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Welcome to the Fuse Progressive Voters Guide to the 2022 primary election! The Progressive Voters Guide compiles the information that allows you to make informed decisions about the races on your ballot, based on your values. You can learn about our partners and decision-making process here. Please share this guide with your friends and family!
Federal
Sen. Patty Murray has been a consistent and strong progressive voice in the U.S. Senate. She's seeking re-election to continue fighting for our basic rights and a higher quality of life in Washington and beyond.
Murray was first elected in 1992 and has been a champion for veterans, working families, women, and economic opportunities for all. Before her tenure in the Senate, Murray worked as a preschool teacher, on the Shoreline School Board, and in the Washington state Senate.
During her time in Congress, Sen. Murray has worked hard to keep our communities safe from gun violence, pass abortion rights at the federal level so that everyone has reproductive freedom, and expand access to affordable childcare. This year, she voted in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and a slate of other progressive bills that invest in working communities so that our country is a place where everyone can thrive. Murray has earned an impressive and diverse coalition of endorsements from local and national organizations, elected leaders, and unions.
Sen. Patty Murray is a national leader on many of the most important issues facing our country. She has earned your vote for re-election.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Sen. Patty Murray has been a consistent and strong progressive voice in the U.S. Senate. She's seeking re-election to continue fighting for our basic rights and a higher quality of life in Washington and beyond.
Murray was first elected in 1992 and has been a champion for veterans, working families, women, and economic opportunities for all. Before her tenure in the Senate, Murray worked as a preschool teacher, on the Shoreline School Board, and in the Washington state Senate.
During her time in Congress, Sen. Murray has worked hard to keep our communities safe from gun violence, pass abortion rights at the federal level so that everyone has reproductive freedom, and expand access to affordable childcare. This year, she voted in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and a slate of other progressive bills that invest in working communities so that our country is a place where everyone can thrive. Murray has earned an impressive and diverse coalition of endorsements from local and national organizations, elected leaders, and unions.
Sen. Patty Murray is a national leader on many of the most important issues facing our country. She has earned your vote for re-election.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Sen. Patty Murray has been a consistent and strong progressive voice in the U.S. Senate. She's seeking re-election to continue fighting for our basic rights and a higher quality of life in Washington and beyond.
Murray was first elected in 1992 and has been a champion for veterans, working families, women, and economic opportunities for all. Before her tenure in the Senate, Murray worked as a preschool teacher, on the Shoreline School Board, and in the Washington state Senate.
During her time in Congress, Sen. Murray has worked hard to keep our communities safe from gun violence, pass abortion rights at the federal level so that everyone has reproductive freedom, and expand access to affordable childcare. This year, she voted in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and a slate of other progressive bills that invest in working communities so that our country is a place where everyone can thrive. Murray has earned an impressive and diverse coalition of endorsements from local and national organizations, elected leaders, and unions.
Sen. Patty Murray is a national leader on many of the most important issues facing our country. She has earned your vote for re-election.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Other Candidates
Sen. Murray faces more than a dozen challengers this year. The most prominent among them is Tiffany Smiley, a triage nurse running on a MAGA Republican platform. Smiley has never held public office but she previously worked on Capitol Hill. Her Trump-inspired platform aims to divide us while she cuts funding from our most essential services and repurposes it for a needless border wall and more militarized police forces. Working Washingtonians need real solutions so that we can access the basics like gas, groceries, rent, and prescription medicine – not MAGA rhetoric and tax breaks for the wealthy.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Sen. Murray faces more than a dozen challengers this year. The most prominent among them is Tiffany Smiley, a triage nurse running on a MAGA Republican platform. Smiley has never held public office but she previously worked on Capitol Hill. Her Trump-inspired platform aims to divide us while she cuts funding from our most essential services and repurposes it for a needless border wall and more militarized police forces. Working Washingtonians need real solutions so that we can access the basics like gas, groceries, rent, and prescription medicine – not MAGA rhetoric and tax breaks for the wealthy.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
4th Congressional District
Doug White is the sole Democrat running for U.S. Representative for the 4th Congressional District. His platform is focused on protecting the local environment and expanding rural health care. He has worked for multinational businesses and comes from several generations of Central Washington farmers.
White's focus would be a huge change from incumbent Dan Newhouse's conservative policies as well as the proposals of the MAGA Republicans in this race. He believes that climate change needs to be mitigated by local energy from solar and wind. White believes immigrants need a path forward to citizenship and that more must be done to secure affordable housing for all, provide a safety net for seniors and the vulnerable, and that infrastructure from waterways to broadband internet need to be modernized and rebuilt. Unlike most of his opponents, White also supports passing a law to protect reproductive freedom for all Americans.
