The deadline for state parties to submit candidates to the Washington secretary of state for the Washington Democratic presidential primary passed on Jan. 9, 2024. The internal party filing deadline was on Jan. 6, 2024. Three candidates filed to appear on the March 12, 2024, ballot. In order to file with the party, candidates had…
The deadline for state parties to submit candidates to the Washington secretary of state for the Washington Republican presidential primary passed on Jan. 9, 2024. Five candidates will appear on the March 12, 2024, ballot. The following candidates were listed: Ryan Binkley, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Christie, DeSantis, Haley, Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson,…
Let’s Go Washington, a campaign supporting six citizen-initiated ballot measures in Washington, submitted 2.6 million signatures for the initiatives before the deadline on Dec. 29, 2023. At least 324,516 signatures must be found to be valid for each initiative. That’s 1.95 million total signatures between the six initiatives. State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-19) sponsored the…
Let’s Go Washington, a committee sponsoring six citizen-initiated ballot measures for 2024, submitted signatures for a third initiative—Initiative 2113—on Dec. 14. State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-19) sponsors the six initiatives, along with Let’s Go Washington. Let’s Go Washington was founded by Brian Heywood, a Republican donor and the CEO of Taiyo Pacific Partners. Initiative 2113…
Let’s Go Washington, a committee sponsoring six citizen-initiated ballot measures for 2024, submitted signatures for a second initiative—Initiative 2081—on Dec. 12. State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-19) sponsors the six initiatives, along with Let’s Go Washington. Initiative 2081 would allow parents to review educational materials, receive certain notifications, and opt their children out of sexual health…
On Nov. 21, Let’s Go Washington, a committee sponsoring six citizen-initiated ballot measures, submitted signatures for one of them—Initiative 2117. The initiatives would appear on the ballot at the general election in Nov. 2024. Initiative 2117 was designed to prohibit carbon tax credit trading and repeal provisions of the 2021 Washington Climate Commitment Act (CCA),…
Both candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Ferndale School District, District Director: 3 — Nancy Button (nonpartisan) and Toni Jefferson (nonpartisan) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the…
Both of the candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Lake Washington School District School Board District 5 — Janel Schermerhorn (nonpartisan) and Lindsey Yocum (nonpartisan) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’…
Six candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for Richland School District school board in Washington on Nov. 7, 2023. Three districts are up for regular election: Position 3, Position 4, and Position 5. The district had approximately 14,100 students during the 2022-2023 school year and is located in Benton County, Washington. Voters recalled…
The signature submission deadline for Initiatives to the People (ITP)—which is the name of direct ballot initiatives in Washington—passed on July 7, 2023. No campaigns submitted signatures. To qualify for the ballot, proponents would have needed to submit 324,516 valid signatures. A total of 70 ITPs were filed by five sponsors. The filed initiatives concerned…