The Washington Bus 2026 Primary Endorsements
Insurgents Only, Establishment Need Not Apply
The Youth Endorsement Council is a dedicated group of volunteers ages 16-25 who serve as our electoral hawks and policy wonks. These youth leaders analyze the electoral environment and strategically guide our endorsement process.
Bus fam, it’s Primary Season. Gird your ballots.
In this exciting, busy, and packed mid-term election, all the attention is (justifiably) focused on the flashiest congressional and statewide races across the country. Even with the absence of a presidential race, these even-year elections are turnout generating machines. It’s easy to measure the urgency, just tally how many times you see the phrase “most important election of our lifetime” on a casual scroll through social media—those Meta political ads had our team swamped for weeks since all of us made the unfortunate decision to look up political topics on our personal accounts.
But even with all the noise at the federal level, there’s a number of noisy, messy, and flashy races downballot that deserve your attention. We’re up against 3 vicious and vile initiatives from the generally unpleasant, climate change denying, multi-millionaire Trump mega-donor Brian Heywood. One of them seeks to cut taxes for the wealthiest. Another forces our schools to out queer youth. Another one mandates state-sanctioned genital exams for youth. Just some generally wild shit across the board, completely disconnected from the needs of working people across Washington State.
In addition to the bleak initiative landscape, we’re coming off the heels of one of the most devastating legislative sessions Washington State has seen in recent memory. We lost funding for countless programs, especially programs that service youth. One of our most devastating losses was a massive funding reduction for Running Start, our state’s High School & College Dual Credit program, which allows juniors and seniors to take classes at public colleges in our state to earn credits towards both their High School diplomas and an associates degree.
We’ve got a lot to be pissed off about. Despite the intense urgency and outright catastrophe our state is experiencing, the political establishment is only meeting our communities half-way—when what we really need is leadership that fully meets the moment.
We’re hemorrhaging funding at the state level. Presently, working families pay a larger portion of their income to state taxes as opposed to our wealthiest counterparts. Earlier this year, we were excited to pass the Millionaires Tax, an unprecedented but desperately needed adjustment to our inequitable tax code. This new tax shifts the burden off of working families, and gets us closer to genuine tax equity. But we won’t be receiving the benefits of this tax until 2029. Furthermore, it took intense organizing and negotiations to strip unacceptable corporate carveouts included in the original legislation, sponsored by Sen. Jamie Pedersen, which would’ve delivered less revenue in a time when funding for youth is desperately needed.
This year, the common thread amongst our primary endorsements is quite noticeable: no incumbents. We’re endorsing a slate of pro-youth, progressive, insurgent leaders who won’t cave to corporate interests, the AI/data center lobby, and right-wing megadonors.
We deserve a government that serves the people, not the class interests of the wealthiest few. But we have a lot of work to do if we want to make this a reality. The Washington Bus, led by the Youth Endorsement Council, is committed to getting each and every one of these candidates elected. Our hope is that you’ll join us—by voting, and also by volunteering.
We’re getting insurgents elected. Establishment need not apply.
Legislative District No. 3
State Representative, Pos. 2
Luc Jasmin III
The Washington Bus proudly endorses Luc Jasmin III for Legislative District No. 3 State Representative, Position 2. It is an open seat.
Spokane’s losing a strong leader with Timm Ormsby, who is not running for re-election. With a region that’s on the up-and-up, Spokane needs a strong, reliable legislator with the political instincts and policy vision to affect genuine change for Eastern Washington.
Enter Luc Jasmin III—politically savvy and well-integrated with the Spokane community. As Governor Inslee’s and Governor Ferguson’s Eastern Washington liaison, Jasmin’s dynamic role demands a particular level of care and intentionality. Jasmin interfaces with countless different communities with his work ranging from rural areas, suburban neighborhoods, urban centers, and tribal communities. Jasmin has a special attention for overlooked and underserved neighborhoods, and we see it in the way he is campaigning to represent them.
Jasmin is passionate about providing education and development opportunities to youth and students of all ages. And his plans for this aren’t without insight, Jasmin has owned an early learning center for over 12 years, providing youth with the support they need.
In a region of Washington where healthcare access and autonomy for youth continues to be an intense policy discussion, Jasmin brings overwhelming clarity to the conversation. Young people need to not only be empowered to be experts of their own wellbeing, they also need to be listened to as genuine stakeholders in healthcare policy—especially LGBTQ+ youth, who are much more vulnerable to healthcare inequality because of the predatory political environment on the national level.