White is broadly endorsed by many Democratic organizations, unions, and more. For his willingness to take on the district's and nation's biggest issues, like protecting water and building up communities more equitably, we recommend Doug White for Congress for the 4th District.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Doug White is the sole Democrat running for U.S. Representative for the 4th Congressional District. His platform is focused on protecting the local environment and expanding rural health care. He has worked for multinational businesses and comes from several generations of Central Washington farmers.
White's focus would be a huge change from incumbent Dan Newhouse's conservative policies as well as the proposals of the MAGA Republicans in this race. He believes that climate change needs to be mitigated by local energy from solar and wind. White believes immigrants need a path forward to citizenship and that more must be done to secure affordable housing for all, provide a safety net for seniors and the vulnerable, and that infrastructure from waterways to broadband internet need to be modernized and rebuilt. Unlike most of his opponents, White also supports passing a law to protect reproductive freedom for all Americans.
White is broadly endorsed by many Democratic organizations, unions, and more. For his willingness to take on the district's and nation's biggest issues, like protecting water and building up communities more equitably, we recommend Doug White for Congress for the 4th District.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Doug White is the sole Democrat running for U.S. Representative for the 4th Congressional District. His platform is focused on protecting the local environment and expanding rural health care. He has worked for multinational businesses and comes from several generations of Central Washington farmers.
White's focus would be a huge change from incumbent Dan Newhouse's conservative policies as well as the proposals of the MAGA Republicans in this race. He believes that climate change needs to be mitigated by local energy from solar and wind. White believes immigrants need a path forward to citizenship and that more must be done to secure affordable housing for all, provide a safety net for seniors and the vulnerable, and that infrastructure from waterways to broadband internet need to be modernized and rebuilt. Unlike most of his opponents, White also supports passing a law to protect reproductive freedom for all Americans.
White is broadly endorsed by many Democratic organizations, unions, and more. For his willingness to take on the district's and nation's biggest issues, like protecting water and building up communities more equitably, we recommend Doug White for Congress for the 4th District.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Other Candidates
The are six Republicans in total in this race. Incumbent Republican Dan Newhouse was first elected in 2014 and previously served as the Washington Director of Agriculture and in the state House of Representatives. He is very conservative, and while Trump was in office he voted with the president 93 percent of the time. While he was one of the few Republicans to support Trump's impeachment in 2021 after the attack on the capitol on January 6th, Newhouse refused to support the $3 trillion relief package passed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and voted against Trump's impeachment in 2020.
Rep. Brad Klippert, who has represented the 8th Legislative District since 2008, is running because Newhouse voted to impeach Trump. Klippert has stood against progress and common sense for years, including voting against age-appropriate sexual health education and threatening the health of students and staff in schools by working against public health orders at the height of the pandemic. He is anti-abortion and opposes gun safety regulations.
Loren Culp will be familiar to many voters as the MAGA Republican who ran unsuccessfully against Gov. Inslee in 2020. The former sole police officer of the town of Republic is now endorsed by Trump in the former president's vendetta against Newhouse for supporting his impeachment. Culp's policy track record is unsurprisingly extreme. He's compared gun reform to the Holocaust and likened the governor's stay-at-home policies to the horrors of Japanese internment during WWII. Culp also wants to build Trump's border wall and to dissolve the Department of Education entirely because he doesn't believe students should learn about sexual health or the history of race in America.
Benancio "Benny" Garcio III is running on an anti-choice platform that tries to whip up fear and divide us on the same election lies peddled to overturn our votes.
Jerrod Sessler is a self-described America-First Conservative Christian whose platform is similar or perhaps worse than many of the other Republican candidates - including moving the country towards Christian nationalism, standing against environmental regulations, and embracing anti-choice policies alongside a refusal to teach students how to protect themselves from pregnancy or learn about respectful consent.
Rounding out the Republican candidates is Corey Gibson, yet another "America-First" candidate who wants to eliminate the Department of Education, as well as impeach Biden, take away our freedom to decide whether and when we grow our families by opposing our right to abortion, and force a vote in Congress to remove any discussion of race from schools and the federal government.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
The are six Republicans in total in this race. Incumbent Republican Dan Newhouse was first elected in 2014 and previously served as the Washington Director of Agriculture and in the state House of Representatives. He is very conservative, and while Trump was in office he voted with the president 93 percent of the time. While he was one of the few Republicans to support Trump's impeachment in 2021 after the attack on the capitol on January 6th, Newhouse refused to support the $3 trillion relief package passed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and voted against Trump's impeachment in 2020.
