Crystal Strait

Crystal Strait is an American politician from Azusa, California. She was elected President of the California Young Democrats in 2005, the official youth arm of the California Democratic Party, and was Political Action Director of the California Democratic Party. She is notable in her capacity as a superdelegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, where her pledge to vote for Barack Obama made him tie with Hillary Clinton in superdelegate count. She was elected President of the Young Democrats of America at its 2009 National Convention in Chicago on August 8, 2009 for a two-year term. Strait left her position of President in June 2010.

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• Crystal Strait talks about her background and growing into her career
• Education
• Early career
• References

In June 2010, Strait began working as the Political Director in the Boxer for Senate 2010 Campaign, the toughest to date. After a rigorous few months alongside a phenomenal campaign staff, Strait saw her job as Political Director through when Boxer won 52.1 percent of the vote while Carly Fiorina, the Republican nominee, trailed behind at 42.3 percent of the vote. On December 7, 2010, it was announced that Strait would serve as the Chief of Staff to Assemblymember Dr. Richard Pan.

Interns tend to recall that Strait likes Hello Kitty products, Chinese food, and Diet Coke (light on the ice).

In state politics, Strait worked to elect Dr. Richard Pan to the State Assembly in a swing seat, and in 2014 was the architect in a State Senate upset against long time Democrat elected Roger Dickinson.

In 2015 helped then state senator, Dr. Richard Pan pass the controversial mandatory immunization legislation SB 277, which was signed into law later this year.

Strait currently serves as Senior Advisor to Mayor Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento.