Sept. 8 — endorsements again!

It’s another endorsement meeting on Sept. 8, this one for the November general election. Just a few votes for this meeting:

Judges of the Superior Court
Position 1:
Tim Bradshaw
Suzanne (Sue) Parisien

INITIATIVE MEASURE 985
(Opens HOV lanes during non-peak hours and allocates more funding to road building)

INITIATIVE MEASURE 1000
(Legalizes doctor-assisted suicide)

INITIATIVE MEASURE 1029
(Requires long-term care workers to be certified as home care aides)

SEATTLE PROP 1
(Levy to support the Pike Place Market)

We’re still looking for opponents to I-1000 and I-1029. If anyone would like to speak against those issues, please let us know!

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Our Endorsements for the August Primary Election

The 37th District Democrats held its endorsement meeting on July 15. The candidates below received at least 60 percent of the votes from our paid membership.

FEDERAL

United States Representative

Congressional District No. 7: Jim McDermott 

Congressional District No. 9: Adam Smith  

STATE

Governor

Chris Gregoire

Attorney General

John Ladenburg  

Secretary of State

Jason Osgood

State Treasurer

Jim McIntire

Commissioner of Public Lands

Peter J.  Goldmark

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Randy Dorn

Insurance Commissioner

Mike Kreidler

State Auditor

Brian Sonntag  

Lieutenant Governor

Brad Owen

State Representative

Legislative District No. 37 – Position 1: Sharon Tomiko Santos 

Legislative District No. 37 – Position 2: Eric Pettigrew 

Justices of the State Supreme Court

Position 3: Mary Fairhurst

Position 4: Charles W. Johnson

Judges of the Superior Court

Position 1: Susan Amini

Position 10: Regina S. Cahan

Position 22: Holly Hill

Position 26: Laura Gene Middaugh

Position 37: Barbara Mack and Jean Rietschel

Position 53: Mariane Spearman

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Endorsement meeting - July 14

Just a reminder, everyone: The endorsement meeting will be July 14 at the Central Area Senior Center. Be sure to come early to check in as only paid members and PCOs can vote.

The races being considered on July 14 will include:

United States Representative Congressional District No. 7
United States Representative Congressional District No. 9
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
State Treasurer
State Auditor
Attorney General
Commissioner of Public Lands
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Insurance Commissioner
State Representative Legislative Dist No. 37 - Position 1
State Representative Legislative Dist No. 37 - Position 2

Plus, several important judicial races!
(Gov. Chris Gregoire was endorsed at our last meeting.)

Note to Candidates: we’ll send you some additional information shortly!

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This is our time

It’s been a long, hard-fought campaign. But tonight Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination. From his victory speech:

Sixteen months have passed since we first stood together on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois.  Thousands of miles have been traveled.  Millions of voices have been heard.  And because of what you said – because you decided that change must come to Washington; because you believed that this year must be different than all the rest; because you chose to listen not to your doubts or your fears but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations, tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another – a journey that will bring a new and better day to America. 

Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

For us in the 37th District, this means just one thing: Time to get to work.

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Jean Amos

Sad news to share from executive board member Robert Porterfield:

It is with great sorrow that I tell you that Jean Amos (1929-2008) died May 29 at 1:00 p.m. Close friends and family were with her. She was strong to the end.

Jean was a committed Democrat, a strong Obama supporter, and someone who always knew the future was perfectable. Her optimism and belief in the polical process, always tempered with realism, shaped all of her actions and beliefs. Additionally, she had a wicked sense of humor and a sharp intellect. She cared for and about people, as exemplified by her long professional career in health care.

We will all miss her very, very much. Friends are hard to acquire and even harder to lose.

UPDATE:
Services are planned for Saturday, June 28 at 2 p.m., Prospect Church, 1919 E. Prospect Street, Seattle

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