Rep. Brad Klippert, who has represented the 8th Legislative District since 2008, is running because Newhouse voted to impeach Trump. Klippert has stood against progress and common sense for years, including voting against age-appropriate sexual health education and threatening the health of students and staff in schools by working against public health orders at the height of the pandemic. He is anti-abortion and opposes gun safety regulations.
Loren Culp will be familiar to many voters as the MAGA Republican who ran unsuccessfully against Gov. Inslee in 2020. The former sole police officer of the town of Republic is now endorsed by Trump in the former president's vendetta against Newhouse for supporting his impeachment. Culp's policy track record is unsurprisingly extreme. He's compared gun reform to the Holocaust and likened the governor's stay-at-home policies to the horrors of Japanese internment during WWII. Culp also wants to build Trump's border wall and to dissolve the Department of Education entirely because he doesn't believe students should learn about sexual health or the history of race in America.
Benancio "Benny" Garcio III is running on an anti-choice platform that tries to whip up fear and divide us on the same election lies peddled to overturn our votes.
Jerrod Sessler is a self-described America-First Conservative Christian whose platform is similar or perhaps worse than many of the other Republican candidates - including moving the country towards Christian nationalism, standing against environmental regulations, and embracing anti-choice policies alongside a refusal to teach students how to protect themselves from pregnancy or learn about respectful consent.
Rounding out the Republican candidates is Corey Gibson, yet another "America-First" candidate who wants to eliminate the Department of Education, as well as impeach Biden, take away our freedom to decide whether and when we grow our families by opposing our right to abortion, and force a vote in Congress to remove any discussion of race from schools and the federal government.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Statewide
There are two good candidates running for secretary of state who would bring different priorities and professional experience to the job: Steve Hobbs and Julie Anderson. Both are committed to increasing voter participation. Hobbs has earned the support of more elected officials and Progressive Voters Guide partner organizations.
Democrat Steve Hobbs is running to retain his position as secretary of state for the remainder of the two-year term. He is a first-generation Japanese American and 30-year member of the military, serving tours in Kosovo and Iraq before becoming a lieutenant colonel in the Washington Army National Guard.
Hobbs was appointed as secretary of state in November of last year after Kim Wyman resigned to join the Biden administration. Prior to his appointment, he served four terms in the Washington state Senate representing the 44th Legislative District. His voting record was consistently progressive on social issues and more conservative on taxes, environmental issues, and workers' rights.
During his first eight months in office, Hobbs has been laser-focused on protecting our electoral systems from attacks. He has used his background in national security to partner closely with the Department of Homeland Security to stop digital threats to our voting systems, both foreign and domestic. Hobbs also understands the challenge misinformation poses to the integrity of our elections. He has been working to set up a division within his office specifically to combat misinformation and wants to work closely with social media companies to ensure they take down dangerous conspiracy theories.
As many things re-open from the pandemic, Hobbs is committed to restarting his office's voter outreach program. He is very enthusiastic about a trusted messenger program he's launching to utilize community leaders to talk about the importance of voting. He also wants to improve outreach to reduce the racial disparities in rejected ballots because of signature mismatches.
The only issue of concern with Hobbs is his personal opposition to ranked choice voting. During our interview, he shared that he's concerned about implementing a complicated new voting system at a moment of low trust in our elections. He is particularly concerned that voters like his mother, who speaks English as a second language, will have a difficult time learning and participating in the new system.
Hobbs made a compelling case that the secretary of state must adapt to the new and complex challenges of running modern elections. Hobbs is a good choice if you're looking for someone with national security experience to safeguard and rebuild trust in our electoral system.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Democrat Steve Hobbs is running to retain his position as secretary of state for the remainder of the two-year term. He is a first-generation Japanese American and 30-year member of the military, serving tours in Kosovo and Iraq before becoming a lieutenant colonel in the Washington Army National Guard.
Hobbs was appointed as secretary of state in November of last year after Kim Wyman resigned to join the Biden administration. Prior to his appointment, he served four terms in the Washington state Senate representing the 44th Legislative District. His voting record was consistently progressive on social issues and more conservative on taxes, environmental issues, and workers' rights.
During his first eight months in office, Hobbs has been laser-focused on protecting our electoral systems from attacks. He has used his background in national security to partner closely with the Department of Homeland Security to stop digital threats to our voting systems, both foreign and domestic. Hobbs also understands the challenge misinformation poses to the integrity of our elections. He has been working to set up a division within his office specifically to combat misinformation and wants to work closely with social media companies to ensure they take down dangerous conspiracy theories.
As many things re-open from the pandemic, Hobbs is committed to restarting his office's voter outreach program. He is very enthusiastic about a trusted messenger program he's launching to utilize community leaders to talk about the importance of voting. He also wants to improve outreach to reduce the racial disparities in rejected ballots because of signature mismatches.