An example of a long-form question response that Candidate Jasmin submitted to the Youth Endorsement Council.
For the Bus, Jasmin was an easy pick for the 3rd LD. We’re excited for the leadership he will bring to the legislature. We need a leader who will work on building equal and affordable access to services that our state needs. Electing him puts us one leader and one vote closer toward a future where healthcare, childcare, housing, and senior’s services are widely accessible.
Spokane’s riding a bus to Olympia, and we want Luc Jasmin III on it. Vote Jasmin!
Legislative District No. 14
State Representative, Pos. 2
Ezequiel Morfin
The Washington Bus proudly endorses Ezequiel Morfin for Legislative District No. 14 State Representative, Position 2. Morfin is challenging an incumbent.
For the past couple of elections, Washington’s 14th Legislative District has been a battlefield between community interests and corporate power. In 2024, a Judge initiated a redistricting process to address a violation of the Voting Rights Act—creating the 14th as a minority-majority and Latino voter opportunity district. In 2024, the Bus joined a coalition of other community-based organizations in an attempt to build on the opportunity posed by the redistricting process. We ran a ticket of badass women of color and built deep political infrastructure across Central Washington.
Unfortunately, we were unable to flip the 14th. Our coalition of community-based organizations may have lost that election, but we’re back for round 2—and we’re tapping in Morfin to step up to bat for our policy priorities.
Ezequiel Morfin is deeply rooted in the 14th LD. From his website, Morfin describes himself as a “working-class father, electrician, and lifelong community advocate from Toppenish” whose motivation for running is rooted in the lived experience of “ many families in the Yakima Valley are being priced out, pushed aside, or forced to live in fear by decisions made far from their communities.”
We like the sound of that, along with his comprehensive pro-youth policy platform, which is why Morfin is our pick to represent the 14th. He’s with us on AI regulation, a data center moratorium, Climate Superfund legislation, and increasing relief funding to reduce the inevitable harms of climate disaster.
An example of a long-form question response that Candidate Morfin submitted to the Youth Endorsement Council.
Morfin is a candidate whose experience stokes the imagination of what genuine representation could look like for Central Washington. He is a board member of the Yakima Farmworkers Union, and was previously elected to the Toppenish City Council. And when it comes to youth representation in politics, Morfin is no joke. He helped establish the Youth Advisory Board for the Yakima County Democrats.
The path forward for Morfin’s victory is rooted in intentional investments in organizing and mobilizing the Latino vote. We got incredibly close in 2024, with Latino voters in Central Washington turning out and voting bluer than expected in the context of a federal red wave election. The Washington Bus is committed to building the conditions of victory in the 14th, alongside the same coalition of power-building organizations that will be doing work on the ground.
Central Washington deserves an unbought, unbossed leader. Morfin is taking zero corporate PAC money, and is pledging to run a working class campaign that uplifts working class issues. This is, of course, in stark contrast to the conservative incumbent—Rep. Deb Manjarrez.
Manjarrez is a consistent and reliable vote against our pro-youth agenda, and an advocate for reducing revenue—directly impacting our ability to put more youth in schools and meals on plates. No thanks! Let’s start with taxing the ultra-wealthy before complaining that we spend too much on working youth.
Central Washington is on the rise. Let’s elect a leader that will truly represent the region. Vote Morfin.
Legislative District No. 37
State Senator
Tatiana Brown
The Washington Bus proudly endorses Tatiana Brown for Legislative District No. 37 State Senator. It is an open seat.
Last summer, the Bus partnered with People’s Economy Lab and Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment to put forth some of the first ever Youth Climate Assemblies, aimed at turning young peoples’ lived experiences into genuine policy recommendations. Over the course of many planning meetings and two very warm busy days at the Y-WE offices, we got to know Tatiana Brown—Collaborative Governance Specialist at the People’s Economy Lab and Co-Chair of Washington State’s Environmental Justice Council. Now we’re excited to back her run for the open State Senate seat in the 37th LD, a district carved up by two highways and sandwiched between superfund sites (highly polluted areas that require long-term restoration). The district is home to communities who have been and continue to be marginalized by redlining, gentrification, and disinvestment. This context is key, because the question at the center of Brown’s candidacy is how we meaningfully shift power back to communities long excluded from decision-making.
An example of a long-form question response that Candidates Brown and Street submitted to the Youth Endorsement Council.
