Frank Church Banquet  

The Idaho Democratic Party is pleased to annouce their speaker for this year's Frank Church Banquet, Congressman Jay Inslee (WA - 01).

From his website:
Jay Inslee was born on February 9, 1951 in Seattle. He grew up on the shores of Puget Sound, where his father, Frank, a biology teacher, taught him the value of our environment. Jay Inslee graduated from Ingraham High School, went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Washington, and eventually graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Willamette University School of Law in 1976. He has used his legal expertise not only to succeed in private practice but also to serve the local community in a variety of ways from serving as the chair of school board campaigns to serving as a member of New Valley Osteopathic Hospital Board of Directors. He was a small-town prosecuting attorney in Selah, WA, from 1976 to 1992.

Jay Inslee is one of the strongest fighters against George Bush's preemptive war in Iraq, escalation of the federal deficit, and rollback of environmental protections.

Jay Inslee started his public career in Yakima by getting involved in a local school bond issue. Success of the school bond encouraged him to run for the Washington State Legislature, where he won twice in a Republican district before running for Congress in 1992. That year Inslee won another Republican seat by defeating Doc Hastings in Washington's 4th Congressional District. In the face of intense opposition, Inslee lost in the Republican landslide of 1994.

In 1998 Jay ran again for Congress, this time in the 1st Congressional District against incumbent Rick White. Jay won, and has been serving Washington state in that capacity ever since.

Jay's track record in Congress reflects an unparalleled commitment to financial privacy, environmental issues, public education, work-place protections, and technological innovation.

For more information you can visit either his Congressional website or his personal website.




For the banquet, tickets are $75 per person, $750 per table of ten. 
To purchase a table please contact our office directly.
To purchase individual tickets, go to the donation page.

There will be a separate reception held at the Bistro in BoDo.  Go to the event page for more information.

Click on the associated documents at the bottom of the page for a more complete schedule of the weekend's activities.