2011 Endorsements

11th District Democrats
Election Candidate Endorsements as of September 21, 2011

The following candidates were endorsed by the body of the 11th Legislative District Democrats at our regular monthly meetings.  Candidates not endorsed are not listed.  The minimum required to endorse is two-thirds of those participating and present during the vote of the individual candidate.  If a candidate is crossed out, then they didn’t survive the primary election.

Early endorsements are reserved those incumbents seeking re-election of their office and have been previously endorsed by the 11th Legislative District Democrats.  Incumbent candidates must have requested early endorsement or will be endorsed during the 11th Legislative District’s regular candidate endorsement process after King County’s Primary Candidate filing deadline.  Date of early endorsement is listed by the month it was acquired.

Unanimous or Endorsement by Acclamation is where the candidate was approved with the general consensus of the body with no opposition.  These are considered the highest forms of endorsement by the 11th Legislative District showing the utmost confidence of a Democratic party candidate.

King County
Lloyd Hara, King County Assessor, Incumbent, Early Endorsed (April 2011)
Joe McDermott, King County Council, Position 8, Incumbent, Endorsed by Acclamation
Diana Toledo, King County Council, Position 8, Endorsed

City of Renton
Robin Jones, Position 5, Endorsed

Port of Seattle
Gael Tarlton, Position 2, Incumbent, Early Endorsed (May 2011)
Dean Willard, Position 5, Endorsed by acclamation

City of Kent
Bailey Stober, Kent City Council, Position 1, Endorsed

City of SeaTac
Barry Ladenburg, Position 1, Endorsed by acclamation
Mia Su-Ling Gregerson, Position 7, Incumbent, Endorsed by acclamation

City of Seattle
Jean Godden, Position 1, Incumbent, Early Endorsed (May 2011)
Maurice Claussen, Position 1, Endorsed
Bobby Forsch, Position 1, Endorsed
Bruce Harrell, Position 3, Incumbent, Early Endorsed, (April 2011)
Tom Rasmussen, Position 5, Incumbent, Early Endorsed (May 2011)
Tim Burgess, Position 7, Incumbent, Endorsed
Sally Clark, Position 9, Incumbent, Early Endorsed (May 2011)
Referendum 1, Endorsed

City of Tukwila
Pam Linder, Mayor, Endorsed (Unanimous)
Kate Kruller, Position 7, Endorsed (Unanimous)
Abshir Mahamed, Position 4, Endorsed

Other
Dr. Mary Alice Heuschel Hospital, District 1 Commissioner, Endorsed
Liz Giba, North Highline Fire District Commissioner, Endorsed (Unanimous)

King County Redistricting Public Hearings

Wednesday, June 29
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Shoreline City Hall

Council Chambers
17500 Midvale Ave N
Shoreline, WA 98133

Thursday, June 30
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Bellevue City Hall

Council Chambers
450 110th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98004

Thursday, July 7
6:30-8:30 p.m
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Highline Community College

Building 7
2400 S 240th Street
Des Moines, WA 98198

Tuesday, July 12
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Van Asselt Community Center

2820 S Myrtle Street
Seattle, WA 98108

More details here:  http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/districting/news/06-20_public_draft_plans.aspx

King County Redistricting – First Draft

The first draft at King County Council boundaries available at the link below.  This is the redistricting that will happen as a result of the last US Census.

http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/districting/resources.aspx

Public Opinion Data

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The demise of Social Security?

A note from Carol Anne Maiers, PCO 33rd LD–

Ric Edelman, an investment adv. on 1090 AM this morning was raving with glee that this Father’s Day will be remembered as the demise of SS.  In addition 2 wks ago he stated that the younger generation will not need college educations, so don’t plan funds for them. The jobs that will be available will not need degrees.  As 1090 AM is a progressive station we don’t need someone supporting and commending these ideas. I would like to suggest a movement to the station to drop the Edelman show.  I plan to email and call the station with my complaint.  Suppose there will be those that oppose with all sorts of rants.  Yes I believe in freedom of speech and truth in  speech and recognize the relationship between truth and opinions.  I am just saying.

Tell them that this is NOT acceptable!

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Kate Kruller is running for Tukwila City Council

Kate KrullerLast Friday, June 10, Kate Kruller (Former Chair of the 11th Legislative District Democrats; current WSDCC State Committee Woman for the 11th Legislative District Democrats), filed to run for Tukwila City Council – Position 6.  The office is an open seat.  Stay tuned for updates.

Newsletter – June 2011

The newsletter for June 2011 has been posted. View it here: 2011_06_June

DNC response to the Republican debate

McKenna Blames Washington’s Budget Woes on State Workers

From the Slog:

Conveniently ignoring the past two biennial budgets filled with pay cuts, givebacks, layoffs and unpaid furloughs, McKenna caused his audience to literally gasp and groan with horror via his tales of state workers getting five percent annual pay increases year-after-year as the rest of us suffered. It’ll take me some time to fact check all his claims, but I’m pretty damn sure they’re mostly bullshit and/or out of context. McKenna also went on to paint a picture of a government workforce growing out of control, a bullshit datapoint that I do have at my fingertips:

Read the full article here: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/06/09/mckenna-blames-washingtons-budget-woes-on-state-workers

34th LD Democrats Endorsements

Just a FYI, the 34th LD Democrats gave a bunch of endorsements last night:  http://westseattleblog.com/2011/06/34th-district-democrats-election-endorsements-the-toplines

Save Our Medicare

The Washington State Democrats just launched a new website:
http://www.saveourmedicare.org/

Republicans are sacrificing Medicare and the middle and lower classes for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

That’s why everyday Americans disapprove of the Republican budget plan and its policies that will end Medicare as we know it. Republicans are paying the price for their policies — they’re losing elections and facing the backlash.

We will use this site to keep the momentum going and build grassroots support against the Republican budget plan and its destructive policies.

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Elwha River Restoration

Larry Grubb and Jim Flynn took a visit to the Elwha River Dam this week.  They made a Youtube video of the experience.

 

From Jim:

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2011 King County Democrats Endorsement List

Here’s the list so far:

http://wa-demchairs.org/kcdems/2011/races.php

Judge strikes Wisconsin union-stripping law

From The Maddow Blog:


Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi ruled Thursday that Republican legislators violated Wisconsin’s open meetings law during the run up to passage. She says that renders the law void.

More details here:  http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/26/6722983-breaking-judge-strikes-wisconsin-union-stripping-law

US National Debt

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