Brown does not approach policymaking like a “checklist.” The question on her mind is how do policies actually impact people in the 37th—and could these policies be written better to be more rooted in the needs and lived experiences of her future constituents? Her core platform centers around Environment, Education, Economy, and Well-Being, and her responses to our questionnaire showed us someone who is willing to think beyond the cut-and-dry legislative landscape and toward a real interrogation of whether exciting policies actually meet our needs. It’s clear that she isn’t trying to be a “reliable vote” for policies that are good on paper—but is ready to earnestly and intentionally engage in conversations that push the needle on creating a more equitable and actionable government that actually solves the problems the 37th faces.
The critique that Brown lacks experience pointedly ignores the work she’s already doing. As Co-Chair of the EJ Council, Brown is responsible for implementing the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act and the Climate Commitment Act—landmark, first-in-the-nation climate legislation that sets us apart from other states. The Bus has long partnered with the outgoing 37th State Senator Rebecca Saldaña, who wrote the HEAL Act. Young people are especially aware of how meaningful this legislation is—in 2024, we organized to prevent a repeal of the CCA. These laws are essential to ensuring that young people in Washington State inherit a healthy, livable climate to build lives and thrive in.
However, an interesting policy debate is finding itself in the center of this race—the question of AI regulation and data center expansion. Brown's competitor Rep. Chipalo Street has a strong voting record, but voting for good bills is not the same as championing an issue at critical inflection moments—especially when the stakes are highest. Street's work at Microsoft as Copilot Principal Program Manager (Copilot being Microsoft's chief AI product), combined with taking corporate PAC money leaves us doubting that he can be the leader the 37th needs on AI and data center accountability. At the Working Family’s Party 37th LD forum, Street shared that in his role at Microsoft he is responsible for setting guidelines and regulations for AI products. While we appreciate this in principle, we know that tech companies often point to internal “self-regulation” to dampen legislator urgency around proper regulation. When corporate lobbying and corporate PAC money enter the equation, it’s even harder for legislators to see any urgency in pursuing comprehensive regulation.
Street says he supports comprehensive AI regulations, and that matters. But the 37th needs more than a reliable vote. We need strong leadership that’s willing to preemptively step in and stop rogue data center expansion before communities are left to clean up the mess. As a House budget writer, Street has held real power over which policies advance and which never make it out of the process.
Because of that, his iffy-ness on our ask for a one-year moratorium on data center expansion, tied to meaningful regulations, leaves us troubled. When the Bus asked, Street called moratoriums a “blunt tool,” while noting that he wants to “stop bad projects, regulate this sector urgently, and allow projects that meet strong climate, environmental, affordability, and labor standards to move forward.” We agree that bad projects should be stopped and the sector should be regulated urgently. We’re struggling to see how Street’s policy position conflicts with a temporary pause.
This is why we remain unconvinced that Street is the leader the 37th needs on AI regulation and data center expansion. His role advancing AI products at Microsoft paired with his acceptance of corporate PAC & donor money raises real questions about whether he can be fully impartial when the Legislature is forced to regulate the same industry he works in. We can’t trust that he’ll make the right call behind closed doors, and in a district as environmentally sensitive as the 37th, that matters.
Brown, on the other hand, approaches AI and data center expansion with the skepticism it absolutely deserves. In her Hacks and Wonks interview, she points out that “AI data centers require continuous 24-hour power, fundamentally different from the variable load patterns the grid was designed around, requiring supplemental energy sources like natural gas, nuclear, or fossil fuels.” Brown’s vision for an environmentally just Washington State is rooted in an intentional transition away from an extractive economy. We must build the alternative, which is, in her own words: “a regenerative economy, local food systems, legislation that challenges corporations, and policies that redistribute wealth and power.” That is the kind of energy we need in Olympia right now.
That vision also shows up in how she campaigns. In her first few months on the trail, Brown planted trees, released baby Coho Salmon, farmed at urban gardens, answered countless questionnaires, showed up to town halls, onboarded volunteers, and is already knocking hundreds of doors. She’s running like someone who wants the seat, ready and willing to earn the votes of the constituents she’s hoping to represent.
Too many established leaders and organizations are treating this open race like an incumbent’s re-election… It’s not. Nobody is entitled to a Senate seat. No amount of endorsements, incumbency, or PAC money decides that. And especially not because people assume the race is decided.
