Category: Endorsements

2017 is a local election year. There are local and state ballot measures to consider. In our district, it is also a legislative election year, with a special election for State Senator. General election ballots will be delivered around Friday, October 20 and are due Tuesday, November 7, no later than 8 p.m. To vote in the general election, the mail and online registration deadline has passed, but you can register in person by Monday, October 30.   State Measures Advisory Votes 16, 17, and 18: Maintain County Measures King County Proposition No. 1, Levy Lid Lift for Veterans, Seniors and Vulnerable...

This week, The Stranger (Seattle’s most widely read alternative weekly) released its endorsements for the 2014 midterms. The Stranger Election Control Board – or SECB for short – offered ringing endorsements of the 45th’s nominees for Legislature. Here’s what they had to say about Matt Isenhower, Larry Springer, and Roger Goodman: State Senator: Matt Isenhower Sick and tired of Washington State’s ass-backward tax structure? Fed up with the underfunding of education and transit? Us too, as you may have heard, but we gotta wrest back control of the state senate from Republicans to do anything about it. Matt Isenhower—an Amazon...

The following is the text of the 45th District Democrats Endorsement Committee’s recommendation for King County District Court, Northeast Electoral District, Position 3. All three candidates for this position, individually, qualify for our endorsement, but after much discussion the majority of the committee recommends Rick Leo for this position. Not only has Rick had extensive experience in all three disciplines of defender, prosecutor, and pro tem judge, he gets that he is a public servant and understands that the people coming before him are regular citizens who are often intimidated by the court process. In talking with Rick, it came...