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Candidate Research 2026

This webpage includes information about all 2026 Primary races and the candidate questionnaires and town halls that were conducted as part of the Olympia Indivisible endorsement process.

Olympia Indivisible Endorsements.

Dates and Deadlines 2026
  • June 20 - Olympia Indivisible Candidate Presentation
    • ​Slides
    • Video Recording
  • July 17 to August 4 - Voting for Primary Election
  • October 16 to November 3  - Voting for General Election 
  • Voter Portal (After you sign in, click on the “Your Elected Officials” link to see who represents you!)
  • Election History
Table of Contents:
​​Members of Congress​
State Representatives​
Thurston County​
WA Supreme Court
 

​Members of Congress

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Congressional Seat - CD10 - Incumbent Questionnaire, Challenger Questionnaire
  • Marilyn Strickland (D) - OI Candidate Profile - Endorsed
  • Adam Arafat (D)​ -  OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall
  • Alex Scheel (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall​
  • Chris Chung (R)
  • Derek Maynes (None)
  • Kurtis Engle (Union)
 

State Representatives
​Legislative District 2 PDC  - Questionnaire
Representative Position 1: 
  • Andrew Barkis (R) - OI Candidate Profile
  • William Dehnel (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall - Endorsed
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Representative Position 2: 
  • Matt Marshall (R) - OI Candidate Profile 
  • Angela Taylor (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall - Endorsed
  • Martin Miller (D) - OI Candidate Profile   

Legislative District 22 PDC - Questionnaire
Representative Position 1:
  • Beth Doglio (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response - Endorsed
  • Donald Hewett (R)  - OI Candidate Profile
Representative Position 2:
  • Lisa Parshley (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall -Endorsed
  • Jamie Keenan-deVargas (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response 

Legislative District 35 PDC - Questionnaire
Senator
  • Drew C. MacEwen (R) - OI Candidate Profile
  • Carolina Mejia (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall - Endorsed
Representative Position 1:
  • Daniel G Griffey (R) - OI Candidate Profile
  • Jim A. Pierson (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response​, Town Hall - Endorsed
  • Sheana Garberich (D)​ - OI Candidate Profile
Representative Position 2: 
  • Travis S. Couture (R) - OI Candidate Profile
  • Maria Littlesun (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, ​Town Hall - Endorsed
 

Thurston County
​
Do I get to vote countywide?
  • In the Primary Election you get to vote for who is running in your district and the top two move to the November General Election. 
  • In the General Election, you get to vote for all candidates running countywide.

What District Am I In?
Thurston District and Precinct Maps

County Elections
Commissioner PDC - Questionnaire 

District 3
  • Tye Menser (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall - Endorsed​

District 5
  • Emily Clouse (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall
  • Nicolas Dunning (Moderate Democrat) - OI Candidate Profile 
  • Michelle Gipson (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall - Endorsed

Sheriff PDC - Questionnaire
  • Derek Sanders (I) - OI Candidate Profile,  Questionnaire Response, Town Hall - Endorsed
  • Kevin Scott Burton-Crow (D) - OI Candidate Profile, ​Questionnaire Response​, Town Hall

Assessor PDC - Questionnaire
  • JJ Olson (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall
  • Lynda Nashed Zeman (D) - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response, Town Hall - Endorsed

Auditor PDC
  • Tillie Naputi-Pullar (D)
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Clerk PDC
  • Garrett Cady (I)
  • Nicole Miller (D)

Coroner PDC
  • Gary Warnock (D)

District Court Judge
  • Kalo Wilcox 
  • Sam Meyer
  • Paul D. Wohl

Prosecutor PDC
  • Christen Lee Anton Peters 

Public Utility District PDC
District 1
  • