ELECTION 2022: Two days left to vote in six primary races

With two days left to vote, only 17.3 percent of ballots sent out to West Seattle/South Park have been received by King County Elections. Don’t let the turnout stay anemic; take a few minutes to vote. The primary ballot is short in our area: two federal races, one statewide race, three state-legislative races. Here’s who’s on your ballot, in order of how they appear on the ballot, and with the party preference that’s listed on the ballot (incumbents are marked with asterisks):

34TH DISTRICT STATE HOUSE REP. POSITION 1 (no incumbent)
Leah Griffin (Prefers Democratic Party)
Emily Alvarado (Prefers Democratic Party)
Jolie Lansdowne (Prefers Republican Party)

34TH DISTRICT STATE HOUSE REP. POSITION 2
Joe Fitzgibbon* (Prefers Democratic Party)
Andrew Pilloud (Prefers Republican Party)

34TH DISTRICT STATE SENATOR
Tony Mitchum (States No Party Preference)
Joe Nguyen* (Prefers Democratic Party)
John Potter (Prefers Republican Party)
Amber Bennett (Prefers Independent Party)
Goodspaceguy (Prefers Republican Party)

WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE (no incumbent)
Bob Hagglund (Prefers Republican Party)
Kurtis Engle (Prefers Union Party)
Marquez Tiggs (Prefers Democratic Party)
Tamborine Borrelli (Prefers America First (R) Party)
Steve Hobbs (Prefers Democratic Party)
Keith L. Wagoner (Prefers Republican Party)
Mark Miloscia (Prefers Republican Party)
Julie Anderson (Prefers Nonpartisan Party)

DISTRICT 7 U.S. HOUSE REP.
Cliff Moon (Prefers Republican Party)
Pramila Jayapal* (Prefers Democratic Party)
Jesse A James (Prefers Independent Party)
Paul Glumaz (Prefers Republican Party)

U.S. SENATOR
Henry Clay Dennison (Prefers Socialist Workers Party)
Mohammad Hassan Said (Prefers Democratic Party)
John Guenther (Prefers Republican Party)
Tiffany Smiley (Prefers Republican Party)
Dan Phan Doan (States No Party Preference)
Dr Pano Churchill (Prefers Democratic Party)
Dave Saulibio (Prefers JFK Republican Party)
Sam Cusmir (Prefers Democratic Party)
Bill Hirt (Prefers Republican Party)
Jon Butler (Prefers Independent Party)
Bryan Solstin (Prefers Democratic Party)
Martin D. Hash (States No Party Preference)
Patty Murray* (Prefers Democratic Party)
Thor Amundson (Prefers Independent Party)
Charlie (Chuck) Jackson (Prefers Independent Party)
Naz Paul (Prefers Independent Party)
Ravin Pierre (Prefers Democratic Party)
Leon Lawson (Prefers Trump Republican Party)

This page has links to more information about the candidates; the voters’ guide is here.

WHERE TO VOTE: You can send your ballot in via U.S. Mail, no stamp needed, as long as it’s postmarked by Tuesday, or you can put it in a King County Elections dropbox as long as it’s there by 8 pm Tuesday. Here are the West Seattle dropboxes
-South side of SW Alaska between California and 44th (top photo, with the 5-minute parking spots)
-SW Raymond by High Point Library, between 34th and 35th
–South Seattle College (WSB sponsor), 6000 16th SW (along the driveway in front of the administration building)

You might also find the White Center and South Park dropboxes convenient. All dropboxes countywide are mapped/listed here. Once you’ve voted, you can check here (wait at least a day) to see if your ballot’s been received/counted. For other voting options, go here.

P.S. Just moved here, or just turned old enough to vote (as long as you’ll be 18 by the general election on November 8th, you can vote in the primary)? You can register right up through the close of voting Tuesday night – here’s how.

Sara July 31, 2022 (4:47 pm)

Washington State ranks #47 in its treatment of Veterans. This includes healthcare, housing and psychiatric health services. We stink. And who has been our Senator “fighting for the Veterans” for the last three decades?