The only issue of concern with Hobbs is his personal opposition to ranked choice voting. During our interview, he shared that he's concerned about implementing a complicated new voting system at a moment of low trust in our elections. He is particularly concerned that voters like his mother, who speaks English as a second language, will have a difficult time learning and participating in the new system.
Hobbs made a compelling case that the secretary of state must adapt to the new and complex challenges of running modern elections. Hobbs is a good choice if you're looking for someone with national security experience to safeguard and rebuild trust in our electoral system.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Democrat Steve Hobbs is running to retain his position as secretary of state for the remainder of the two-year term. He is a first-generation Japanese American and 30-year member of the military, serving tours in Kosovo and Iraq before becoming a lieutenant colonel in the Washington Army National Guard.
Hobbs was appointed as secretary of state in November of last year after Kim Wyman resigned to join the Biden administration. Prior to his appointment, he served four terms in the Washington state Senate representing the 44th Legislative District. His voting record was consistently progressive on social issues and more conservative on taxes, environmental issues, and workers' rights.
During his first eight months in office, Hobbs has been laser-focused on protecting our electoral systems from attacks. He has used his background in national security to partner closely with the Department of Homeland Security to stop digital threats to our voting systems, both foreign and domestic. Hobbs also understands the challenge misinformation poses to the integrity of our elections. He has been working to set up a division within his office specifically to combat misinformation and wants to work closely with social media companies to ensure they take down dangerous conspiracy theories.
As many things re-open from the pandemic, Hobbs is committed to restarting his office's voter outreach program. He is very enthusiastic about a trusted messenger program he's launching to utilize community leaders to talk about the importance of voting. He also wants to improve outreach to reduce the racial disparities in rejected ballots because of signature mismatches.
The only issue of concern with Hobbs is his personal opposition to ranked choice voting. During our interview, he shared that he's concerned about implementing a complicated new voting system at a moment of low trust in our elections. He is particularly concerned that voters like his mother, who speaks English as a second language, will have a difficult time learning and participating in the new system.
Hobbs made a compelling case that the secretary of state must adapt to the new and complex challenges of running modern elections. Hobbs is a good choice if you're looking for someone with national security experience to safeguard and rebuild trust in our electoral system.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson is running as a nonpartisan candidate to bring an independent voice to the secretary of state's office. Anderson served on the Tacoma City Council before running for county auditor in 2009 and winning re-election three times. As Pierce County auditor, which is a nonpartisan position, she has administered dozens of elections while also overseeing licensing and public record-keeping.
Anderson is running as a nonpartisan candidate because she believes political parties shouldn't be involved in running elections they are simultaneously trying to win. Her campaign priorities include supporting more local races becoming nonpartisan, increasing access to voting and election information, and improving election security. She wants to translate the voters' pamphlet into 10 languages, going beyond what is mandated by the Voting Rights Act. She also wants to conduct risk-limiting audits in all 39 Washington counties and "pre-bunk" rumors to increase confidence in our state's election systems.
While Hobbs spoke more about using cybersecurity to protect our elections, Anderson leaned on her professional expertise to describe ways to expand our democracy. She believes, for example, that the state should redouble its efforts to reach voters with disabilities. By using a secure, expert-vetted electronic ballot similar to those used for overseas military voters, Anderson sees a path forward to reach those who don't always have access to vote.
During our interview, Anderson expressed support for ranked choice voting because she believes it will allow candidates to break through our two-party political system. She supports grants for local jurisdictions that are interested in trying ranked choice voting so that it's not unduly expensive for local governments, and so that auditors can learn more about how to manage and implement it.
Anderson offers voters an experienced option if they are looking for an independent to administer our state's elections.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson is running as a nonpartisan candidate to bring an independent voice to the secretary of state's office. Anderson served on the Tacoma City Council before running for county auditor in 2009 and winning re-election three times. As Pierce County auditor, which is a nonpartisan position, she has administered dozens of elections while also overseeing licensing and public record-keeping.
Anderson is running as a nonpartisan candidate because she believes political parties shouldn't be involved in running elections they are simultaneously trying to win. Her campaign priorities include supporting more local races becoming nonpartisan, increasing access to voting and election information, and improving election security. She wants to translate the voters' pamphlet into 10 languages, going beyond what is mandated by the Voting Rights Act. She also wants to conduct risk-limiting audits in all 39 Washington counties and "pre-bunk" rumors to increase confidence in our state's election systems.
While Hobbs spoke more about using cybersecurity to protect our elections, Anderson leaned on her professional expertise to describe ways to expand our democracy. She believes, for example, that the state should redouble its efforts to reach voters with disabilities. By using a secure, expert-vetted electronic ballot similar to those used for overseas military voters, Anderson sees a path forward to reach those who don't always have access to vote.
