Process mischaracterized

With all due respect to Louise Chadez’s June 3 opinion, it would be best if she spoke from a position of fact rather than conjecture. The Spokane County Democratic Party’s endorsement committee has received and evaluated the endorsement requests for three 3rd Legislative District candidates and presented their evaluation to the executive board for consideration. The executive board has certified all three candidates as Democrats and will be recommending a candidate for endorsement at the next Spokane County Democratic Party Central Committee meeting, which will not occur until after the primaries have been completed.

The endorsed candidate of the Central Committee will likely be the popularly elected candidate. It is my understanding that the Spokane 3rd Legislative District Democrats are operating on a similar schedule.

The Spokane County Democratic Party chair, the vice chair and the chair of the 3rd District Democrats have attended each of the candidates’ kickoff events thus far.

Dave Koch

Vice chair, Spokane County Democratic Party

Valleyford