Mainstream Republicans of Washington
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| Formation | 1990 |
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| Founder | Sam Reed, et. al. |
| Purpose | political advocacy |
| Headquarters | Tumwater, Washington |
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Region
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Washington |
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Official language
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English |
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Executive-Director
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Alex Hayes |
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Chair
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Sam Reed |
| Slogan | Social Moderates, Fiscal Conservatives, Advocates for Public Education |
| Website | www |
Mainstream Republicans of Washington is a political action organization dedicated to promoting moderation in the Republican Party in Washington state by providing financial and other support to centrist Republican candidates standing for election in swing districts and statewide office.
Sam Reed and other Republicans in Washington organized a symposium to discuss the future of the Republican party in the state in 1969. The event, branded the Cascade Conference, ultimately became an annual meeting. In 1990 attendees of the Cascade Conference organized the Mainstream Republicans of Washington as a permanent advocacy group. In 2002 the Republican Main Street Partnership and the Mainstream Republicans of Washington announced a working partnership "to recruit, promote and support quality moderate Republicans for elective office in Washington state and nationwide."
Members of Mainstream Republicans of Washington include former congressman Sid Morrison, former secretaries of state Ralph Munro and Sam Reed, former lands commissioner Doug Sutherland, and state legislators Gary Alexander, Steve Litzow, and Hans Zeiger.
Rodney Tom, a one-time Republican state legislator who switched to the Democratic Party, is a former member of the group's board of directors.
Since 2008 Mainstream Republicans has organized Action for Washington, an annual leadership training program targeting college students and recent college graduates.
The group continues to host its annual symposium, the Cascade Conference. In 2007, former United States Attorney John McKay, who had been fired by the George W. Bush administration in the dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy, received enthusiastic applause when he addressed the conference. The 2013 event featured a speech by Tacoma mayor Marilyn Strickland, a Democratic Party activist who had previously made headlines when she described Republicans as "racist," a remark for which she later apologized.
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