1928 United States presidential election in Washington (state) county in Washington – and indeed along with five counties in California the first Democratic wins since that election in any county within the three Pacific States of Washington, Oregon and California. The extent of anti-Catholic sentiment in the progressive Pacific Northwest can be seen in that Washington State was the fourth most Republican in the nation during this election, voting 18.33 percentage points more Republican than the nation at-large and less Republican than only Maine, Michigan and Kansas. Only in 1904 has Washington State been so Republican relative to the nation as a whole, and then there was a
California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs the political, economic, and social issues of Asians and Pacific Islanders in California by contributing to and strengthening how state government addresses the needs, issues, and concerns of the diverse and complex Asian and Pacific Islander American communities. The charge of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs is to: Nitasha Sawhney, Chair<br> She was appointed to the commission in 2005 by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and nominated by Congressman Judy Chu. Sawhney was of the four appointed to the commission in 2010 and will be on the board until Jan. 1, 2014. She was re-appointed to