Your 2008 Democratic delegates

Automatic delegate Sen. Maria CantwellWith the Democratic National Convention kicking off in just eleven days, the state Democratic Party is doing its part to let Washingtonians know who their delegates are to the big show in Denver.

Today they unveiled a flickr page with photos of all of the delegates and superdelegates, icluding 64 Obama supporters, 26 Clinton supporters and 15 automatic delegates. Many of the photos are accompanied by a statement from the delegate on what the event means to them.

Read below for a statement on the delegates from the press release.

We are proud to be sending one of the most diverse delegations we have ever sent to the National Convention. Our delegation includes James Yee, who exposed the abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. He is joined by an Iraqi-born man who fought Saddam Hussein, a man interned during World War II, a State Legislator from Spokane, a Persian-American woman married to an Iraq War veteran, a young cancer survivor, and the first African-American ski instructor in Sun Valley, Idaho. They come from Spokane, Ferndale, Wenatchee, Toppenish, Montesano, Poulsbo... every corner of Washington State.