We’re especially weirded out with how Street dismisses the energy around Brown’s campaign, suggesting that community members would be better off putting that energy into more “competitive” races. We reject that. As a pro-democracy organization, we believe competitive races create a healthier democracy. Having multiple qualified candidates in one race is not a problem to solve. It is a sign that constituents believe their voice, their vote, and their organizing can matter. That energy is exactly where it needs to be. We’re excited to jump in and support it.
Tatiana Brown is the environmental justice candidate. She is already doing the work, and she is running like someone who understands the urgency of this moment. Rep. Chipalo Street has been an ally on many fronts, but we are not convinced he is the leader the 37th needs at this moment.
Let’s not settle for what is familiar—let’s dare to choose better. Vote Brown.
Legislative District No. 43
State Senator
Hannah Sabio-Howell
The Washington Bus proudly endorses Hannah Sabio-Howell for Legislative District No. 43 State Senator. Sabio-Howell is challenging an incumbent.
Our community in the 43rd Legislative District has been besieged by Senator Jamie Pedersen for nearly two decades. First arriving at the State Legislature as a House Rep in 2007 (the year the Bus was born) then transitioning comfortably into a senate seat in 2013. In 2024, he was elected to become the Senate majority leader by his peers. In those years, Pedersen has shrugged off challenges from the left and the right—and built a reputation for being an immovable fixture in the 43rd. Pedersen has long represented the Washington Bus’s Seattle Office—both our former location in Pioneer Square and our current one today in Capitol Hill. Despite the long history and shared stomping grounds, our relationship with Pedersen is quite sour.
Last year, at Washington Ethnic Studies Now’s Youth Advocacy Summit, our youth organizers directly asked Pedersen whether he would support two policy priorities we had been organizing around: free school meals for K-12 students and fully funding ethnic studies. We recognized that these were difficult asks to make during a challenging budget year, but these were policy areas we refused to cede ground on.
Instead of committing to co-conspiring with us on these issues, or even sympathetically conceding that a difficult budget year made these policies unlikely to pass, Pedersen challenged the validity of our asks. He cast doubt on whether free school meals were genuinely equitable, arguing that middle- and higher-income families do not need their children’s meals subsidized. This is a flimsy argument at best: income is not a complete picture of a family’s economic mobility. He also shrugged off responsibility for funding ethnic studies, casting that responsibility onto school districts. But both the state and local school districts are responsible for fully funding ethnic studies. We have the capacity to push both.
When funding was raised as an issue, we offered progressive revenue as a way to build financial capacity for our asks. Nonetheless, we were essentially told that our priorities were unrealistic, and that the Senate, under Pedersen, would not move forward with our agenda.
Enter, Hannah Sabio-Howell.
Before she even announced, hushed whispers of an insurgent left-wing challenger to Pedersen’s iron grip over the 43rd stoked the imagination of grassroots organizers and community-based organizations. The talk of the town was about this mysterious labor leader, transit-rider, biker, and renter who had organized behind the scenes for some of the biggest wins for workers like wage increases and improved labor standards. Whispers of this possibility electrified youth organizers—and terrified the establishment.
With a viable challenger in the wings, Pedersen has magically found new political courage to move on issues we’ve been fighting for years on. The legislature ended up funding Free School Meals for K-12 students through the passage of the Millionaires Tax. The legislature even approved UW Decarbonization Funding in a year where we were certain budget constraints would cause problems for it. Pedersen hugs his sudden progressive shift—touting the passage of progressive revenue through the Millionaires Tax, a bill he sponsored through his role as Senate Majority Leader.
We are glad when good policy passes. We’re certainly not trying to come off as ungrateful brats who are ignorant of the difficult legislative processes and political negotiations that go into delivering policies that advance the living conditions of working people. In fact, youth organizers from the Bus were part of a larger coalition of working people who fought hard to make Washington’s tax code less upside-down. These wins are meaningful—but not devoid of context. 2026 is an election year, and legislators act differently when their hold on power is on the line.
Pedersen, additionally, suffers from something we like to call “incumbentitis.” In the defense of his reelection, he points to his very colorful voting history in order to shore up his credibility and attack Sabio-Howell’s viability. But passing policy that meets our basic needs (and even that is debatable) is not strong, visionary leadership that moves our state forward. We are grateful for his leadership on many issues, but boasting about party line votes is not the flex one would think it is.