During our interview, Anderson expressed support for ranked choice voting because she believes it will allow candidates to break through our two-party political system. She supports grants for local jurisdictions that are interested in trying ranked choice voting so that it's not unduly expensive for local governments, and so that auditors can learn more about how to manage and implement it.
Anderson offers voters an experienced option if they are looking for an independent to administer our state's elections.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Endorsed By: Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility
Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson is running as a nonpartisan candidate to bring an independent voice to the secretary of state's office. Anderson served on the Tacoma City Council before running for county auditor in 2009 and winning re-election three times. As Pierce County auditor, which is a nonpartisan position, she has administered dozens of elections while also overseeing licensing and public record-keeping.
Anderson is running as a nonpartisan candidate because she believes political parties shouldn't be involved in running elections they are simultaneously trying to win. Her campaign priorities include supporting more local races becoming nonpartisan, increasing access to voting and election information, and improving election security. She wants to translate the voters' pamphlet into 10 languages, going beyond what is mandated by the Voting Rights Act. She also wants to conduct risk-limiting audits in all 39 Washington counties and "pre-bunk" rumors to increase confidence in our state's election systems.
While Hobbs spoke more about using cybersecurity to protect our elections, Anderson leaned on her professional expertise to describe ways to expand our democracy. She believes, for example, that the state should redouble its efforts to reach voters with disabilities. By using a secure, expert-vetted electronic ballot similar to those used for overseas military voters, Anderson sees a path forward to reach those who don't always have access to vote.
During our interview, Anderson expressed support for ranked choice voting because she believes it will allow candidates to break through our two-party political system. She supports grants for local jurisdictions that are interested in trying ranked choice voting so that it's not unduly expensive for local governments, and so that auditors can learn more about how to manage and implement it.
Anderson offers voters an experienced option if they are looking for an independent to administer our state's elections.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Endorsed By: Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility
Other Candidates
Hobbs and Anderson face a handful of other candidates that includes some of the most extreme people on the ballot in Washington this year.
Former Republican state legislator Republican Mark Miloscia is running for office again after losing his race for state auditor in 2016. Until recently, Miloscia was the executive director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, where he advocated for hardline policies against marriage equality and reproductive freedom. Miloscia's public statements have become unhinged in recent years, including describing Democrats, the news media, and public colleges as minions of Satan. He has also promoted election conspiracies that seek to overturn the will of the people.
Republican Keith Wagoner is running for secretary of state because he believes the state needs balance in parties among the statewide elected officials. Wagoner does not appear to be running a robust campaign.
Former Berniecrat Tamborine Borrelli is now running for office under the "American First (R)" party label. She has fully embraced the most dangerous conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that seek to overturn the will of the people.
Bob Hagglund leads the 39th District Republicans and is running to eliminate mail-in voting and require picture ID to vote. Democrat Marques Tiggs and "Union" party member Kurtis Engle do not appear to be running competitive campaigns.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Hobbs and Anderson face a handful of other candidates that includes some of the most extreme people on the ballot in Washington this year.
Former Republican state legislator Republican Mark Miloscia is running for office again after losing his race for state auditor in 2016. Until recently, Miloscia was the executive director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, where he advocated for hardline policies against marriage equality and reproductive freedom. Miloscia's public statements have become unhinged in recent years, including describing Democrats, the news media, and public colleges as minions of Satan. He has also promoted election conspiracies that seek to overturn the will of the people.
Republican Keith Wagoner is running for secretary of state because he believes the state needs balance in parties among the statewide elected officials. Wagoner does not appear to be running a robust campaign.
Former Berniecrat Tamborine Borrelli is now running for office under the "American First (R)" party label. She has fully embraced the most dangerous conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that seek to overturn the will of the people.
Bob Hagglund leads the 39th District Republicans and is running to eliminate mail-in voting and require picture ID to vote. Democrat Marques Tiggs and "Union" party member Kurtis Engle do not appear to be running competitive campaigns.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Legislative Races
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below legislative races on your ballot.
14th Legislative District
Laurene Contreras is challenging Republican incumbent Chris Corry for the 14th Legislative District, Position 1 without a party preference. Contreras works for the Yakama Nation as an administrator for environmental restoration, waste management, and cleanup projects. She grew up on the Yakama Reservation and has been a community leader on issues at the intersection of tribal sovereignty and environmental stewardship for years. Contreras is running on a general platform to support families and the district with community problem-solving and bipartisan collaboration.
