2026 Endorsed Candidates and Campaigns! 

The following Candidates and Campaigns were endorsed during our 2026 Primary Election Endorsement Meeting on May 18. Over 300 members and guests attended, and we considered 24 candidates in 10 races, and one Seattle levy. Any candidate who received sixty percent (60.00%) of the ballots cast for that race received an endorsement. These endorsements carry forward to the General Election.

Next Endorsement Meeting will be held Tuesday September 15, 2026. Candidates and Campaigns already endorsed:

US Congress

• House of Representatives, 7th Congressional District - Pramila Jayapal

46th LD State Legislature Candidates

• State Senate - Javier Valdez
• House of Representatives, Position 2 - Darya Farivar
• House of Representatives, Position 1 - To be considered during September 15, 2026 Meeting.

City of Seattle Candidates

• Seattle City Council, District 5 - Nilu Jenks

King County Candidates

• King County Assessor - To be considered during September 15, 2026 Meeting.
• King County Council, District 2 - Rebecca Saldañaﾠ
• King County Council, District 4 - Jorge Barón
• King County Prosecutor - To be considered during September 15, 2026 Meeting.

Judicial Candidates

• Seattle Municipal Court, Position 1 - Catherine M. McDowall
• Seattle Municipal Court, Position 2 - Katharine Kinard Edwards
• Seattle Municipal Court, Position 3 - Pooja Vaddadi
• Seattle Municipal Court, Position 5 - Gabriel Rothsteinﾠ
• Seattle Municipal Court, Position 6 - Shantrice Anderson
• King County District Court West, Position 1 - Nyjat Rose-Akinsﾠ
• King County Superior Court, Position 20 - Kent Liu
• King County Superior Court, Position 32 - Dan York
• King County Superior Court, Position 45 - Tenaya Scheinman
• State Supreme Court, Position 1 - Colleen Melody
• State Supreme Court, Position 3 - Jaime Hawkﾠ
• State Supreme Court, Position 4 - Ian Birk
• State Supreme Court, Position 5 - Theo Angelisﾠ
• State Supreme Court, Position 7 - To be considered during September 15, 2026 Meeting.

State Measures

The 46th District Democrats voted unanimously to oppose all initiatives of Republican mega donor, Brian Heywood:

• Initiative Measure No. IP26-645 Repealing Individual Income Tax on earnings over $1M
  • Vote No
• Initiative Measure No. IL26-001 Parent's Bill of Rights
  • Vote No
• Initiative Measure No. IL26-638 Protecting Girls' Sports
  • Vote No

City of Seattle Campaigns

• Seattle Library Levy

*The Seattle Transit Measure is to be considered during September 15, 2026 Meeting.

How do candidates qualify for the 46th District Democrats endorsement?

According to our Standing Endorsement Rules, to be eligible for endorsement, a candidate for partisan office must file as a Democrat. Candidates must also sign and submit the appropriate King County Democrats candidates questionnaire and any supplemental questionnaire no later than five days before the endorsement meeting at which the candidate would be considered or by 9 AM of the day after the last day of candidate filing, whichever is later. Copies of submitted questionnaires can be found here. A majority of the Executive Board may waive this requirement for incumbents in partisan offices running for re-election who have previously submitted questionnaires.