Pedersen may point to his leadership in passing the landmark Millionaires Tax as proof of his progressive bonafides. However, the reality is much more insidious than his camp would like to admit. The “rose-tinted” progressive facade falls apart with the understanding that Pedersen’s original draft contained a corporate tax break that benefited Washington's corporate elites—which had to be removed in the House. We don’t need a senator who concedes to big business before the bill number even reaches committee. In the words of one of our youth organizers, “This is why we can’t have nice things.”
Sabio-Howell, on the other hand, does not need an election year rebrand for us to know where she stands. Her former role as Communications Director of Working Washington and as a Communications Specialist for the state senate tells us that she is well-equipped to tackle the role. But most importantly, she is principled, consistent, and grounded in the fights young people are already leading: affordability, housing, labor rights, climate justice, education, and a government that is actually accountable to working people.
We should know, she’s one of ours. Sabio-Howell was a Washington Bus Summer Fellow in 2017. We’re proud parents, here! (Ignore that most of us at the team are actually way younger than her. We’re still proud parents.)
The 43rd is a renter-majority district. We need a senator who brings the lived experience of being a renter themselves. Sabio-Howell understands that the affordability crisis isn't just some talking point that lives in caucus messaging guidance. Rent is due. Grocery prices are rising. For many youth in the district, the question hanging over their heads is whether they can pay tuition and still afford to eat every night. The affordability crisis looks like workers commuting farther because they cannot afford to live near their jobs. It looks like young people wondering whether Seattle still has a place for them at all.
An example of a long-form question response that Candidate Sabio-Howell submitted to the Youth Endorsement Council.
This is what Sabio-Howell will bring to the senate. And that’s why youth are coalescing around her campaign. Our friends at the Young Democratic Socialists of UW, College Democrats of Washington, Progressive Victory, and Run for Something are backing her run—and as the largest political and basebuilding organization for young people in Washington State, we’re proud to join the fight to get her elected.
When it comes to having a vision that is visibly exciting and politically motivating, Sabio-Howell has both. Pedersen has neither. The 43rd deserves more than incumbentitis and copycat progressivism—and we refuse to settle for a milquetoast moderate who concedes to corporations before policy is even written.
Power unchallenged is power conceded. The 43rd has their challenger, and young voters have our champion. Vote Sabio-Howell.
King County Council, District 2
Rebecca Saldaña
The Washington Bus proudly endorses Rebecca Saldaña for King County Council District 2. It is an open seat.
King County Council’s District 2 is incredibly diverse—stretching across neighborhoods with distinct communities, histories, needs, and political identities. It's a district where young people, renters, university students, and transit riders live alongside working families, homeowners, small business owners, and communities that have been shaped by displacement, environmental racism, disinvestment, and an endless political struggle for genuine change.
District 2 requires an adaptable, principled, community-centered representative that understands that none of these communities or issues exist in silos. We need a councilor that will serve all of us, not just the loudest or wealthiest voices in the room.
Thankfully for us, we have an array of incredibly qualified candidates running to be that representative this year. In seeking to understand the political landscape of this race and our pursuit of an endorsement, we found ourselves appreciating the candidates who showed up in a special way during this process. Port Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa’s questionnaire was thoughtful, detailed, and especially strong on tribal sovereignty. King County employee Miriam Mboya also offered meaningful answers rooted in lived experience and care. This race is made up of multiple candidates with real strengths in different directions—our team took this decision seriously.
But when it comes to trust, relationships with youth, and meaningful advocacy for young peoples’ priorities, State Senator Rebecca Saldaña won us over.
After 10 years in the State Senate representing the 37th LD (which heavily overlaps with King County Council District 2) Saldaña is seeking to transition to leading at the county level, bringing her work closer to the communities she’s long been a part of.
During her time in the Senate she was a relentless leader for a cascade of progressive legislation. From championing environmental justice policies such as the HEAL Act and Climate Commitment Act towards building a healthier Washington. To the forefront of fixing our upside down tax code by taxing ultra wealthy corporations and individuals, and taking that funding towards bettering public services for our state. Her background as a union organizer only fueled her priorities to put workers first through higher wages, increased benefits, ensuring dignity on the job and safer workplaces.
An example of a long-form question response that Candidate Saldaña submitted to the Youth Endorsement Council.
