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Manka Dhingra
Indian and American attorney and politician
Manka Dhingra (born 1973 or 1974)[1][2] is an Indian-born American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator.
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.[3] Dhingra is the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States.[4]
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.
She joined the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office in 2000 and led the department's expanding mental health and veterans courts. Dhingra faced criticism in 2023 and 2024 for the data she used to support her positions on police pursuits[5] and for claiming she still worked at the Prosecutor’s Office.[6]