Washington National RNC Members
As much information as I could glean in 24 hours. It ain’t much,
but it’s all I’ve got.
Luke Esser, Bellevue, King County Jeff Kent, Bellingham (??),
Whatcom County Fredi Simpson, Wenatchee, Chelan County
Luke Esser State Chairman, WA Republican State
Committee
PRESENT -State Chairman, Washington State Republican Party,
elected January 27, 2007 -Attorney at Law…
PREVIOUS -Washington State Senator, 2003-2006 -Chairman, Senate
Technology & Communications Committee, 2003 -Republican Floor
Leader, Washington State Senate, 2004-2006 -Washington State
Representative, 1999-2002 -Co-Vice Chair, House Capital Budget
Committee, 1999-2001 -Outreach Director, Washington Attorney
General’s Office, 2005-07 -Policy Director, King County
Councilmember Rob McKenna, 1996-2004 -Co-Chair, 48th District,
George W. Bush for President, 2000 -Former Member of Pro Football
Writers of America
RNC ACTIVITY -Member of RNC Standing Committee on Rules
-Delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention Member of
Committee on -Rules & Order of Business, 2008 National
Convention
Luke Esser was responsible for a lot of confusion regarding the
outcome of the Republican caucuses in 2008. He declared a “winner”
before the counting was complete (rather than making it clear he
was “projecting” the winner). This led to Huckabee suppporters
believing that they counting had actually been stopped and a winner
declared (with no more counting to take place). That wasn’t true,
but it was a bit of a tempest in a teapot.
When Esser was running for the chairmanship, he responded to
some questions on SoundPolitics, which can be found here.
I unfortunately am having a difficult time finding out who, if
anyone (other than the bloggers at SoundPolitics) endorsed him for
State Chair. And if it would mean anything anyway, since Tibelius
appears to have been “not up to the task.”
Jeff Kent National Committeeman, WA Republican
State Committee
PRESENT -National Committeeman, Washington State Republican
Party, elected - May 20, 2000 -Executive Board Member, Republican
State Committee of Washington, 1990 - -Owner, Interlube
International, Inc., 1992 -
PREVIOUS -Host, Conservative Talk Radio-KGMI, 1993 - 1996 -State
Committeeman, Whatcom County Republican Party, 1992 - 2000 -Budget
Chairman, Republican State Committee of Washington, 1997- 2001
-President, Washington State Young Republican Federation, 1991,
1992, 1993
Jeff Kent is an enigma. Searches of SoundPolitics.com and the
Seattle Times yield nothing.
Fredi Simpson National Committeewoman, WA
Republican State Committee
PRESENT -National Committeewoman, Washington State Republican
Party, elected May 25, 2006 -3rd Vice President, Washington
Federation of Republican Women, 2005- -Chairman, Chelan County
Republican Party 2003 – Present 1st Vice President Chelan/Douglas
Republican Women
PREVIOUS -Vice-Chair, Washington State Republican Party,
2005-2006 -Team Leader, Rossi for Governor, 2004 -Campaign Manager,
Mike Harum for Chelan County Sheriff, 2002 -Vice-Chair, Chelan
County Republican Party 1999 - 2003 -Co-Chair, John Carlson for
Governor for North Central Washington, 1999-2000 -Vice Chair,
Washington Republican National Hispanic Assembly (WRNHA), 2001-
2004
Served as WSRP Vice-Chair under Chris Vance. Lost to Diane
Tebelius for State Chairman in 2007 when Vance resigned. Was
endorsed by Dino Rossi, John Carlson and Doc Hastings, among
others.
From the archives at SoundPolitics.com, written in January 2005
by Timothy Goddard:
The granddaughter of Mexican and Spanish migrant workers,
Simpson described how she was driven to become a Republican by two
factors–first, the difference she saw between her uncle, a
Democratic big-shot in California who was born a citizen, and her
mother, who was born in Cuba and had to work for her citizenship.
Her uncle took his citizenship and the blessings that go with it
for granted, while her mother never did. Second, when her mother
wouldn’t allow her to take government money for college that was
offered simply because she was part Hispanic. Simpson helped with
the organization of the Hispanic recruitment drive in 2004,
bringing in more Republican Hispanic votes in Washington State
history without using any money from the state party…she’s very
close, and is someone to keep an eye on, as she helps present a new
face to the state Republican party.
The only thing I could find that would indicate a strong
conservative bent is that she chaired John Carlson’s gubernatorial
campaign in 2000. Other than that…don’t know.
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