Endorsements

Here at Washington Conservation Voters, we work to elect environmentally responsible candidates across the state. Every year, we endorse candidates who we expect to be environmental champions as well as ballot measures that will protect and restore Washington’s environment.

2017 Endorsement Questionnaires are now available

 

Interested in learning how we select candidates and ballot measures to endorse? Read more about WCV’s endorsement process.

To learn more about a ballot measure or candidate, click on the blue linked title.

Ballot Measures

Statewide Races

County races

Clark County

Vancouver Port Commission Position 1: Don Orange

King County

County Council Position 1: Rod Dembowski

County Council Position 5: Dave Upthegrove

County Executive: Dow Constantine

Port of Seattle Position 1: John Creighton

Port of Seattle Position 3: Stephanie Bowman

Whatcom County

County Council Position 1: Rud Browne

County Council Position 2: Todd Donovan

County Council Position 3: Rebecca Boonstra

County Council Position A: Barry Buchanan 

Port of Bellingham Position 1: Michael Alvarez Shepard

Judicial races

Court of Appeals

Division 1: David Mann

Legislative Races

37th District
Senate: Rebecca Saldaña
45th District
Senate: Manka Dhingra
48th District
Senate: Patty Kuderer
Representative: Vandana Slatter

Local Races

Anacortes

City Council Position 6: Liz Lovelett

Mayor: Laurie Gere

Auburn

Mayor: Nancy Backus

Bellevue

City Council Position 2: Janice Zahn

City Council Position 6: Lynne Robinson

Bellingham

City Council At-Large: Roxanne Murphy

City Council Position 4: Pinky Vargas

City Council Position 6: Michael Lilliquist

Edmonds

City Council Position 2: Michael Nelson

City Council Position 3: Adrienne Fraley-Monillas

Everett

Mayor: Brian Sullivan

Federal Way

City Council Position 6: Martin Moore

Mayor: Jim Ferrell

Issaquah

City Council Position 3: Justin Walsh

Kenmore

City Council Position 4: Nigel Herbig

Kent

City Council Position 2: Satwinder Kaur

Kirkland

City Council Position 1: Jay Arnold

City Council Position 2: Tom Neir

City Council Position 3: Penny Sweet

City Council Position 5: Amy Walen

Lacey

City Council Position 4: Cynthia Pratt

City Council Position 5: Andy Ryder

Mercer Island

City Council Position 6: Benson Wong

Olympia

City Council Position 7: Jim Cooper

Renton

City Council Position 2: Armondo Pavone

Sammamish

City Council Position 1: Jason Ritchie

City Council Position 3: Minal Ghassemieh & Karen Howe

City Council Position 5: Rituja Indapure

Seattle

City Council Position 8: Teresa Mosqueda & Sara Nelson

City Council Position 9: Lorena González

Shoreline

City Council Position 3: Will Hall

City Council Position 5: Shari Winstead

City Council Position 7: Chris Roberts

Spokane

City Council Position 3: Candace Mumm

Tacoma

City Council Position 5: Chris Beale

Tukwila

City Council Position 7: De'Sean Quinn

Tumwater

Mayor: Peter Kmet

Woodinville

City Council Position 5: Susan Boundy

City Council Pos. 7: Bernie Talmas

Endorsement Process

Washington Conservation Voters issues endorsements to inform voters of which candidates running for office make environmental protection and creating a clean economy top priorities.

For new candidates to be considered for endorsement by Washington Conservation Voters, the candidates complete our questionnaire and are interviewed by our Endorsement Advisory Committee. The Endorsement Advisory Committee makes a recommendation to endorse or not endorse to the State Board which votes to confirm or deny the recommendation. The Endorsement Advisory Committee is comprised of citizens and State Board Members from around the state.

If a candidate has received our endorsement in the past they may qualify for our Early Endorsement which is determined by our Endorsement Advisory Committee and recommended to the State Board.

To view our full Endorsement Policies and Procedures, click here. If you would like to be considered for our endorsement or are interested in serving on our Endorsement Advisory Committee, please email our Political Director at endorsements@wcvoters.org