2015 endorsements
Former State Democrats Chair Paul Berendt
State Sen. Maralyn Chase
State Rep. Eileen Cody
King County Executive Dow Constantine
County Councilman Rod Dembowski
Retired Appellate Court Judge Anne Ellington
State Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon
County Councilman Larry Gossett
WA State Supreme Court Justice Faith Ireland, Ret’d
King Co. Superior Ct. Judge Paris Kallas, Ret’d
Former State Senator Adam Kline
City Councilmember Nick Licata
County Councilman Joe McDermott
State Senator/Minority Leader Sharon Nelson
Former Mayor Greg Nickels
SPS School Board Director Betty Patu
SPS School Board Director Sue Peters
Former City Council member Tina Podlowdoski
Washington State Democratic Chair Jaxon Ravens
Former King Co Executive Ron Sims
Former Director Pos. 1 SPS Sally Soriano
Former Director Pos. No. 6 SPS Irene Stewart
Former State Senator & Ret’d WA State Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge
Former State Representative Velma Veloria
“Very Good” Rating, Municipal League
National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington State
Seattle Education Association (teachers and classified staff)
Seattle Times (sole)
Northwest Asian Weekly (sole)
The Stranger (sole)
King Co. Democrats (sole)
King Co Young Democrats (sole)
Teamsters Joint Council 28
IUOE Local 609 (classified staff, non-teachers, maintenance, nutrition, etc.) AFL- CIO (sole)
Carpenters Local No. 41 (sole)
Central Puget Sound Carpenters Local 30
Laborers Local 242 (sole)
Inland Boatmen’s Union of the Pacific IBU (sole)
11th Leg. Democrats (sole)
46th Leg.Dist. Democrats (dual)
Martin Luther King Co. Labor Council (dual) (sole)
King County Young Democrats (sole)
32nd Leg. Dist. Democrats (sole)
34th Leg. Dist. Democrats (sole)
36th Leg. Dist. Democrats (sole)
37th Leg. Dist. Democrats (sole)
43th Leg. Dist. Democrats (sole)
Aerospace Machinists Local 751 (sole)
Metropolitan Democratic Club (sole)
Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters (sole)
Peggy Abby
Marlene Allbright
Shawn Anderson
James Apa
Philip Arnold
Henry M. Aronson
Eric Baer
Ted Barker
Craig C. Beles
Delana Beltran-Haag
Bruce Bentley
Liz Berry
Paul and Nancy Berry
Joannne Birkner
Cathi Bright
Dale Bright
Russell Brubaker
Patti Bruneau
Rondey Bruneau
Bruce Butterfield
Steve Butts
Jeffery Campiche
Samantha Casne
Diane Casper
Betsy Chadwell
Kenneth M. Chang
Andrea Chorney
Huong Co
Lisa L. Conley
Juan Cotto
Walt Creekmore
Robert Cruickshank
Lou Cutler
Karl deJong
Rita Dixon
Jim Donovan
Amy Daly Donavan
Niomi Fisseha Drake
Jackie Dupras
Ed Dupras
William “Bill” Dussault
Brian Earl
David Edelman
Ronald P. Erickson
Lisa Reibin Evans
Hayward Evans
Arthur Faherty
Mary Fleck
Mitch Feller
Roger Flores
Heather Clay Floyd
Rose Forinash
Boo Balkan Foster
Claire Foster
Noel Foulk
Dave Freiboth
Jill Geary
Liz Giba
Elva Gonzalez
Robin Graham
Kathleen Grube
Jim Guenther
Candace Haberkorn
Brian Haberly
Jesse Haggopian
Peggy Schindler Hail
Marath Hail
Laird Hail
Andy Hail
Jennifer Lee Hall
Denise Hallam
Elizabeth Hansen
Susan Harmon
Susan Harris
Michael P. Harris
Joseph Harris
Monica Harris
John Harris
Kathy Harris
Colleen Harris
Brent Hart
Akemi Hart
Mike Heavey
Karen Heidergott
Carol L. Hepburn
Lisa Herbold
Holly Hoskinson
Lem Howell
Kelly Riggle Hower
Zach Jarvis
Heidi Jindrich
Dina Lydia Johnson
Scott Johnson
Terry Jones
R. Bruce King
Michael Kittleson
Conrad Knudtson
Martha Koester
Haley Land
Cindi Laws
Dan Lee
Jeanne Legault
Lisa Leninger
Randy Leninger
Gerhardt Letzing
Lillith Lysistra
Victor Marchi
Megan Marks
Ann Martin
Teri Mast
Jeff Mason
Mark McCarty
Gail McCormick
Cecilia McCormick
Jake McMurdo
David McMurray
Betty Means
Deni Mensing
Katherine Minsch
Tom Mitchell
Brenda Mollis
Fran Morely
Adrian Moroles
Allen W. Munro
Robert Murphy
Wendy Nathan
Linh-Co Nguyen
Kathleen Oglesby
Vince O’Halloran
Sim Osborne
Geov Parrish
Bob Park
Shannon Aldrich Payne
Ami Pendley
John Persak
Lynn Ogdon Perrine
Lisa Plymate, MD
Alena Marie Porter
Nate Porter
Peter Quigley
Jasmine Reddy
Ted Reed
Laurie Reinhardt
Lucy Richard’
Claire Richardson
John Richarson
Nadia Rodacker
Bill Schrier
Keith Scully
Lara Seefeldt
PJ Seidenstricker
Sarajane Siegfriedt
Carol Simmons
India Simmons
Kathy Smith
Lila Smith
Jeff Smith
Tyler Smith
Margo Spellman
Tamsen Spengler
David Spring
Kimber LyAnn Starr
Alec Stephens
Cleve Stockmeyer
Shari Stoica
W. Bruce Stotler
Celine Straub
Jackie Szikszoy
George Tibbits
Linda Tran
Michael Taylor-Judd
Capt. Larry Thormhalen
Jay Ubelhart
Javier Valdez
Diane Vincent
Liz Walsh
Carol Watkins
Ivan Weiss
Angie Weiss
Rebecca Wells
Joanne R. Werner
David Westberg
Melissa Westbrook
Lashanna Williams
Alice Woldt
Heather Woodruff
Tomas & Kathy Ybarra
Alonzo Ybarra
George Zander
Bob Zappone
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