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 resigned from her position of President in June 2010.
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).
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Famous quotes containing the words crystal and/or strait:
“The Thirties dreamed white marble and slipstream chrome, immortal crystal and burnished bronze, but the rockets on the Gernsback pulps had fallen on London in the dead of night, screaming. After the war, everyone had a car—no wings for it—and the promised superhighway to drive it down, so that the sky itself darkened, and the fumes ate the marble and pitted the miracle crystal.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)