Lagartija Nick July 31, 2022 (6:23 pm)

I think you misunderstand how the relationship between a US Senator and the state they represent works. Patty Murray has voted for every single veteran’s bill that has come up in the Senate for the last 30 years. How the state does or does not implement those policies is not under her control. If, as you say, we rank 47th in veteran’s care then that is on the state legislature and governor, not our US Senator. Did you see where Senate Republicans infamously voted AGAINST a veteran’s health care bill just last week?
- Sara July 31, 2022 (7:09 pm)
  
  I didn’t misunderstand anything. sen Murray touts herself as an advocate for our Veterans. Our state is #47 out of 50.
  - Anne July 31, 2022 (9:48 pm)
    
    Why yes-yes you did.
  - Frustrated August 1, 2022 (7:19 am)
    
    And she IS an advocate, as shown by her voting record… But as has already been explained to you, she alone does not control how the state treats veterans.
  - Lagartija Nick August 1, 2022 (8:54 am)
    
    And again, that’s on Washington State government, not Senator Murray. But you are welcome to list all of the veteran’s funding bills she has voted against. We’ll wait.
  - SlimJim August 1, 2022 (8:55 am)
    
    Ok Sara, is this a case of “don’t bother me with the facts”? You seem to have latched on to only two data points and want to run it into the ground in order to make Patty Murray seem anti-vet. Good luck pushing that rock up the hill.
  - Ron Swanson August 1, 2022 (9:13 am)
    
    So, yes, you’re not clear on how federalism works. Federal officials set policy for the country as a whole, not their state. Washington’s relative ranking has little or nothing to do with the efforts of its Congressional representatives.
Max August 1, 2022 (8:44 am)

This is a sad astroturfing attempt by Smiley’s campaign. Try again.

aa July 31, 2022 (5:06 pm)

“Not voting is not a protest, it’s a surrender.” Every time you vote, be it for a local judge, or President of the United States, they are all important and worth your time and effort.

Dennis Hamilton July 31, 2022 (5:14 pm)

Have you received any reports of folks not receiving their voter pamphlets? Last week we gave up waiting. I found the ones for our Zip Code on-line and printed out the pages that corresponded to races on the ballots my wife and I received. We completed and mailed our ballots on Friday, and we’ll do the on-line follow-up to confirm their processing.

Vic August 1, 2022 (12:35 pm)

We never got a pamphlet either.
Wseattleite August 1, 2022 (6:13 pm)

I received an official voter ballot and I have never registered to vote in WA state. Something is a off there. Is there somewhere to report this?
- 1994 August 1, 2022 (10:06 pm)
  
  If you are rather new to WA state and obtained a WA State Driver’s License there is an option to automatically register you to vote and receive a ballot. Are you new to having a WA Driver’s License?Voter pamphlets are available at your local Seattle Public Library – along with free COVID test kits.
  - Wseattleite August 2, 2022 (6:59 pm)
    
    Hmmm, yes I did recently get a WA license, but I can assure you I never opted to register to vote, nor declared a party of any kind. This “automatic” feature seems to be in questionable legal territory as I am registered to vote elsewhere where it is not allowed to be registered elsewhere. Not interested in using my single voting capabilities in this area. Apparently I have to pull back WA’s exuberance in signing people up without their consent. Apparently one has to opt out of a program they do not know anything about? Not impressed.

Spring July 31, 2022 (5:44 pm)

We need term limits and age limits on these cronies esp on the supreme court.

WSB July 31, 2022 (6:37 pm)

The incumbents in the primary races on West Seattle ballots are mostly fairly young. Except for Sen. Murray, who’ll be 72 before general-election day.
Lucy July 31, 2022 (6:57 pm)

Would you have had that opinion when RBG was still seated?
- KM July 31, 2022 (10:20 pm)
  
  I would and I’m extremely pro-choice.
  - East Coast Cynic August 1, 2022 (11:07 am)
    
    Republican Presidents have had a better knack of nominating young “huns” to the court, unlike some of the Democratic Presidents.
  - anonyme August 1, 2022 (11:44 am)
    
    What does being pro-choice have to do with your admitted ageism? I’m tired of the stereotype that new ideas only come from young brains. I think anyone who is competent should be able to serve, regardless of age, young or old. Unfortunately, I don’t count Biden in that group – but that was true even before he became befuddled.

Scubafrog July 31, 2022 (7:57 pm)

I think it’s bad for democracy to have the same person in office for several terms, who’ll likely never retire. That said, I think new ideas, from new candidates – regardless of age – can benefit all. I don’t feel comfortable with an age limit, unless it’s the Presidency. Term limits? you bet, in every elected/appointed position. With Citizens United and our lobbyists, we should make term limits short. Officials have represented themselves, not The People. At some point, Americans are going to have to stop doing the same thing over and over (electing the same people), because those same politicians are doing the same thing over and over. And the product is America 2022, which isn’t a great notion at the moment.

Ivan Weiss August 1, 2022 (9:27 am)

Arbitrary term limits are stupid and lazy. They penalize the legislators who take on the special interests effectively, like Katie Porter of California, who slices and dices the bank lobbyists regularly. If she was term limited, an effective check on those special interests would be gone. We already have effective term limits. They are called elections. If you don’t like your elected officials, elect someone else.

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