2016 Endorsements

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Elected Officials

  • Barack Obama, President of the United States
  • Gabby Giffords, United States Congresswoman (ret.)
  • Patty Murray, United States Senator
  • Maria Cantwell, United States Senator
  • Suzan DelBene, United States Congresswoman, 1st District
  • Derek Kilmer, United States Congressman, 6th District
  • Jim McDermott, United States Congressman, 7th District
  • Denny Heck, United States Congressman, 10th District
  • Zack Hudgins, State Rep. 11th District
  • Steve Bergquist, State Rep. 11th District
  • Laurie Jinkins, State Rep. 27th District
  • Karen Keiser, State Sen. 33rd District
  • Tina Orwall, State Rep. 33rd District
  • Mia Gregerson, State Rep. 33rd District
  • Eric Pettigrew, State Rep. 37th District
  • Sharon Tomiko Santos, State Rep. 37th District
  • John Wilson, King County Assessor
  • Larry Gossett, King County Councilmember
  • Claudia Balducci, King County Councilmember
  • Dave Upthegrove, King County Councilmember
  • Rod Dembowski, King County Council
  • Jeanne Kohl-Welles, King County Councilmember
  • Ed Murray, Mayor of Seattle
  • Bruce Bassett, Mayor of Mercer Island
  • Marilyn Strickland, Mayor of Tacoma
  • De'Sean Quinn, Tukwila City Councilmember
  • Ed Prince, Renton City Councilmember
  • Carol Simpson, Newcastle City Councilmember
  • Bryan Yambe, Fife City Councilmember
  • Gary Locke, Washington Governor (ret.), U.S. Secretary of Commerce (ret.), U.S. Ambassador to China (ret.)
  • Norm Dicks, United States Congressman, 6th District (ret.)
  • Brian Ebersole, Speaker of the House, State Rep. 29th District (ret.), Mayor of Tacoma (ret.)
  • Art Wang, Judge, Court of Appeals (ret.), and State Rep. (ret.) 27th District.
  • Dawn Mason, State Rep. 37th District (ret.)
  • Claudia Kauffman, State Sen. 47th District (ret.)
  • Margarita Prentice, State Sen. 11th District (ret.), State Rep. 11th District (ret.)
  • Velma Veloria, State Rep. 11th District (ret.)
  • Ron Sims, King County Executive (ret.)
  • Tina Podlodowski, Seattle City Councilmember (ret.)

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Groups and Organizations

  • The Seattle Times
  • The Stranger
  • Federal Way Mirror
  • Pride Fund to End Gun Violence
  • One America Votes
  • Planned Parenthood Action Fund
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • King County Democrats
  • Pierce County Democrats
  • 5th Legislative District Democrats
  • 27th Legislative District Democrats
  • 30th Legislative District Democrats
  • 33rd Legislative District Democrats
  • 37th Legislative District Democrats
  • 41st Legislative District Democrats
  • 43rd Legislative District Democrats
  • 47th Legislative District Democrats
  • 48th Legislative District Democrats
  • Young Democrats of Washington
  • King County Young Democrats
  • Pierce County Young Democrats
  • Washington State Democrats Asian Pacific American Caucus
  • National Alliance for Retired Americans
  • Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle
  • Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
  • Pierce County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
  • The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 302
  • Washington & Northern Idaho District Council of Laborers
  • Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council
  • American Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77
  • International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
  • Ironworkers Local 86
  • JStreet PAC
  • LiUNA (Laborers Local 242)
  • National Sierra Club
  • NARAL Pro-Choice America
  • National Organization for Women
  • Retired Public Employees Council of Washington
  • Sailors' Union of the Pacific
  • Seattle-King County Building and Construction Trades
  • SEIU
  • Teamsters Joint Council 28
  • Washington State SMART-TD/United Transportation Union
  • UFCW Local 21
  • United Autoworkers Union
  • Unite Here Local 8
  • Washington State CWA
  • Washington Education Association
  • WA Federation of State Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
  • WA Federation of State Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 53
  • Washington Machinists Council
  • American Federation of Teachers
  • Washington Interior & Exterior Systems Local Union 41
  • Equal Rights Washington
  • Humane Voters of Washington

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Individuals

  • Habtamu Abdi
  • Audrey Adams
  • Charles Adkins
  • Bruce Anderson
  • Sheldon Arakaki
  • Jeff Bjornstad
  • Katherine Bobman
  • Frank Boykin
  • Pat Brewer
  • Karol Brown
  • Larry Brown
  • Tim Burns
  • Karen Cooper
  • Juan Cotto
  • Linda Danforth
  • Debadutta Dash
  • Hassan Diis
  • Pam Eakes
  • Jeffrey Finn
  • Sara Franklin
  • Al Garman
  • Kevin Geiger
  • James Grayson
  • Chad Harper
  • Jeffrey Hattori
  • Rod Hearne
  • Lem Howell
  • Frank Igiron
  • Robert Kangas
  • Connie Kelliher
  • Mark Kelly, Navy Captain and Astronaut (ret.)
  • Bea Kriloff
  • Lee Lambert
  • Jeanne Legault
  • Maria Leininger
  • Becky Lewis
  • Eric Liu
  • Sharon Mast
  • Richard Mitchell
  • Roger Nyhus
  • Estela Ortega
  • Chelsea Orvella
  • Michael Parham
  • Rick Polintan
  • Jason Puracal
  • Teresa Purcell
  • Anne Roberts Thorpe
  • Patty Rose
  • Marvin Rosete
  • Sonja Rossman
  • Joe Schocken
  • Linda Seltzer
  • Ann Simon
  • Betty Speith-Croll
  • Alec Stephens
  • Omaha Sternberg
  • Bailey Stober
  • Karen Tennyson
  • Adrienne Thompson
  • Brooke T. Thorpe
  • Robert Thorpe
  • Tandy Williams
  • Lily Wilson-Codega
  • Ruth Woo
  • Joan Yoshitomi

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