Corry joined the Legislature in 2019 and continues to work as an insurance broker outside of public office. In 2020, he was one of four Republican lawmakers who sued Gov. Inslee for his stay-at-home order during the height of the pandemic. Recently, Corry voted against a number of progressive bills including legislation to update the state’s carbon goals and a bill to keep our communities safe from high-capacity firearms.
In this race with no progressives, we recommend writing in a candidate of your choice or voting for Laurene Contreras for House Position 1.
Laurene Contreras is challenging Republican incumbent Chris Corry for the 14th Legislative District, Position 1 without a party preference. Contreras works for the Yakama Nation as an administrator for environmental restoration, waste management, and cleanup projects. She grew up on the Yakama Reservation and has been a community leader on issues at the intersection of tribal sovereignty and environmental stewardship for years. Contreras is running on a general platform to support families and the district with community problem-solving and bipartisan collaboration.
Corry joined the Legislature in 2019 and continues to work as an insurance broker outside of public office. In 2020, he was one of four Republican lawmakers who sued Gov. Inslee for his stay-at-home order during the height of the pandemic. Recently, Corry voted against a number of progressive bills including legislation to update the state’s carbon goals and a bill to keep our communities safe from high-capacity firearms.
In this race with no progressives, we recommend writing in a candidate of your choice or voting for Laurene Contreras for House Position 1.
Former Green party candidate Liz Hallock is a small business owner and attorney running for the 14th Legislative District, House Position 2. Hallock ran for governor in 2020 on a platform to invest in small businesses, fight climate change, put people first, and safeguard our democracy from big money interests. Now, she is running as a “Women’s Reproductive Justice Party candidate” to lead with science, improve accessible child care, and pass a Green New Deal in Washington to bring economic security to working families while fighting climate change. A chosen delegate for Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016, Hallock has ideas for big, structural change in Washington to require corporations and the wealthy to pay their share. If elected, she also wants to address the housing crisis, mass incarceration due to the war on drugs, and attacks on recent reproductive freedom.
Hallock is challenging Rep. Gina Mosbrucker, a staunch conservative seeking re-election for her fifth term in the Legislature. Outside of elected office, she works in the hotel industry. Recently, Mosbrucker voted with her Republican colleagues to oppose bills to keep our communities safe from high-capacity firearms and to improve our state’s climate response. She also voted against a ban on chokeholds and publicly critiqued the basic requirement that officers exhaust alternatives before using force.
Family physician and yoga instructor Chris Faison is running for office as an Independent. Faison does not have a detailed campaign platform available as of mid-July but he talks about wanting to connect our communities as a healer and improve health care, child care, and public education.
Hallock is the most progressive candidate in this race. We recommend her for Position 2 in the 14th Legislative District to invest in our communities.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Former Green party candidate Liz Hallock is a small business owner and attorney running for the 14th Legislative District, House Position 2. Hallock ran for governor in 2020 on a platform to invest in small businesses, fight climate change, put people first, and safeguard our democracy from big money interests. Now, she is running as a “Women’s Reproductive Justice Party candidate” to lead with science, improve accessible child care, and pass a Green New Deal in Washington to bring economic security to working families while fighting climate change. A chosen delegate for Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016, Hallock has ideas for big, structural change in Washington to require corporations and the wealthy to pay their share. If elected, she also wants to address the housing crisis, mass incarceration due to the war on drugs, and attacks on recent reproductive freedom.
Hallock is challenging Rep. Gina Mosbrucker, a staunch conservative seeking re-election for her fifth term in the Legislature. Outside of elected office, she works in the hotel industry. Recently, Mosbrucker voted with her Republican colleagues to oppose bills to keep our communities safe from high-capacity firearms and to improve our state’s climate response. She also voted against a ban on chokeholds and publicly critiqued the basic requirement that officers exhaust alternatives before using force.
Family physician and yoga instructor Chris Faison is running for office as an Independent. Faison does not have a detailed campaign platform available as of mid-July but he talks about wanting to connect our communities as a healer and improve health care, child care, and public education.
Hallock is the most progressive candidate in this race. We recommend her for Position 2 in the 14th Legislative District to invest in our communities.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Former Green party candidate Liz Hallock is a small business owner and attorney running for the 14th Legislative District, House Position 2. Hallock ran for governor in 2020 on a platform to invest in small businesses, fight climate change, put people first, and safeguard our democracy from big money interests. Now, she is running as a “Women’s Reproductive Justice Party candidate” to lead with science, improve accessible child care, and pass a Green New Deal in Washington to bring economic security to working families while fighting climate change. A chosen delegate for Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016, Hallock has ideas for big, structural change in Washington to require corporations and the wealthy to pay their share. If elected, she also wants to address the housing crisis, mass incarceration due to the war on drugs, and attacks on recent reproductive freedom.
