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Washington's next Attorney General needs to be a proven fighter to continue to stand up against threats from the US Supreme Court and Donald Trump.
Manka Dhingra is running for Attorney General to protect the
people of Washington, no matter what you look like, how you
identify or where you come from.
The Primary Election is August 6th. Please make a donation up to $4,800 per person or $9,600 per couple TODAY to support Manka.
When elected, Manka will be the first immigrant, the first
person of color, and only the second woman in Washington
State's history to serve as Attorney General.
www.ElectManka.com
About Artist:
Manka Dhingra is the State Senator for the 45th legislative district in Washington and Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate. She is Chair of the Law & Justice committee, and a member of the Health & Long Term Care committee and Ways & Means committee.
She has been a Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with King County since January 2000, and is the former Chair of the Therapeutic Alternative Unit. As Chair, she supervised the Regional Mental Health court, Veterans Court and the Community Assessment and Referral for Diversion program. She helped create the 40 hour crisis intervention training for law enforcement and was a trainer at the Criminal Justice Training Commission.
In her professional capacity, she has also served as a member of Shoreline Police Department's Advisory Group for Response Awareness De-escalation and Referral (RADAR) and participated in the Seattle Police Department's Muslim, Sikh, and Arab Advisory Council. She led the Coordinated Crisis Intervention Response meetings where she collaborated with all King County law enforcement officers to find creative solutions and coordinate responses to help individuals with mental illness.
Prior to becoming a prosecutor, she interned with the State Attorney General's Office in their Criminal Division assisting with Sexually Violent Predator cases and also clerked for Justice Barbara Madsen at the Washington State Supreme Court from September 1997 to June 1998.
She holds a JD from the University of Washington School of Law and Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
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