Endorsements 2024

Where links exist in the list below, click/tap a candidate’s name for more information from the endorsement committee, or click/tap “website” or “email” for more information from the candidate.

Election dates

  • King Conservation District (Jan. 23-Feb. 13)
  • Primary (July 17-Aug. 6)
  • General (Oct. 16-Nov. 5)

Candidates

FEDERAL

STATE

JUDICIARY

  • WA Supreme Court, pos. 2, FOR Sal Mungia (website)
  • King County Superior Court, pos. 41, FOR Paul Crisalli (email)

CONSERVATION

    Initiatives

    • AGAINST I-2117: This initiative would repeal the Climate Commitment Act (passed in 2021). More info
    • AGAINST I-2109: This initiative would repeal the capital-gains tax (passed in 2021). More info
    • AGAINST I-2124: This initiative would repeal the Washington Cares Act (passed in 2021), which relates to insurance for long-term care.
    • AGAINST I-2066: This initiative would repeal the Washington Decarbonization Act (passed in 2024).

    Bond measures

    • FOR Auburn School District (Prop. 1)
    • FOR Issaquah School District (Prop. 1)

    Primary-cycle endorsements
    This candidate for attorney general did not advance beyond the primary election, and these judicial candidates ran unopposed.

    • Attorney General FOR Manka Dhingra (website)
    • WA Supreme Court, pos. 8, FOR Steve Gonzalez
    • WA Supreme Court, pos. 9, FOR Sheryl Gordon McCloud
    • Court of Appeals, Division 1, District 1, pos. 4, FOR Leonard Feldman
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 4, FOR Nick Straley
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 8, FOR Matthew Lapin
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 10, FOR Jaime Hawk
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 12, FOR Haydee Vargas
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 23, FOR Nikole Hecklinger
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 26, FOR David Keenan
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 33, FOR Mark Larranaga
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 39, FOR Joe Campagna
    • King County Superior Court, pos. 46, FOR William Dixon V
    • King/Snohomish County District Court, NE Division, pos. 7, FOR Peter Peaquin

      Candidates and campaigns seeking an endorsement from the 5th LD Democrats should fill out a candidate questionnaire from the King County Democrats and submit a copy to the Endorsement Committee Chair.