Manka Dhingra

Dhingra's professional experience includes working as a senior deputy prosecuting attorney with the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. She earned her B.A. in history and political science from the University of California at Berkley. Dhingra earned her J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law and began working as a prosecutor in January 2000.[1]

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Campaign website

Dhingra’s campaign website stated the following:

My Vision

I envision a state with strong communities; where individuals have social equity, organizations and businesses have economic growth opportunities and there is stewardship of the environment.

A State with the resources available to graduate the next generation of diverse and creative leaders for the State, Country, and the World and who foster innovation for our local businesses big and small.

I believe we can build an education system that engages children, expanding on their unique creativity and talent, and that crafts an individualized plan for success.

I believe in a state that is a leader in the technologies of the future thereby attracting corporations and organizations from around the world and that supports our small businesses and trades to ensure jobs for middle class families.

I believe in a Washington that prioritizes inclusion, invests in humans, and embraces our diversity.

MY MISSION

To develop a thriving, prosperous middle class by investing in education, tackling our growth and traffic challenges and creating safe and secure neighborhoods for our families.

MY VALUES

The values that drive my personal life are compassion, action and justice. The values that will help accomplish our mission and take us to our vision are:

Community—Building connections, respecting the difference and value of others

Compassion—Having understanding and empathy for others

Responsibility—Taking accountability for decisions and actions

Honesty—Being fair and truthful

Integrity—Maintaining moral and ethical standards

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—Manka Dhingra’s campaign website (2024)[12]

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Dingra's campaign website highlighted the following campaign themes:[13]

Education

We need to make early learning and high quality childcare more accessible so our youngest learners enter the classroom ready to learn. I will work to protect and improve our great schools so that children of all abilities can thrive and graduate with the skills for a successful transition to adulthood.

Transportation & Growth

I want the Eastside to continue to drive global innovation while still being able to drive to work, school, and community events safely. That means keeping impaired drivers off our roads and repairing crumbling infrastructure to ensure our roadways are safe.

Health & Safety

We can improve public safety, save taxpayer resources, and help people through difficult times by closing the revolving door of jail, homelessness, and crime that impacts too many Veterans and people struggling with mental illness and substance use disorder. Through innovation and reform, we can continue making progress at the state level in how we address these interrelated challenges, helping people and strengthening communities.

Accountability

As your Senator I will work to increase government transparency and to close outdated tax loopholes so we can invest in the programs that are important to local families. By increasing accountability to you, we can secure the funds to support our seniors and veterans, to expand mental health services, and to invest in renewable energies and better protect our environment for our children and grandchildren.

Rights

We are facing direct attacks on the progress we have made in building a strong economy, a skilled, diverse workforce, great public schools, and the fundamental rights of women and immigrants. To protect what we cherish here on the Eastside, we need new voices committed to equity and inclusion and that are dedicated to breaking through the partisanship and gridlock that has held us back from reaching our full potential.[11]

Does Washington State Senate candidate Manka Dhingra support a state income tax?

September 12, 2017: Control of the Washington State Senate is at stake in the November 7 special election. Democrat Manka Dhingra and Republican Jinyoung Lee Englund will face off in the 45th District, which saw highly competitive Senate races in 2014 and 2010. An online ad by Working Families PAC claims, "Dhingra wants to pick our pocket with a new income tax."