We’ve had an outstanding year of getting to know the candidates who are running for office and will be on our primary ballot in August. A warm thank you to every candidate and campaign who has engaged with us, brought your policy priorities, and your personal stories to us. We are deeply grateful to have an abundance of fantastic people running for office in 2024.
Thank you to the candidates and campaigns who have participated in our 36th events, meetings, and interviews; thank you to our amazing 36th E-Board and our interim Political Director Laura Marie Rivera for a rigorous endorsement process; and a HEARTFELT THANK YOU to ALL OUR MEMBERS and especially our PCOs who participated in our endorsement meeting Wednesday night and who are the ones showing up every day to strengthen our democracy.
We’ve had fun leading up to our endorsements (learning about beavers for instance ) and we will have even more fun as we work hard to GOTV this summer.
We are delighted to share that our endorsed candidates for the 2024 primary that moved into the general are:
- US Senator, Maria Cantwell
- US Representative, Congressional District 7, Pramila Jayapal
- Governor, Bob Ferguson
- Lieutenant Governor, Denny Heck
- Attorney General, Nick Brown
- State Insurance Commissioner, Patty Kuderer
- State Treasurer, Mike Pelliciotti
- State Auditor, Patrice McCarthy
- Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal
- Commissioner of Public Lands, Dave Upthegrove
- Supreme Court Position 2, Salvador Mungia
- LD 36 State Representative Position 1, Julia Reed
- LD 36 State Representative Position 2, Liz Berry
- King County Superior Court, Paul Crisalli
- Seattle City Council, Citywide, Position 8, Alexis Mercedes Rinck
- Secretary of State, Steve Hobbs*
- Keep Seattle Moving Levy*
- NO on Initiative No. 2066* to keep our air clean and make energy more affordable
- NO on Initiative No. 2109 to stop cuts on education and childcare
- NO on Initiative No. 2117 to protect our transportation system and vital waterways
- NO on Initiative No. 2124 to protect long term healthcare and keep costs low
*voted in September meeting