2026 Endorsed Candidates and Positions!
When filling out your ballot, be sure to cast your vote for these candidates and positions!
The following candidates and positions were endorsed during our 2026 Primary Election Endorsement Meeting on May 18 and our General Election Endorsement Meeting on September 15. At these endorsement meetings, any candidate or position that received sixty percent (60.00%) of the ballots cast by our member for that race received an endorsement.
US Congress
- House of Representatives, 7th Congressional District - Pramila Jayapal
46th LD State Legislature Candidates
- State Senate - Javier Valdez
- House of Representatives, Position 1 - Gerry Pollet
- House of Representatives, Position 2 - Darya Farivar
City of Seattle Candidates
- Seattle City Council, District 5 - Nilu Jenks
King County Candidates
- King County Assessor - Rob Foxcurran
- King County Council, District 2 - Rebecca Saldañaﾠ
- King County Council, District 4 - Jorge Barón
- King County Prosecutor - Lessa Manion
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 - Gabe 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 Michelle Hawkﾠ
- State Supreme Court, Position 4 - Ian Birk
- State Supreme Court, Position 5 - Theo Angelisﾠ
- State Supreme Court, Position 7 - Debra L. Stephens
State Measures
The 46th District Democrats voted unanimously to oppose all initiatives of Republican mega donor, Brian Heywood:
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Initiative Measure No. IP26-645 Repealing Individual Income Tax on earnings over $1M
- Vote No [more info at https://no645.com/]
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Initiative Measure No. IL26-001 Parent's Bill of Rights
- Vote No [more info at https://nohateinwastate.org/]
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Initiative Measure No. IL26-638 Protecting Girls' Sports
- Vote No [more info at https://nohateinwastate.org/]
City of Seattle Campaigns
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Proposition No. 1 - Seattle Transit Measure
- Vote Yes [more info at https://hoponboardseattle.org/]
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.