SEATTLE (AP) — Washington State Republican Party Chairman Caleb Heimlich said Monday he is leaving the position.
Heimlich, 37, wrote in a message to state GOP officials obtained by The Seattle Times Monday that while it has been a tremendous honor to serve as the chairman for more than five years, he has accepted a job with a national grassroots organization that will provide a better quality of life for his family, the newspaper reported.
His resignation is effective Aug. 12, when the GOP’s state committee will meet in Olympia to elect a new chair.
“After 12 and a half years working at the Washington State Republican Party, it is time for a change,” Heimlich wrote in the message to state GOP officials, citing the commute from his Pierce County home to Bellevue as a reason for the change.