State representative and 10th Congressional District candidate Beth Doglio has secured endorsements in recent weeks from several unions, progressive organizations, and politicians.
The endorsements could be an indication that Doglio, a Democrat, is consolidating support among the progressive wing of the party ahead of the August primary. Read More
“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 protect the health of firefighters and first responders, Beth Doglio has been a champion for the needs of working people in Washington state, now we need her doing the same in Washington D.C.”
“As an activist and in the legislature, Beth Doglio has proven to be an incredible partner for our state’s workers and labor community,” said WSLC Secretary Treasurer April Sims. “With Beth’s collaborative and effective leadership in Congress, we will have a strong advocate for a robust, worker-centered agenda – someone dedicated to creating an economy where all workers can succeed and thrive – with the vision and experience to make it happen.” Read More
Doglio also has landed several labor endorsements, including the Washington Federation of State Employees and United Food and Commercial Workers 21.
“I’m proud to have the endorsements of our grocery store workers and nurses and firefighters and a lot of working people in the district that I’m going to go to Congress and fight for,” said Doglio. Read More
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.
“I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund,” said Doglio. “We must act on the climate crisis now: for our people, for our planet, for the health of our communities, and for our future. The stakes are too high to settle for the status quo – we need environmental champions who will lead bold action in Congress.”
Doglio was the first Executive Director of the Washington Conservation Voters, developing 15 chapters, creating a robust voter education program, and helping spur state chapters across the country. She has spent the last 13 years at Climate Solutions, where she led the regional Power Past Coal campaign. As a state legislator, Doglio helped pass Washington’s landmark 100% Clean Energy legislation and sponsored one of the nation’s first clean buildings standards laws. Last week, Doglio signed the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge.
See what the League of Conservation Voters, elected officials, environmental leaders, and the media are saying about the endorsement:
League of Conservation Voters
“LCVAF is proud to endorse @BethDoglio to represent #WA10! Doglio has decades of experience advocating for environmental protections and passing ambitious climate solutions, there is no doubt that she is a champion Washington families can always depend on.”
Tiernan Sittenfeld, Action Fund Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, LCV
“The stakes for fighting the climate crisis have never been higher, and we’ve never needed leaders like Beth Doglio in Congress more. With decades of experience advocating for environmental protections and passing ambitious climate solutions, there is no doubt that Doglio is a champion Washington families can always depend on. We are thrilled to endorse her.”
Shannon Murphy, Chief Campaign Officer, Washington Conservation Voters
“Washington State is at the forefront of fighting the climate crisis, in no small part because of Representative Beth Doglio’s leadership. She has shown she can deliver, just last year helping ensure Washington had the strongest, most equitable 100% clean electricity law in the nation. With over 30 years of experience fighting for climate action, we are proud to continue to work with her in Congress to fight for our state and our communities’ health.”
Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, Washington State Representative, 34th LD, and Chair of the House Environment & Energy Committee
“Beth is an outstanding environmental champion and the US House needs many more like her! The Washington House needs more like her too which is why I am sad to lose her as a partner, but I’m excited to see what she can do at the national level to move the needle on climate!”
Rep. Debra Lekanoff, Washington State Representative, 40th LD, and Vice Chair of the House Committee on Energy & Environment
“We need environmental champions in Congress who will fight for clean air and clean water for all of us. That is why I am all in for @BethDoglio, and you should be too.”
Rep. Alex Ramel, Washington State Representative, 40th LD, and Climate Activist
“Congratulations @BethDoglio. You’ve been a leader in implementing clean energy solutions and saying no to fossil fuel export plans for years. You’re a strategic thinker, one of the hardest working people I know, and a true climate champion. This endorsement was well earned.”
Brad Shannon, Independent Journalist and former Olympian Political Editor
"If environmental issues hold sway in Washington’s 10th Congressional District race to replace retiring Rep. Denny Heck, then Democrat Beth Doglio of Olympia just picked up a huge endorsement — from League of Conservation Voters."
Ross Macfarlane, Director, Sierra Club National Board
“Congratulations, Beth! This endorsement was earned over decades of hard work on climate, clean energy, environmental justice, and public health. You will be a great champion for these issues in #WA10”
KC Golden, Senior Advisor, Climate Solutions
“We need this caliber of leadership in Congress! All in for @BethDoglio”
Vlad Gutman-Britten, Washington Director, Climate Solutions, and Climate, Energy, and Infrastructure Policy, Washington State Labor Council
“There’s one climate champion running for Congress in Washington’s 10th district and it’s @BethDoglio. Listen to the League of Conservation Voters – vote for Beth!” Read More
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 since winning election in 2016. She is running to replace retiring Representative Denny Heck (D-Olympia), who has served since 2013.
