Paul Berendt Biography
- Title:
- Former Washington State Democratic Party Chairman
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentence (Incarceration, Probation, and Parole) Be Allowed to Vote?"
- Reasoning:
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“We know for a fact that nonunion, blue-collar, Caucasian men vote very disproportionately Republican, and when you look at the felon population in the state of Washington, they are overwhelmingly nonunion, blue-collar, male Caucasians.”
“Democrats Flag 743 Votes They Say Felons Cast,” Seattle Times, May 7, 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior Vice President, Strategies 360 (Public Relations and Communications industry)
- Chairman, Washington State Democratic Party, Jan. 1995-Jan. 2006
- Former Western Region Vice Chair, Association of State Democratic Chairs
- Former Member, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Credentials Committee
- Education:
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- BA, Liberal Arts, Evergreen State College, 1987
- Other:
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- Raised on a cattle ranch in Northeast Washington’s Pend Oreille County
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