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Manka Dhingra was born on 1974 in Bhopal, India, is an Indian-American attorney and politician. Discover Manka Dhingra's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?
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Manka Dhingra Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Manka Dhingra's Husband?
Her husband is Harjit Singh
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Manka Dhingra Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Manka Dhingra worth at the age of 51 years old? Manka Dhingra’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. She is from India. We have estimated Manka Dhingra's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Manka Dhingra (born 1973 or 1974) is an American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator.
She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science in 1995, before moving with her husband Harjit Singh to Redmond, Washington.
Dhingra, an Indian immigrant, founded the woman's advocacy organization API Chaya in 1996, and later worked under several elected officials at the state level.
Dhingra founded Chaya, a non-profit organization to combat domestic violence against South Asian women, in 1996.
She would later work in the offices of state Supreme Court justice Barbara Madsen and the Attorney General Christine Gregoire, while earning a degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1999.
She joined the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office in 2000 and has led the department's expanding mental health and veterans courts.
Dhingra was born in Bhopal, India to a Sikh family; her father worked for Union Carbide and her mother was a schoolteacher.
After her father died of colon cancer, Dhingra moved to California with her mother at the age of 13, joining her relatives.
Dhingra joined the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office in 2000 and served as a Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for King County.
Her work in the office's mental health court and the King County District Court Regional Veterans Court earned membership in various mental health and anti-hate crime advocacy organizations.
Dhingra's election overturned the Republican coalition majority in the Washington State Senate, giving the Washington Democratic Party complete control over the state's government for the first time since 2012.
She was sworn in on November 29 and became the first Sikh woman to enter a state legislature.
Dhingra was named as the deputy majority leader in the Senate and assigned as the chair of the Behavioral Health Subcommittee.
Dhingra identified herself as a nonpartisan prior to the 2016 presidential election.
A few months after attending her first Democratic meeting, she declared her candidacy for the special election created by the death of Republican Andy Hill.
A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected to represent the 45th legislative district, on Seattle's Eastside in King County, during a 2017 special election.
Dhingra is the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States.
Dhingra defeated Jinyoung Englund, the Republican nominee, on November 7, 2017, with 55% of the votes.
She retained the 45th district seat by being re-elected in 2018 and 2022.
She is running in the 2024 Washington Attorney General election to become Attorney General of Washington.
The incumbent, Democrat Bob Ferguson, is running for Washington State Governor.
Dhingra met her husband, Harjit Singh, while at the University of California, Berkeley.
Singh works for SpaceX in Redmond.
The couple have two children.
