Two Clallam County Democrats are up — at least a mile — about going to Denver next month.
Julie Johnson of Neah Bay will attend her party’s national convention on Aug. 25-28 as one of about 5,000 delegates.
Marco Xavier Hermosillo of Sequim will serve on the 186-member platform committee.
Hermosillo said he was named to the committee partly because of being the 24th Congressional District’s state committeeman and former two-term state secretary of Utah Democrats.
“It’s exciting, being from Clallam County and having the chance of representing the views of Clallam County,” Hermosillo said.
“Democrats worked hard here and at the state level to build issues.”
Johnson said she’ll serve two constituencies.
“I’m the first Native American woman to be representing Clallam County at the national convention,” she said.
“I’m just really proud to be representing the tribes, not only the county.”
Both are pledged to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Clinton has suspended her campaign against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who is the presumptive winner of the Democratic nomination for president.
But, “to my knowledge, she has not released her delegates, ” Johnson said.
“She wants her platform — such as health care, the economy and bringing home the troops — to remain priorities within the party.
“I am remaining a Hillary delegate.
“I would think there are some people who are wanting her to be a vice presidential candidate” in the Nov. 4 general election, in which Sen. John McCain of Arizona is the presumptive Republican nominee for president.
But whatever happens, Johnson said, “I’m a Democrat. I’ll support the party.”