Hallock is challenging Rep. Gina Mosbrucker, a staunch conservative seeking re-election for her fifth term in the Legislature. Outside of elected office, she works in the hotel industry. Recently, Mosbrucker voted with her Republican colleagues to oppose bills to keep our communities safe from high-capacity firearms and to improve our state’s climate response. She also voted against a ban on chokeholds and publicly critiqued the basic requirement that officers exhaust alternatives before using force.
Family physician and yoga instructor Chris Faison is running for office as an Independent. Faison does not have a detailed campaign platform available as of mid-July but he talks about wanting to connect our communities as a healer and improve health care, child care, and public education.
Hallock is the most progressive candidate in this race. We recommend her for Position 2 in the 14th Legislative District to invest in our communities.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
15th Legislative District
Pasco City Council member and Republican Nikki Torres is running unopposed to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Sen. Jim Honeyford in the 15th Legislative District. Torres works in strategic partner management for Western Governors University and previously served the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as president. She is campaigning on a typically conservative platform to eliminate funding for key community investments in schools, roads, housing, and parks while increasing budgets to militarize and expand police forces.
In this race with no progressive options, write in a candidate of your choice for the state Senate for the 15th Legislative District.
Pasco City Council member and Republican Nikki Torres is running unopposed to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Sen. Jim Honeyford in the 15th Legislative District. Torres works in strategic partner management for Western Governors University and previously served the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as president. She is campaigning on a typically conservative platform to eliminate funding for key community investments in schools, roads, housing, and parks while increasing budgets to militarize and expand police forces.
In this race with no progressive options, write in a candidate of your choice for the state Senate for the 15th Legislative District.
Commercial farmer Bruce Chandler is running for re-election to the 15th Legislative District, House Position 1. Chandler serves on the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Delegate Council and has a strong focus on agricultural issues. Unfortunately, he has not been strong on labor and environmental concerns.
Earlier this year, Chandler spoke out against a bill to allow legislative staff to unionize and voted against multiple pieces of legislation to reduce the state’s carbon emissions. He is also socially conservative and opposed bills to expand voting rights and require legal representation for juveniles in the criminal justice system this year.
Write in a more progressive candidate of your choice for this race.
Commercial farmer Bruce Chandler is running for re-election to the 15th Legislative District, House Position 1. Chandler serves on the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Delegate Council and has a strong focus on agricultural issues. Unfortunately, he has not been strong on labor and environmental concerns.
Earlier this year, Chandler spoke out against a bill to allow legislative staff to unionize and voted against multiple pieces of legislation to reduce the state’s carbon emissions. He is also socially conservative and opposed bills to expand voting rights and require legal representation for juveniles in the criminal justice system this year.
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Republican Bryan Sandlin is running unopposed for the 15ht Legislative District, House Position 2 to fill Jeremie Dufault’s seat.
Sandlin works in the agricultural industry and is running on a typically conservative platform to take money from services that matter most like stable housing, affordable health care, good schools, and other public infrastructure. Instead, Sandlin wants to put even more money into law enforcement budgets and send militarized police forces into our communities. He is prioritizing the agricultural industry’s profits above the need for sustainable environmental stewardship in the region. If elected, Sandlin would also address addiction and mental health issues in our community with punitive measures that fuel our state’s over-incarceration rates instead of investing in treatment and prevention measures.
In this race with no progressives, write in a more progressive candidate of your choice.
Republican Bryan Sandlin is running unopposed for the 15ht Legislative District, House Position 2 to fill Jeremie Dufault’s seat.
Sandlin works in the agricultural industry and is running on a typically conservative platform to take money from services that matter most like stable housing, affordable health care, good schools, and other public infrastructure. Instead, Sandlin wants to put even more money into law enforcement budgets and send militarized police forces into our communities. He is prioritizing the agricultural industry’s profits above the need for sustainable environmental stewardship in the region. If elected, Sandlin would also address addiction and mental health issues in our community with punitive measures that fuel our state’s over-incarceration rates instead of investing in treatment and prevention measures.
In this race with no progressives, write in a more progressive candidate of your choice.
Yakima County, District 3
Depending on where you live, you may have the following county races on your ballot.
Dulce Gutierrez is running for the open District 2 seat on the Yakima County Commission. This year, all three seats are open with new maps due to a lawsuit that alleged Latinos are disenfranchised by Yakima County's voting system. Gutierrez, a former Yakima City Council member, wants to deliver more economic opportunity, safety, and affordable housing. She worked for seven years for the Washington State Labor Council and volunteers for the boards of the YWCA of Yakima, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations.