Doglio, a long time environmental and community leader who served as the founding director of Washington Conservation Voters before leading campaigns and advocacy for climate solutions, made her announcement before family, friends and colleagues at the Thurston County Democrats annual brunch, before heading to a candidate forum hosted by the Pierce County Democratic Party.
“I am honored to serve in the legislature, but the stakes are simply too high, and the consequences of continued dysfunction at the federal level are too dire for me to sit on the sidelines,” she said. “I want to take what we have done in this Washington to the other Washington. We are acting on the urgency of climate change, standing up for unions and working people, and addressing the crisis of homelessness and affordable housing. We need progressive leaders with a track record of building coalitions who get things done so we can get our country back on track.”
At her announcement, Doglio cited her work on several climate and clean energy-related bills as examples of where Washington is leading the nation on policy, and where she will prioritize Congressional action.
“The best thing we can do for our children, grandchildren and economy is make the transition to clean, renewable energy,” said Doglio. “Last year I was proud to lead on the adoption of 100% clean energy and clean buildings here in Washington State, and this year I am working on legislation that will make solar affordable for middle- and lower-income families. Climate action can and must be beneficial to all people – especially those communities and workers most vulnerable to the impacts of change, pollution and transition. We must elect leaders committed to climate action and climate justice.”
A longtime champion for working families, Doglio contrasts the work done in Washington State to safeguard worker rights, raise the minimum wage, improve access to affordable health care, and expand paid family leave with a rollback of many of these same protections by the U.S. Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House.
“We need strong leaders in Congress who step up to call for Medicare for All while working now to improve the Affordable Care Act bringing down drug prices and insurance CEO pay. I want to tell the positive story about how we in Washington have raised wages and expanded family leave while building a strong diverse economy,” said Doglio. “I’m proud of my record standing with working people to provide pathways for affordable health care, family wage jobs, equal pay, and the right to organize.”
A leader on issues of affordable housing and expanding services for vulnerable populations, Doglio sees an important role for a South Sound member of Congress to address the homelessness and mental health crisis in our region.
“I’ve worked on important legislation to give local cities the ability to invest in housing options that work for their needs,” said Doglio. “In Olympia, we’ve built veteran- specific housing to help those who have served our nation get the services they deserve. We need stronger federal partnerships to bring programs to the scale needed to address the complexities of affordability, homelessness, mental health and addiction issues. Our public health and safety, and quality of life depend on real action, not excuses.”
Doglio has also specified gun violence prevention as a core issue in her campaign, reflecting her leading role in passage of gun safety measures in the legislature, and support for voter-approved measures.
“Reducing the threat and tragedy of gun violence is achievable, but we need leaders who stand up to the gun lobby and take action,” said Doglio. “I’m proud of the role I’ve played in sponsoring legislation to expand ‘red flag’ protection laws to vulnerable adults, and work to make sure background checks and voter-approved limits on assault weapons are enforced. We all deserve safe communities and for kids to be able to go to school without worry. We need leaders in Washington, DC committed to this fight not committed to the NRA.”
Doglio enters the race having raised significant contributions as part of her early exploratory effort and has announced that she will not take corporate PAC dollars. “We need to send a message that corporate special interests have enough power in our elections and in the halls of Congress,” said Doglio. “I plan to run a strong, people centered grassroots campaign relying on my years of work here in the district, strong partnerships with working families and environmental advocacy leaders, and my longtime neighbors who have been with me throughout my career.” Read More
State Rep. Beth Doglio, D-Olympia, announced her candidacy for Washington’s 10th Congressional District on Saturday.
The two-term legislator from the 22nd Legislative District made the announcement before her family, friends and colleagues at the Thurston County Democrats annual brunch, according to a press release.
“I am honored to serve in the Legislature, but the stakes are simply too high, and the consequences of continued dysfunction at the federal level are too dire for me to sit on the sidelines,” she said in a press release. “I want to take what we have done in this Washington to the other Washington … We need progressive leaders with a track record of building coalitions who get things done so we can get our country back on track.”
Doglio currently works as the campaign director at Climate Solutions, a regionally-based clean energy economy nonprofit, and serves as the regional co-director for the Power Past Coal campaign, according to her House Democrats biography.
In her current seat in the state Legislature, Doglio has been a staunch advocate on fighting climate change and turning Washington’s economy over to the greener side.
She had hinted at a potential run last year following the announcement of Congressman Denny Heck’s retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives
If elected to the seat, Doglio says she plans on bringing her track record on clean climate solutions, affordable housing and gun control from the state level to the federal.
“We need strong leaders in Congress who step up to call for Medicare for all while working now to improve the Affordable Care Act bringing down drug prices and insurance CEO pay. I want to tell the positive story about how we in Washington have raised wages and expanded family leave while building a strong diverse economy,” she said.
