“The stakes are too high.”

“We can’t afford the status quo – Washington, D.C. just isn’t working for us. I’ve been a leader in Olympia fighting for working people and taking on special interests. In Congress, I’ll fight for a better future.”

Join Beth

In Congress, Beth will fight for us on the issues that matter:

Robust action to defeat climate change, enact a Green New Deal, develop a clean energy economy, and create millions of new jobs in the process.

Federal funding to build affordable housing and increased services to reduce homelessness and help our neighbors in need.

Medicare for All and healthcare reform to bring down costs and give every American access to affordable, quality healthcare.

Resources and programs for working families like paid family leave, expanded protections, pay equity, and affordable childcare.

Proven solutions like red flag laws and expanded background checks to reduce the national gun violence epidemic.

Elimination of barriers to choice and new laws to protect women’s healthcare nationwide.

Accomplishments

2020 A&R Solar – Solar Champion Award
2019 Washington State Council of Firefighters – Honorary Fire Fighter Award
2019 Food Lifeline – Legislative Champion
2019 APCO-NENA – 911 Legislative Champion Award
2018 Association of Washington Cities – Champion
2018 Hero for Housing Award
2018 Washington Council of Police & Sheriffs – Legislator of the Year
2017 Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts – Outstanding Legislator
2017 Black Alliance – Courageous Award
Interfaith Works – Certificate of Appreciation
Center for Women and Democracy – Recognition for outstanding legislative leadership and creating the Washington State Women’s Commission

Beth has been a leader in Olympia on a wide variety of issues. She has been the lead negotiator or prime sponsored and passed bills that:

  • Creates landmark first in the nation Clean Buildings regulations
  • Created the Washington State Women’s Commission
  • Protect people experiencing domestic violence, stalking or sexual harassment from discrimination in the workplace
  • Strengthen Washington’s prevailing wage system
  • Allow part-time state workers to unionize
  • Provide for women who choose to keep a baby that resulted from rape, a civil legal option to terminate the claimed paternity rights of their rapist
  • Reinvest in our infrastructure as the lead negotiator for a bill that funded the public works assistance account and moved to a process that encourages a whole systems approach toward creating sustainable infrastructure
  • Provide for a public vote to increase funding for enhanced Intercity Transit services (Senator Hunt’s bill – Beth’s companion)

Beth has played a pivotal role in securing resources that:

  • Study ways to preference how to lower the carbon intensity of structural building materials in our buildings
  • Increase Medicaid rates for primary care
  • Help fund:
    • Low income weatherization, cutting edge clean energy technology, Boys and Girls Clubs, DASH, planning for Capital Lake/Deschutes River, access to waterfront across the state (ALEA funds), and the new craft distillery in Tumwater
  • Provide $3 million in funding for Interfaith Works Homeless Shelter
  • Secure $600,000 for Family Support Centers Early Childhood Learning Program

And, just in 2019, Beth passed or companioned these bills and priorities:

  • Pollution Prevention for Our Future Act
  • Reducing Food Waste 50% by 2030
  • Enhancing opportunities for retired bus drivers, para educators and counsellors to assist with staffing shortages in schools
  • Increasing funding for Traumatic Brain Injury support services
  • Helping persons who are in the Address Confidentiality Program pursue home ownership while maintaining confidentiality
  • Expanding the number of diseases that are considered presumptive for firefighters and adding some presumptions for law enforcement
  • Adding a woman’s right to pump or express in the workplace to the Pregnancy Accommodation Act
  • Providing funds to house the state’s archives and library
  • Exploring Industrial Symbiosis

News

The American Prospect
The Future of the Democratic Party Goes Through This District

In her run for the House, Doglio, who supports the Green New Deal and Medicare for All, has refused all fossil fuel and corporate PAC money. Her campaign has brought together a unique coalition of supporters, binding legacy environmental and LGBT groups with youth activists and national Democrats.Read More

The Stand
A clear choice for workers in the 10th CD

Workers need an advocate in Congress to advance our interests, not one who tries to stall, slow or weaken progress that would make lives better. That’s why Beth Doglio has earned the endorsement of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.Read More

The Intercept
In Washington State, Beth Doglio Secures A Spot On The Ballot

[Doglio] also won high-profile endorsements from Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, along with CPC Co-Chair Mark Pocan, and Reps. Katie Porter, Jamie Raskin, and Ro Khanna. Doglio, who rejects corporate campaign funds, entered the final stretch of the primary having outraised the rest ofRead More

Associated Press
Two women, both democrats, will face off in the 10th CD

Doglio was the founding executive director of Washington Conservation Voters and later was a field organizer for the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League and worked for Audubon Washington and Climate Solutions. She’s served two terms in the Legislature, representing Olympia andRead More

Press Release
Beth Doglio Joins #StopHateforProfit Movement and Calls on Fellow Candidates to Take Pledge

Urging Facebook to revise its policies on hate and disinformation, Doglio’s campaign will sign onto the 30-day pledge forgoing Facebook advertising in a hotly contested primary election   Olympia – Today, State Representative and candidate for Congress in Washington’s 10th District Beth Doglio (D-Olympia) announced her campaign will join the #StopHateforProfit movement by not advertising … Continued

Crooked Media
The 2020 Progressive Class Looks A Lot Like The 2018 Class

Beth Doglio, a bisexual mother, climate activist, and state representative, is running for Congress in Olympia, WA. Doglio. She has been endorsed by Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal and several labor unions, and could become the foremost advocate in Congress for Jay Inslee’sRead More

KUOW
Campaigning during coronavirus: Candidates get creative

Doglio transitioned to a new way to reach voters in the 10th District, where she's up against 18 others vying for the seat in Congress.The plan was to meet people in their homes, where they were social distancing, through their computer or phone screen.Read More

Official Statement
Denouncing racism, taking action

George Floyd’s death has shocked the conscience of our nation – rightfully causing heartbreak and protest, anger and outrage. Even during a time when we seemingly face a new crisis every day, this injustice stands as a singular focus, accompanied by the killings of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and made even worse by a … Continued

Washington State Wire
Q&A: Beth Doglio breaks down her agenda for Washington 10

The 10th District race is one of only seven vacant Democratic House seats in 2020 and 19 candidates are vying for a top-two finish in the August jungle primary. Based on her platform and endorsements, Doglio seems to be building a coalition of key progressive interests: unions, environmentalists,Read More

The Stand
WSLC endorses Beth Doglio for Congress in WA’s 10th CD

“In this uncertain and challenging time, working people deserve leaders in Congress they can trust to fight for them – there is no doubt that’s Beth Doglio,” said WSLC President Larry Brown. “Leading efforts to strengthen prevailing wages, allow part-time workers to organize, and protectRead More

The Suburban Times
Beth Doglio Endorsed by League of Conservation Voters

On Thursday, the League of Conservation Voters announced the endorsement of State Rep. Beth Doglio for Congress in Washington’s 10th Congressional District. The endorsement underscores Doglio’s three decades of environmental leadership and activism, along with her vision for the future.“IRead More

Tacoma Weekly
Doglio announces candidacy for congress

State Representative Beth Doglio (D-Olympia) has announced her candidacy for Congress in Washington’s 10thCongressional District. The 10th includes Doglio’s home district comprising Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey, and North Thurston County where she has lived for 22 years and represented sinceRead More

The Lens
Clean Air Rule bill advances

A revised HB 289 granting the state Department of Ecology the broad authority to regulate “indirect” carbon emission as part of its Clean Air Rule advanced out of the House Environment & Energy Committee in a 7-4 vote on Feb. 6. The substitute bill contains several changes, including a clearerRead More
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