The Young Democrats of Washington completed their first round of endorsements of candidates for state and federal offices during the YDWA convention. The committee will meet again soon to consider additional candidates. If you are interested in finding out more about our process, please e-mail endorsements@ydwa.org. Our next Endorsements Committee meeting will take place May 4th in Bellevue.

The Young Democrats of Washington proudly endorse the following candidates:

For the office of Governor: Christine Gregoire
For the State Supreme Court: Mary Fairhurst and Charles Johnson
For Attorney General: John Ladenburg
For the Commissioner of Public Lands: Peter Goldmark
For the office of the President: Barack Obama

For the office of U.S. Representative:
Brian Baird 3rd CD
Norm Dicks 6th CD
Mark Mays 5th CD
Darcy Burner 8th CD

For the office of State Senator:
Rosemary McAuliffe 1st LD
Margarita Prentice 11th LD
Phil Rockefeller 23rd LD
Craig Pridemore 49th LD
Phyllis Huster 5th LD
Jon Haugen 18th LD

For the office of State Representative:
Al O'Brien 1st LD
Don Barlow 6th LD
Marko Liias 21st LD
Sam Hunt 22nd LD
Sherry Appleton 23rd LD
Tami Green 28th LD
Steve Conway 29th LD
Dave Upthegrove 33rd LD
Sharon Nelson 34th LD
Kathryn Haigh 35th LD
Michael Sells 41st LD
Liz Loomis 44th LD
Deb Eddy 48th LD
Timm Ormsby 3rd LD
Troy Kelley 28th LD
Kelli Linville 42nd LD
Ross Hunter 48th LD
John Driscoll 6th LD
Tim Probst 17th LD
Vanessa Duplessie 18th LD
Mike Rechner 20th LD
Ron Weigelt 31st LD
Daryl Daugs - 35th LD
Scott White - 46th LD