your precinct, and you would like to be appointed please contact Carolyn Cress at ccress@whitmandemocrats.org.

The draft of the 2008 Whitman County Democrats Platform is now available. You can access it from the Platforms Page or go directly to the Draft 2008 Whitman County Democrats Platform

The Delegates elected at the precinct caucuses on February 9th attending the Whitman County Convention on April 14th will be considering Resolutions and the 2008 Whitman County Democrats Platform. Below are the drafts of the resolutions that will be presented for consideration by the Resolutions Committee. The draft of the 2008 Platform is not yet available, but the Resolutions Committee chair has said that it will be similar to our 2006 platform. You can view the 2006 Whitman County Democrats Platform on our Platform Page.

Click read more below to view the draft resolutions.

We've been notified that there has been some confusion regarding the Legislative Caucus. Ken Caylor, the Chair of the 9th Legislative District (which contains Whitman County), has sent out a notice to the County Parties indicating that the Legislative District Caucus will be held in conjunction with the county conventions:

The 9th LD caucuses will be held in conjunction with the county convention April 19. Each of the 6 counties will have their separate conventions and Spokane & Franklin counties will breakout the 9th LD delegates and elect their portion of delegates to the perspective Congressional District and State Convention for election to the national Convention.

The 9th Legislative District Democrats will be meeting April 5th, however, the meeting will not have any business regarding the Presidential contest. For more information about the 9th LD please visit: http://www.wa9thdems.com/

First let me apologize for the long delay in getting an update to the website. With caucus data to input and a record caucus turnout to recover from there has been a short hiatus.

The Whitman County Democratic Convention will be held April 19th from 9 am to 1 pm at the Gladish Community Center in Pullman (map). We will be holding the convention in the gym.

We should be contacting delegates and alternates very soon with an agenda and proposed rules for the convention.

Volunteers Needed for County Convention
We will need many volunteers to make the convention run smoothly. Please read through the descriptions of opportunities and let us know if you can help. Tell a friend, since not all Dems are on the e-mail list.

If you have any questions about any of the volunteer opportunities or you would like to volunteer, e-mail Carolyn Cress at ccress@pullman.com, or call 334-0999.

The County Convention will be held April 19. Sign-in will begin at 9:00am and deliberations at 9:30 am.

1. We will need non-delegates and non-alternates to volunteer for the CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE. This group is charged with handling sign-in, counting the delegates, reporting the numbers of delegates and alternates to the Chair.

2. The RULES COMMITTEE will draft proposed rules and a proposed agenda for the conduct of the convention. The rules need to be mailed to the delegates and alternatives at least ten days before the convention. The State Party has provided a sample agenda and rules which only need to be tweeked for our needs.

3. The RESOLUTIONS and PLATFORM COMMITTEE needs to meet to consider platform issues and resolutions submitted at the caucuses and on the internet or by mail. Because these materials need to be sent out by e-mail or US Mail ten days before the convention, this group will need to meet this month.

4. The HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE will gather the coffee, donuts, etc. for this morning meeting. Because we’re preparing for 300 people, this may require a trip to Costco.

The Whitman County Convention will be Saturday April 19th from 9 am to 1 pm. We are currently evaluating if the Public Service Building will be adequate for the number of delegates and guests who will be at the County Convention. We will announce the final Convention location in the next month.

Now that the tally is complete there where 1,223 attendees at the Whitman County Caucuses.

Here are the final caucus results for Whitman County. The delegates are to the County Convention, which will be held April 19th from 9 am to 1 pm at the Public Service Building 310 N Main Colfax.

For state wide results visit the Washington State Democrats Caucus Results Page.

We are still waiting for the results in 8 precincts, but the results so far with 85.7% precincts reporting:

We will have updated results tomorrow.