2012 Healthcare Champions – The Candidates We Support

SEIU nurses and healthcare workers like us interview the candidates and ask them how they’ll stand on our issues to protect our patients, contracts, and healthcare funding in our state. We want elected leaders who will stand up for our families and for us as healthcare workers. Take a look at who SEIU members recommend for election. Vote in the election by November 6.

National candidates:
President – Barack Obama
U.S. Senate – Maria Cantwell
U.S. House of Representatives Congressional District 1 – Del Bene
U.S. House of Representatives Congressional District 2 – Rick Larsen
U.S. House of Representatives Congressional District 6 – Derek Kilmer
U.S. House of Representatives Congressional District 7 – Jim McDermott
U.S. House of Representatives Congressional District 9 – Adam Smith
U.S. House of Representatives Congressional District 10 – Denny Heck

Statewide candidates:
Governor – Jay Inslee
Lieutenant Governor – Brad Owen
Attorney General – Bob Ferguson
Secretary of State – Kathleen Drew
State Auditor – Troy Kelley
State Treasurer – Jim McIntire
Insurance Commissioner – Mike Kreidler
Supreme Court – Sheryl Gordon McCloud

Other Races:
Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer – Tim Farrell
Pierce County Council, District 4 – Connie Ladenburg
Thurston County Council – Sandra Romero
Thurston County Council – Cathy Wolfe

Initiatives, referendums:
No on 1240 – Charter Schools
No on 1185
Yes on Referendum 74
Support Thurston Public Power Initiative
Yes – Pierce Co Transit Proposition 1

Legislative candidates:
1 – Rosemary McAuliffe
1 – Luis Moscoso
1 – Derek Stanford
2 – Bruce Lachney
3 – Andy Billig
3 – Timm Ormsby
3 – Marcus Ricelli
4 – Larry Crouse
4 – Amy Biviano
4 – Mike Padden
5 – Mark Mullet
6 – Denny Dellwo
10 – Mary Margaret Haugen
10 – Tom Riggs
11 – Bob Hasegawa
11 – Zack Hudgins
11 – Steve Bergquist
14 – Charles Ross
14 – Norm Johnson
16 – Maureen Walsh
17 – Tim Probst
19 – Brian Blake
19 – Brian Hatfield
19 – Dean Takko
21 – Marko Liias
21 – Mary Helen Roberts
22 – Sam Hunt
22 – Karen Fraser
22 – Chris Reykdal
23 – Sherry Appleton
23 – Drew Hansen
23 – Christine Rolfes
24 – Jim Hargrove
24 – Kevin Van De Wege
24 – Steve Tharinger
25 – Dawn Morrell
25 – Bill Hilton
25 – Bruce Dammeier
26 – Larry Seaquist
27 – Jeannie Darneille
27 – Laurie Jinkins
27 – Lauren Walker
28 – Tami Green
28 – Eric Choiniere
28 – Yoshi Wong
29 – Steve Kirby
29 – David Sawyer
30 – Roger Flygare
30 – Roger Freeman
32 – Cindy Ryu
32 – Ruth Kagi
33 – Dave Upthegrove
33 – Tina Orwall
34 – Eileen Cody
34 – Joe Fitzgibbon
35 – Kathy Haigh
36 – Reuven Carlyle
36 – Noel Frame
37 – Sharon Tomiko Santos
37 – Eric Pettigrew
38 – Mike Sells
38 – John McCoy
39 – Linda Wright
40 – Kris Lytton
40 – Jeff Morris
40 – Kevin Ranker
41 – Judy Clibborn
41 – Maureen Judge
41 – Marcie Maxwell
43 – Jamie Pederson
43 – Speaker Frank Chopp
44 – Hans Dunshee
44 – Mary McNaughton
45 – Roger Goodman
45 – Larry Springer
46 – Gerry Pollet
46 – Jessyn Farrell
46 – David Frockt
47 – Pat Sullivan
47 – Bud Sizemore
48 – Ross Hunter
48 – Cyrus Habib
49 – Annette Cleveland
49 – Sharon Wylie
49 – Jim Moeller