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2008 COPE Convention

Endorsements for Statewide Candidates

The Washington State Labor Council's 2008 COPE (Committee on Political Education) Convention was held on May 3 and the hundreds of delegates in attendance unanimously endorsed Gov. Christine Gregoire for re-election to a second term as our governor.

Other key endorsements included John Ladenburg for State Attorney General and Darcy Burner in the race for the 8th Congressional District seat against incumbent Dave Reichert. 
(See the complete list of endorsed candidates.)

Rick Bender, President of the Washington State Labor Council, said this about the endorsement of Gregoire on behalf of the WSLC's more than 400,000 rank-and-file members:

“It only required a two-thirds vote but Chris Gregoire got unanimous approval from the delegates at our convention. She’s been a great governor for Washington’s working families. She has overseen the creation of more than 220,000 new jobs, has doubled the number of apprenticeship opportunities in the state and is presiding over the lowest unemployment rate in the history of our state. … Her management skills have made Washington the 5th best place in the country to do business and at the same time we have moved to 4th in union density proving that good business and good working environments go hand-in-hand.” 

“Washington workers recognize Chris Gregoire as a much better candidate than Dino Rossi.  Rossi’s record against working families is clear.  He voted to take away overtime pay, cut unemployment benefits, block prescription drug reform, lower the minimum wage and deny collective bargaining rights for thousands of workers in our state. For working families there is no comparison,” said Bender.


2008 election endorsements
 The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO only makes election endorsements for statewide ballot measures and in races for statewide office, state legislative and certain judicial races. (For recommendations for city, county and other local races, contact your area Central Labor Council.) Here are the WSLC's 2008 election endorsements (CLICK HERE for a printable copy of the latest endorsements, including some made by the WSLC Executive Board since the COPE Convention):

      Statewide Candidates:  

  • Governor -- Chris Gregoire

  • Attorney General -- John Ladenburg

  • Auditor -- Brian Sonntag

  • Insurance Commissioner -- Mike Kreidler

  • Lt. Governor -- Brad Owen

  • Public Lands Commissioner -- Peter Goldmark

  • Secretary of State -- Sam Reed

  • Supreme Court Position 3 -- Mary Fairhurst

  • Supreme Court Position 4 -- Charles Johnson

  • Supreme Court Position 7 -- Debra Stephens

  • State Treasurer -- Jim McIntire

  • State Court of Appeals 3 -- Kevin M. Korsmo

       Congressional Candidates:

  • CD-01 -- Jay Inslee

  • CD-02 -- Rick Larsen

  • CD-03 -- Brian Baird

  • CD-04 -- George Fearing

  • CD-05 -- Mark Mays

  • CD-06 -- Norm Dicks

  • CD-07 -- Jim McDermott

  • CD-08 -- Darcy Burner

  • CD-09 -- Adam Smith

       Legislative Candidates:

  • LD-01- House 1 -- Al O'Brien

  • LD-01- House 2 -- Mark Ericks

  • LD-01- Senate   -- Rosemary McAuliffe

  • LD-02- House 1 -- Raymond N. Harper

  • LD-02- House 2 -- Tom Campbell

  • LD-02- Senate   -- Marilyn Rasmussen

  • LD-03- House 1 -- Alex Wood

  • LD-03- House 2 -- Timm Ormsby

  • LD-03- Senate   -- Lisa Brown

  • LD-04- House 1 -- Linda Thompson

  • LD-04- House 2 -- Timothy Ray Hattenburg

  • LD-04- Senate  --  Judith Marlene Owens

  • LD-06- House 1 -- Don Barlow

  • LD-06- House 2 -- John Driscoll

  • LD-08- House 1 -- Carol Louise Moser   

  • LD-08- House 2 -- Lawrence Haler

  • LD-10- House 1 -- Timothy Knue

  • LD-10- Senate   -- Mary Margaret Haugen

  • LD-11- House 1 -- Zack Hudgins

  • LD-11- House 2 -- Bob Hasegawa

  • LD-11- Senate   -- Margarita Prentice

  • LD-16- House 2 -- William Grant

  • LD-17- House 1 -- Timothy Probst

  • LD-17- House 2 -- Deb Wallace

  • LD-17- Senate   -- Don Benton

  • LD-18- House 1 -- VaNessa Duplessie

  • LD-18- House 2 -- Jonathan Fant

  • LD-18- Senate   -- Jon Haugen

  • LD-19- House 1 -- Dean Takko

  • LD-19- House 2 -- Brian Blake

  • LD-19- Senate   -- Brian Hatfield

  • LD-20- House 1 -- Michael Rechner

  • LD-20- House 2 -- Jim M. Cutler

  • LD-20- Senate   -- Charles Bojarski

  • LD-21- House 1 -- Mary Helen Roberts

  • LD-21- House 2 -- Marko Liias

  • LD-22- House 1 -- Brendan Williams

  • LD-22- House 2 -- Sam Hunt

  • LD-22- Senate   -- Karen Fraser

  • LD-23- House 1 -- Sherry Appleton

  • LD-23- House 2 -- Christine Rolfes

  • LD-23- Senate   -- Phil Rockefeller

  • LD-24- House 1 -- Kevin VanDeWege

  • LD-24- House 2 -- Lynn Kessler

  • LD-24- Senate   -- Jim Hargrove

  • LD-25- House 1 -- Rob Cerqui

  • LD-25- House 2 -- Lavona "Dawn" Morrell

  • LD-26- House 1 -- Kim Elizabeth Able

  • LD-26- House 2 -- Larry Seaquist

  • LD-27- House 1 -- Dennis Flannagan

  • LD-27- House 2 -- Jeannie Darneille

  • LD-27- Senate   -- Debbie Regala

  • LD-28- House 1 -- Troy Kelly

  • LD-28- House 2 -- Tami Green

  • LD-28- Senate   -- Deborah Jane Srail

  • LD-29- House 1 -- Steve Conway

  • LD-29- House 2 -- Steve Kirby

  • LD-30- House 1 -- Mark Miloscia

  • LD-30- House 2 -- Carol Jean Gregory

  • LD-31- House 1 -- Ron Weigelt

  • LD-31- House 2 -- Christopher Hurst

  • LD-32- House 1 -- Maralyn Chase

  • LD-32- House 2 -- Ruth Kagi

  • LD-33- House 1 -- Tina Louise Orwall

  • LD-33- House 2 -- Dave Upthegrove

  • LD-34- House 1 -- Eileen Cody

  • LD-34- House 2 -- Sharon Nelson

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  • LD-34- Senate   -- Joe McDermott

  • LD-35- House 1 -- Kathy Haigh

  • LD-35- House 2 -- Daryl Daugs

  • LD-36- House 2 -- Mary Lou Dickerson

  • LD-37- House 1 -- Sharon Tomiko Santos

  • LD-37- House 2 -- Eric Pettigrew

  • LD-38- House 1 -- John McCoy

  • LD-38- House 2 -- Mike Sells

  • LD-39- House 1 -- Scott Olson

  • LD-39- Senate   -- Frederick Walser

  • LD-40- House 1 -- Dave Quall

  • LD-41- House 1 -- Marcie Maxwell

  • LD-41- House 2 -- Judy Clibborn

  • LD-41- Senate   -- Fred Jarrett

  • LD-42- House 2 -- Kelli Linville

  • LD-43- House 2 -- Frank Chopp

  • LD-44- House 1 -- Hans Dunshee

  • LD-44- House 2 -- Liz Loomis

  • LD-45- House 1 -- Roger Goodman

  • LD-45- House 2 -- Larry Springer

  • LD-46- House 1 -- Scott White

  • LD-46- House 2 -- Phyllis Kenney

  • LD-47- House 1 -- Geoff Simpson

  • LD-47- House 2 -- Pat Sullivan

  • LD-48- House 1 -- Ross Hunter

  • LD-48- House 2 -- Deb Eddy

  • LD-49- House 1 -- James F. "Jim" Jacks II

  • LD-49- House 2 -- James C. Moeller

  • LD-49- Senate   -- Craig Pridemore