Her vision of the county is one in which residents' quality of life keeps up with economic change. Gutierrez wants to invest in roads and renewable energy like solar to boost business and make sure that new housing can be built. She also wants to improve water access for farmers and the environment. Gutierrez also believes that new zoning changes, like allowing homeowners to add housing units to their properties, will help alleviate the housing crunch and provide income to families.
Gutierrez has two opponents in this race. Democrat Tony Sandoval is the former owner of a bouncy house business. He has unsuccessfully run for several offices over the years, including for Yakima City Council in 2015, 2017, and 2021, and for U.S. House in 2014. As in previous years, he does not yet have a detailed campaign platform available as of mid-July, but says he will reduce crime.
Republican Kyle Curtis is running as a moderate compared with Gutierrez's more progressive policies. While both candidates say that a countywide emergency response radio system and a regional crime lab should be supported, Gutierrez goes a step further and wants to see more funding for crime prevention efforts, including recreational programs for youth. While Curtis says that the county should focus on mental health and substance abuse in working with its homeless residents, Gutierrez says that service providers are already giving assistance and more affordable housing will be crucial for helping people find permanent residences.
Gutierrez's strong experience on the city council and progressive credentials make her the best choice in this race.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Dulce Gutierrez is running for the open District 2 seat on the Yakima County Commission. This year, all three seats are open with new maps due to a lawsuit that alleged Latinos are disenfranchised by Yakima County's voting system. Gutierrez, a former Yakima City Council member, wants to deliver more economic opportunity, safety, and affordable housing. She worked for seven years for the Washington State Labor Council and volunteers for the boards of the YWCA of Yakima, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations.
Her vision of the county is one in which residents' quality of life keeps up with economic change. Gutierrez wants to invest in roads and renewable energy like solar to boost business and make sure that new housing can be built. She also wants to improve water access for farmers and the environment. Gutierrez also believes that new zoning changes, like allowing homeowners to add housing units to their properties, will help alleviate the housing crunch and provide income to families.
Gutierrez has two opponents in this race. Democrat Tony Sandoval is the former owner of a bouncy house business. He has unsuccessfully run for several offices over the years, including for Yakima City Council in 2015, 2017, and 2021, and for U.S. House in 2014. As in previous years, he does not yet have a detailed campaign platform available as of mid-July, but says he will reduce crime.
Republican Kyle Curtis is running as a moderate compared with Gutierrez's more progressive policies. While both candidates say that a countywide emergency response radio system and a regional crime lab should be supported, Gutierrez goes a step further and wants to see more funding for crime prevention efforts, including recreational programs for youth. While Curtis says that the county should focus on mental health and substance abuse in working with its homeless residents, Gutierrez says that service providers are already giving assistance and more affordable housing will be crucial for helping people find permanent residences.
Gutierrez's strong experience on the city council and progressive credentials make her the best choice in this race.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
Dulce Gutierrez is running for the open District 2 seat on the Yakima County Commission. This year, all three seats are open with new maps due to a lawsuit that alleged Latinos are disenfranchised by Yakima County's voting system. Gutierrez, a former Yakima City Council member, wants to deliver more economic opportunity, safety, and affordable housing. She worked for seven years for the Washington State Labor Council and volunteers for the boards of the YWCA of Yakima, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations.
Her vision of the county is one in which residents' quality of life keeps up with economic change. Gutierrez wants to invest in roads and renewable energy like solar to boost business and make sure that new housing can be built. She also wants to improve water access for farmers and the environment. Gutierrez also believes that new zoning changes, like allowing homeowners to add housing units to their properties, will help alleviate the housing crunch and provide income to families.
Gutierrez has two opponents in this race. Democrat Tony Sandoval is the former owner of a bouncy house business. He has unsuccessfully run for several offices over the years, including for Yakima City Council in 2015, 2017, and 2021, and for U.S. House in 2014. As in previous years, he does not yet have a detailed campaign platform available as of mid-July, but says he will reduce crime.
Republican Kyle Curtis is running as a moderate compared with Gutierrez's more progressive policies. While both candidates say that a countywide emergency response radio system and a regional crime lab should be supported, Gutierrez goes a step further and wants to see more funding for crime prevention efforts, including recreational programs for youth. While Curtis says that the county should focus on mental health and substance abuse in working with its homeless residents, Gutierrez says that service providers are already giving assistance and more affordable housing will be crucial for helping people find permanent residences.
Gutierrez's strong experience on the city council and progressive credentials make her the best choice in this race.
Last updated: 2023-04-05
There are two good candidates running for secretary of state who would bring different priorities and professional experience to the job: Steve Hobbs and Julie Anderson. Both are committed to increasing voter participation. Hobbs has earned the support of more elected officials and Progressive Voters Guide partner organizations.