The Bus knows Saldaña because we have been in the work with her. Our youth organizers have built a close and reciprocal relationship with her over the years, and many of our member-leaders came into this endorsement process already knowing her as someone who not only listens, but follows through and takes our advocacy seriously. In a time where political access for youth is limited, this is meaningful. Anyone can write good answers and tout voting records on questionnaires. We know Saldaña, and she has shown us what youth-centered politics looks like in practice.
This race is competitive. Hasegawa is a strong progressive leader, and Mboya brought perspectives we valued. If our endorsement process was simply about whoever was most qualified, we'd throw it around like candy. Our focus is who young people trust the most to be accountable, accessible, and ready to build power with us. Because of this, we had to step back from viewing only the policies, and take scope of who is centering youth the strongest. For the Bus, that candidate is Senator Saldaña.
We need a leader ready to tackle the challenge of genuinely representing District 2. Young people know who to turn to. Vote Saldaña.
Seattle City Council, District 5
Nilu Jenks
The Washington Bus proudly endorses Nilu Jenks for Seattle City Council District 5. It is an open seat.
Over the last few years, Seattle’s District 5 has struggled with out-of-touch leadership and extreme extraction of critical community resources such as grocery stores, pharmacies, and long-standing small businesses. Simultaneously, existing disparities and lack of action from City leadership have exacerbated violence in the Aurora corridor, with community members taking to the streets to demand action. With the surprise departure of Cathy Moore in 2024 and 2025 vacancy appointee Debora Juarez not running for re-election, Jenks candidacy is a key opportunity to build a stronger progressive bloc on the council committed to building the political power and representation of youth in City government, while being responsive to the long ignored needs of District 5 residents.
Nilu Jenks is a familiar, friendly face to The Washington Bus and a strong defender of democracy in her professional life. In her capacity as Political Director of FairVote Washington, The Washington Bus & Jenks have collaborated on a number of key priorities—including the exciting and historic renewal of Seattle’s Democracy Voucher program last year. Jenks’ work with FairVote Washington makes her an especially exciting candidate as Seattle’s municipal elections transition to ranked choice voting in 2027.
Jenks is also excitedly not a newcomer to this race. Having run in 2023 and applied for the vacancy appointment process in 2025, Jenks is deeply familiar with the needs of her North Seattle neighbors and has consistently shown up at a time where many local leaders have struggled to listen and connect in an authentic and meaningful way.
Her candidacy has improved immensely since her 2023 run, where she was unable to successfully communicate her progressive values and was written off as a moderate candidate that ultimately wouldn't make it through the primary. Today, she is the only other candidate who received votes from her would-be colleagues on the council in the 2025 appointment process, and has significantly improved and expanded her progressive platform—garnering a much larger coalition of endorsers. Jenks has shored up infrastructure and support, and has developed sharper policies and political instincts that ring clear to her character and her leadership
Additionally, Jenks, following the historic DVP renewal, has a number of tangible local policy victories under her belt and has clearly communicated a desire to hold herself accountable to a high standard of follow through within her leadership. This is especially important in District 5, where community members have been deeply disappointed with their representation for years. From a city councilmember who was often chided for hating the poor to a representative who is clearly dedicated to keeping a seat warm, Jenks will be a refreshing change of pace for North Seattle residents.
In a crowded primary with multiple progressive candidates, it’s clear that District 5 has a highly competitive election this season. While the Bus appreciated Julie Kang and Silas James who had thoughtful answers to our questionnaires, we trust Nilu Jenks. She is our best shot at flipping D5 back to the progressive left and will be the responsive, community driven council member North Seattle has been begging for.
District 5 is overdue for a leader that shows up and takes action with integrity. Vote Jenks.
These endorsements reflect the vision that young people have for a better Washington State. We’re beyond excited to support these candidates, at the doors, on the phones, and through wherever we can organize to get them elected.
Additionally, we’re seeking to make two more early primary endorsements in the 14th Legislative District’s Pos. 1 race and the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney race. This article will be updated to reflect the organization’s endorsements when they are made.
Some of these important races will be on your primary ballot August 4th. Make sure to update your voter registration! If you’re 17 years old and would be 18 by the General Election, Washington State allows you to vote in the primaries. Take advantage of that.
Our team will convene after the primary election to consider additional endorsements. We’re looking forward to writing to you all soon!
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2026 YOUTH ENDORSEMENT COUNCIL
Youth Endorsement Council (YEC) is a dedicated group of volunteers ages 16-25 who serve as our electoral hawks and policy wonks. These youth leaders analyze the electoral environment and strategically guide our endorsement process.
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