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'''Manka Dhingra''' (born {{circa}} 1974)<ref name="NWAsian">{{cite news|newspaper=]|title=Manka Dhingra talks about her Senate seat plans|date=May 4, 2017 |author=Janice Nesamani|url=http://nwasianweekly.com/2017/05/manka-dhingra-talks-about-her-senate-seat-plans/|accessdate=November 9, 2017}}</ref> is an ] attorney and politician who is a ]. She was elected to represent the ], on ]'s ] in ], during a ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/LegislativeDistrict45.html |title=November 7, 2017 General Election |last=Washington Secretary of State |date=November 7, 2017 |accessdate=November 9, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109015855/http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/LegislativeDistrict45.html |archivedate=November 9, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Dhingra is the first ] elected to any state legislature in the United States.<ref name="IA-2017">{{cite news |last=Haniffa |first=Aziz |date=August 4, 2017 |title=High-stakes showdown in Washington State |url=https://www.indiaabroad.com/indian-americans/high-stakes-showdown-in-washington-state/article_7333a526-7971-11e7-bf36-b70059ba14bf.html |work=] |accessdate=December 21, 2017}}</ref> '''Manka Dhingra''' (born July 8, 1974) is an ] attorney and politician who is a ]. She was elected to represent the ], on ]'s ] in ], during a ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/LegislativeDistrict45.html |title=November 7, 2017 General Election |last=Washington Secretary of State |date=November 7, 2017 |accessdate=November 9, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109015855/http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/LegislativeDistrict45.html |archivedate=November 9, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Dhingra is the first ] elected to any state legislature in the United States.<ref name="IA-2017">{{cite news |last=Haniffa |first=Aziz |date=August 4, 2017 |title=High-stakes showdown in Washington State |url=https://www.indiaabroad.com/indian-americans/high-stakes-showdown-in-washington-state/article_7333a526-7971-11e7-bf36-b70059ba14bf.html |work=] |accessdate=December 21, 2017}}</ref>


Dhingra, an Indian immigrant, founded the woman's advocacy organization API Chaya in 1996, and later worked under several elected officials at the state level. She joined the ]'s office in 2000 and has led the department's expanding mental health and veterans courts. Dhingra, an Indian immigrant, founded the woman's advocacy organization API Chaya in 1996, and later worked under several elected officials at the state level. She joined the ]'s office in 2000 and has led the department's expanding mental health and veterans courts.

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Indian-American attorney and politician

Manka Dhingra
Deputy Majority Leader of the Washington Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 12, 2018
Member of the Washington Senate
from the 45th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 29, 2017
Preceded byDino Rossi
Personal details
Born (1974-07-08) July 8, 1974 (age 50)
Bhopal, India
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseHarjit Singh
Children2
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
University of Washington (JD)

Manka Dhingra (born July 8, 1974) is an Indian-American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator. She was elected to represent the 45th legislative district, on Seattle's Eastside in King County, during a 2017 special election. Dhingra is the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States.

Dhingra, an Indian immigrant, founded the woman's advocacy organization API Chaya in 1996, and later worked under several elected officials at the state level. She joined the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office in 2000 and has led the department's expanding mental health and veterans courts.

Early life and education

Dhingra was born in Bhopal, India to a Sikh family; her father worked for Union Carbide and her mother was a schoolteacher. After her father died of colon cancer, Dhingra moved to California with her mother at the age of 13, joining her relatives. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science in 1995, before moving with her husband to Redmond, Washington.

Career

Dhingra founded Chaya, a non-profit organization to combat domestic violence against South Asian women, in 1996. She would later work in the offices of state Supreme Court justice Barbara Madsen and the Attorney General Christine Gregoire, while earning a degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1999. Dhingra joined the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office in 2000 and served as a Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for King County. Her work in the office's mental health court and the King County District Court Regional Veterans Court earned membership in various mental health and anti-hate crime advocacy organizations.

Dhingra identified herself as a nonpartisan prior to the 2016 presidential election. A few months after attending her first Democratic meeting, she declared her candidacy for the special election created by the death of Republican Andy Hill. Dhingra defeated Jinyoung Englund, the Republican nominee, on November 7, 2017 with 55% of the votes. Dhingra's election overturned the Republican coalition majority in the Washington State Senate, giving the Washington Democratic Party complete control over the state's government for the first time since 2012. She was sworn in on November 29 and became the first Sikh woman to enter a state legislature. Dhingra was named as the deputy majority leader in the Senate and assigned as the chair of the Behavioral Health Subcommittee. She retained the 45th district seat by being re-elected in 2018.

Personal life

Dhingra met her husband, Harjit Singh, while at the University of California, Berkeley. Singh works for SpaceX in Redmond. The couple have two teenage children.

References

  1. Washington Secretary of State (November 7, 2017). "November 7, 2017 General Election". Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  2. ^ Haniffa, Aziz (August 4, 2017). "High-stakes showdown in Washington State". India Abroad. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NWAsian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ O'Sullivan, Joseph (October 22, 2017). "Trump victory helped propel Eastside Democrat into high-stakes Senate race". The Seattle Times. p. B1. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  5. ^ Knauf, Ana Sofia (August 23, 2017). "Meet Manka Dhingra, the Eastside Democrat Who Could End Republican Control of the State Senate". The Stranger. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  6. Barabak, Mark Z. (November 6, 2017). "With Washington statehouse at stake, Democrats seek to build a West Coast wall of Trump resistance". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  7. Cite error: The named reference Corte Press 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. "About Manka Dhingra". Committee to Elect Manka Dhingra. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  9. Jennifer Bendery (November 8, 2017). "Democrats In Washington State Win Full Control Of The Government". The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  10. O'Sullivan, Joseph (November 8, 2017). "Democrat Manka Dhingra defeats Republican Jinyoung Lee Englund in state Senate race". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  11. Sundell, Allison (November 29, 2017). "Dhingra sworn in, Democrats gain control of both chambers". KING 5 News. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  12. Santos, Melissa (April 5, 2019). "With Jay Inslee running for president, here's who might lead WA next". Crosscut.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  13. Baumgarten, Mark; Stang, John (November 6, 2018). "State Democrats tighten hold on Olympia". Crosscut.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  14. "Senior deputy King County prosecutor to challenge for 45th District senate seat". Kirkland Reporter. February 13, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.

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