Jeanne Kohl-Welles

DENVER -- As mentioned earlier, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and DNC Chair Howard Dean addressed the Washington delegation this morning along with Washington Democratic Chair Dwight Pelz and state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-Seattle), but the star power did not stop there.

Phil Angelides speaks with Rep. Jay InsleeAlso speaking in attendence was Phil Angelides of the Apollo Alliance, a consortium of business, labor, environmental, and community leaders dedicated to creating a clean energy economy in America.  Angelides, the 2006 Democratic nominee for governor of California, spoke highly of Inslee's progress in Congress on behalf of energy projects, and was sure to remind the room that his youngest daughter was currently attending the University of Washington.

Reuven CarlyleSen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-Seattle) has endorsed Reuven Carlyle for Representative in her 36th Legislative District, the Seattle P-I is reporting. Kohl-Welles has represented the district since 1992, for one term as a representative and in her current seat ever since.

"I am very pleased to endorse Reuven and I strongly encourage the people of our district to support him in the general election," Kohl-Wells said in a statement. "While our district is blessed with two strong candidates, Reuven has an impressive combination of public policy and business skills along with extraordinary life experience that will make him a very effective citizen legislator."

Carlyle is engaged in a close race with fellow Democrat John Burbank.