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Welcome to the Fuse Progressive Voters Guide to the 2025 General election, preview edition! Since 2008, we've compiled information about candidates and ballot measures 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, and remind them to vote by November 4!
We will continue adding more recommendations for candidates and ballot measures until voting begins on October 15.
Statewide Ballot Measures
SJR 8201 will grow Washington’s long-term care fund for aging people and people with disabilities, keeping premiums low, without costing taxpayers a single penny. Also known as the “Allow Investment of Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Fund Amendment," SJR 8201 is a constitutional amendment adding accountability protections to our long-term care fund, requiring that 100% of investment income be used for long-term care.
If passed, SJR 8201 would increase the state’s long-term care fund for vulnerable Washingtonians by at least $67 billion over the next 50 years by allowing the nonpartisan Washington State Investment Board to diversify investments. In the state legislature, 128 legislators voted in favor of the measure, and only 16 were opposed. Additionally, it has the support of groups such as the Washington State Nurses Association, the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters, Planned Parenthood, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Vote APPROVED on SJR 8201 to protect and grow our state’s independent long-term care fund for aging adults and people with disabilities.
上次更新时间: 2025-10-03
SJR 8201 will grow Washington’s long-term care fund for aging people and people with disabilities, keeping premiums low, without costing taxpayers a single penny. Also known as the “Allow Investment of Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Fund Amendment," SJR 8201 is a constitutional amendment adding accountability protections to our long-term care fund, requiring that 100% of investment income be used for long-term care.
If passed, SJR 8201 would increase the state’s long-term care fund for vulnerable Washingtonians by at least $67 billion over the next 50 years by allowing the nonpartisan Washington State Investment Board to diversify investments. In the state legislature, 128 legislators voted in favor of the measure, and only 16 were opposed. Additionally, it has the support of groups such as the Washington State Nurses Association, the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters, Planned Parenthood, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Vote APPROVED on SJR 8201 to protect and grow our state’s independent long-term care fund for aging adults and people with disabilities.
上次更新时间: 2025-10-03
Yakima School Board
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below school district races on your ballot.
Pam Shelton was inspired to run after the current board's unsavory decision to lay off educators to save money. Born and raised locally, Shelton worked for years as a bookkeeper and recently served as a substitute teacher in the school district.
Shelton believes that eliminating teachers should be a last resort because of the important role they play in students’ lives. If elected, she wants to protect resources for students and prioritize respect for educators.
We appreciate her vision, passion, and educational experience within the district. We recommend voting for Pam Shelton to make progressive change on the Yakima School Board in Position 1.
上次更新时间: 2025-09-30
Pam Shelton was inspired to run after the current board's unsavory decision to lay off educators to save money. Born and raised locally, Shelton worked for years as a bookkeeper and recently served as a substitute teacher in the school district.
Shelton believes that eliminating teachers should be a last resort because of the important role they play in students’ lives. If elected, she wants to protect resources for students and prioritize respect for educators.
We appreciate her vision, passion, and educational experience within the district. We recommend voting for Pam Shelton to make progressive change on the Yakima School Board in Position 1.
上次更新时间: 2025-09-30
Pam Shelton was inspired to run after the current board's unsavory decision to lay off educators to save money. Born and raised locally, Shelton worked for years as a bookkeeper and recently served as a substitute teacher in the school district.
Shelton believes that eliminating teachers should be a last resort because of the important role they play in students’ lives. If elected, she wants to protect resources for students and prioritize respect for educators.
We appreciate her vision, passion, and educational experience within the district. We recommend voting for Pam Shelton to make progressive change on the Yakima School Board in Position 1.
上次更新时间: 2025-09-30
Jonathan Babcock is running for Yakima School Board Director in Position 2. He has been a teacher in Sunnyside for 22 years and serves as Co-President of the educators’ association. B
Babcock seeks to bring an educator’s perspective to board decisions, ensuring that students and classrooms are the last place cuts are made, not the first. He believes the district must lead by example by scrutinizing central administration and operational spending. His approach prioritizes staffing, preventing personnel cuts, and implementing strategies for retention.
We recommend Jonathan Babcock for Yakima School Board Director, Position 2, because of his strong support from local educators.
上次更新时间: 2025-09-30
Jonathan Babcock is running for Yakima School Board Director in Position 2. He has been a teacher in Sunnyside for 22 years and serves as Co-President of the educators’ association. B
Babcock seeks to bring an educator’s perspective to board decisions, ensuring that students and classrooms are the last place cuts are made, not the first. He believes the district must lead by example by scrutinizing central administration and operational spending. His approach prioritizes staffing, preventing personnel cuts, and implementing strategies for retention.
We recommend Jonathan Babcock for Yakima School Board Director, Position 2, because of his strong support from local educators.
上次更新时间: 2025-09-30
Jonathan Babcock is running for Yakima School Board Director in Position 2. He has been a teacher in Sunnyside for 22 years and serves as Co-President of the educators’ association. B
Babcock seeks to bring an educator’s perspective to board decisions, ensuring that students and classrooms are the last place cuts are made, not the first. He believes the district must lead by example by scrutinizing central administration and operational spending. His approach prioritizes staffing, preventing personnel cuts, and implementing strategies for retention.
We recommend Jonathan Babcock for Yakima School Board Director, Position 2, because of his strong support from local educators.
上次更新时间: 2025-09-30
其他候选人
Real estate agent Ryan Beckett is running for re-election to the Yakima School Board, where he currently serves as President. He is also Chair of the City of Yakima’s public facilities district, which provides oversight for the Yakima Convention Center, and prior to that spent nine years on the Board of Yakima Valley Tourism. His son attends Yakima public school.
His campaign is endorsed by several past board members as well as the Yakima County Republican Party and the Yakima Association of Realtors. In his re-election campaign, he repeats inflammatory conservative language around diversity and inclusion. In 2024, he also voted in favor of a "Program Reduction in Force," which resulted in the layoff of more than 100 employees throughout the district.
Yakima schools deserve a progressive leader who will uplift and serve our kids, not cut programs and staff members.
上次更新时间: 2025-09-30
Real estate agent Ryan Beckett is running for re-election to the Yakima School Board, where he currently serves as President. He is also Chair of the City of Yakima’s public facilities district, which provides oversight for the Yakima Convention Center, and prior to that spent nine years on the Board of Yakima Valley Tourism. His son attends Yakima public school.
His campaign is endorsed by several past board members as well as the Yakima County Republican Party and the Yakima Association of Realtors. In his re-election campaign, he repeats inflammatory conservative language around diversity and inclusion. In 2024, he also voted in favor of a "Program Reduction in Force," which resulted in the layoff of more than 100 employees throughout the district.
Yakima schools deserve a progressive leader who will uplift and serve our kids, not cut programs and staff members.
上次更新时间: 2025-09-30