How We Make Our Endorsements
Our endorsement list is meant only for information to UFCW 21 members on endorsements we have made. Many members have let us know time and again that they value this information. The following endorsements are intended to show our best judgment of some candidates and ballot measures that will impact issues like wages, benefits, working conditions and overall quality of life. But how you vote is your decision — it’s up to you.
Research & Interviews
UFCW 21 makes endorsements very carefully. Hundreds of hours are spent reviewing candidate responses to our official questionnaires, holding in-person interviews, and carefully researching the issues on your ballot.
The information provided here comes directly from that effort.
Evaluation
Our elected union Executive Board makes the final decisions on how endorsements are made. UFCW 21 is a non-partisan organization. We don’t base our endorsements on party labels — we base them on a candidate’s track record and commitment to improving the lives of workers and the communities where they live.
The Executive board includes more than three dozen rank-and-file union members representing a wide cross-section of our membership — including grocery, retail, health care, and other industries.
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UFCW 21 Endorsements
UFCW 21 Endorses Inslee for Governor
UFCW 21’s Executive Board has unanimously endorsed Jay Inslee for Governor. The Executive Board, elected by the membership as a whole, has over 30 workers from our membership across the industries we represent.
Inslee has been a state legislator and Congressman for many years and has strong and consistent record of support for collective bargaining rights here in Washington and around the nation. He has shown that he is not afraid to stand up for workers against corporate interests. As an example, when the banking industry was lobbying hard to repeal legisltion that protected consumers, he fought it and was only one of a handful of legislators who voted against it. He has a 100% voting record for the UFCW priorities in Congress and we are counting on him to bring that leadership here. We know that Inslee has what it takes to effectively serve the people of Washington as our next Governor and we fully throw our support behind him as a candidate.
We will be working hard in 2012 to get him elected and keep him accountable once he gets in office.
FEDERAL RACES
President: Barack Obama
US Senate: Maria Cantwell
US House #1: Suzan DelBene
US House #2: Rick Larsen
US House #5: Rich Cowan
US House #6: Derek Kilmer
US House #7: Jim McDermott
US House #9: Adam Smith
US House #10: Denny Heck
STATE RACES
Governor: Jay Inslee
Attorney General: Bob Ferguson
Secretary of State: Kathleen Drew
Superintendent of Public Instruction:
Randy Dorn
Insurance Commissioner: Mike Kreidler
STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES
LD #1, Senate: Rosemary McAuliffe
LD #1, House 1: Derek Stanford
LD #2, Senate: Bruce Lachney
LD #3, Senate: Andy Billig
LD #3, House 1: Marcus Riccelli
LD #3, House 2: Timm Ormsby
LD #5, Senate: Mark Mullet
LD #6, House 2: Dennis Dellwo
LD #10, House 2: Tom Riggs
LD #11, Senate: Bob Hasegawa
LD #11, House 1: Zack Hudgins
LD #11, House 2: Steve Bergquist
LD #17, Senate: Tim Probst
LD #21, House 1: Mary Helen Roberts
LD #21, House 2: Marko Liias
LD #22, Senate: Karen Fraser
LD #22, House 1: Chris Reykdal
LD #22, House 2: Sam Hunt
LD #23, Senate: Christine Rolfes
LD #23, House 1: Sherry Appleton
LD #23, House 2: Drew Hansen
LD #24, House 1: Kevin Van de Wege
LD #24, House 2: Steve Tharinger
LD #25, House 1: Dawn Morrell
LD #27, Senate: Jeannie Darneille
LD #27, House 1: Laurie Jinkins
LD #27, House 2: Jake Fey
LD #28, House 1: Eric Choniere
LD #28, House 2: Tami Green
LD #29, House 1: David Sawyer
LD #30, House 1: Roger Flygare
LD #32, House 1: Cindy Ryu
LD #33, House 1: Tina Orwall
LD #33, House 2: Dave Upthegrove
LD #34, Senate: Sharon Nelson
LD #34, House 1: Eileen Cody
LD #34, House 2: Joe Fitzgibbon
LD #35, House 1: Kathy Haigh
LD #36, House 2: Noel Frame
LD #38, House 1: John McCoy
LD #38, House 2: Mike Sells
LD #40, Senate: Kevin Ranker
LD #40, House 1: Kris Lytton
LD #41, Senate: Maureen Judge
LD #42, House 1: Natalie McClendon
LD #44, House 1: Hans Dunshee
LD #44, House 2: Mary McNaughton
LD #45, House 1: Roger Goodman
LD #46, Senate: David Frockt
LD #46, House 1: Gerry Pollet
LD #46, House 2: Jessyn Farrell
LD #47, House 1: Bud Sizemore
LD #47, House 2: Pat Sullivan
LD #48, House 2: Cyrus Habib
LD #49, Senate: Annette Cleveland
LD #49, House 1: Sharon Wylie
JUDICIAL:
Supreme Court position 9:
Sheryl Gordon McCloud
BALLOT MEASURES:
Referendum 74: Approve
No on: 1185
No on: 1240
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