Doglio enters this race with funds raised from her exploratory committee campaign and says she doesn’t plan on taking corporate political action committee (PAC) dollars. Data from her exploratory committee has not yet been posted on the U.S. Federal Election Commission’s website.
From 1991 to 1995, Doglio served as the founding executive director of Washington Conservation Voters, and in 1996 was the field organizer for the National Abortion and Reproduction Rights Action League, according to her online biography.
She’s lived in the Olympia area for more than 20 years and, in addition to working in campaign leadership positions, has worked in the the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
State Rep. Beth Doglio, who has represented Olympia in the Legislature for the last three years, is running for Congress.
Doglio joins the crowded race in Washington’s 10th Congressional District to replace Rep. Denny Heck, who is retiring. Heck has represented the district since it was created following the 2010 census.
Doglio was first elected to the Legislature in 2017, when she ran unopposed for the 22nd District seat vacated by then-Rep. Sam Hunt, who ran for Senate. She was easily reelected in 2018, winning nearly 70% of the vote. She is not stepping down from the Legislature and will serve out the end of her term, but will not seek reelection.
A longtime environmental activist, Doglio was the founding director of Washington Conservation Voters, a position she held from 1991 to 1995. She later worked for the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League and Audubon Washington. Since 2007, Doglio has worked at Climate Solutions, a Northwest environmental and clean energy advocacy group, serving as a senior adviser and campaign director.
“I want to take what we have done in this Washington to the other Washington,” Doglio said, in announcing her campaign. “We are acting on the urgency of climate change, standing up for unions and working people, and addressing the crisis of homelessness and affordable housing.”
Doglio, 55, also supports a Medicare for All health care system, a Green New Deal and stricter gun laws.
Doglio is the ninth candidate to enter the race, and the fifth Democrat, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. She joins Democrats Kristine Reeves, a former state representative who resigned from the Legislature to run; Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma; Phil Gardner, a former aide to Heck; and Joshua Collins, a socialist running as a Democrat. On the Republican side, candidates include Nancy Dailey Slotnick, who also ran in 2018, Ryan Tate, Don Hewitt and Rian Ingram, according to the FEC.
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The crowded race to succeed U.S. Rep. Denny Heck will include a well-known Democratic candidate from Thurston County.
State Rep. Beth Doglio, who has lived in Olympia for 22 years, is entering the race to represent the 10th Congressional District.
“I’m running because the stakes are too high. We have done so much great work in Washington state. I want to bring the kind of work that we have done here to Washington, D.C.,” Doglio said in an interview.
If elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Doglio said she wants to build on the work she’s done in the state House on climate change. She also said she plans to continue Heck’s work on housing and tackle issues from raising the minimum wage to making sure workers have the right to join unions.
“I am confident we got it covered here in Washington state. But I’m not confident that we got it covered in Washington, D.C.,” she told Thurston County Democrats at an event Saturday.
Heck announced in December that he will not seek re-election this year, saying the discourse in Washington, D.C., left him feeling discouraged. He recently said he does not plan to make an endorsement on a successor.
Doglio, 55, was first elected to the House in 2016. She holds Position 2 in the 22nd Legislative District, which covers part of Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and northern Thurston County. She was re-elected in 2018.
Her entry in the race increases the number of candidates to nine, according to the Federal Election Commission.
The other Democratic candidates are former Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland; former state Rep. Kristine Reeves of Federal Way; Phil Gardner, a former district director for Heck; and Joshua Collins, a socialist running under the Democratic banner.
The state Republican Party has pointed out that Strickland and Reeves don’t live in the district. It is not a requirement to do so.
The Republican candidates are Rian Ingrim, Don Hewett, Nancy Dailey Slotnick, and Ryan Tate, according to the FEC.
Doglio said her major accomplishments in the state House include last year’s laws to “reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and put us on the path toward a fossil-free future.” She sponsored the bill that became law to set an energy performance standard for commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet. Doglio also supported the measure committing Washington to “100 percent clean electricity” by 2045.
“That’s the kind of thing that I can do in D.C. as well,” she said.
When asked how she thinks the multi-candidate race may shake out, Doglio said she has deep roots in the district, and Thurston County makes up more than half of the primary vote.
“I’ve raised my family in the district. I’ve lived here for the last 22 years. I worked on Congresswoman Jolene Unsoeld’s winning race – it was the Third [Congressional District] then – in 1988. So my relationship with this community dates way back.
“I’m really looking forward to getting to know the parts of Pierce County and Mason County that are in the district more intimately. I think they’ll find in me a true champion for community priority issues,” Doglio said.
Doglio is a senior adviser for Climate Solutions, a nonprofit group with offices in Olympia, Seattle and Portland, and focuses on a “clean energy economy.” She said she is stepping down to make the run for Heck’s seat.
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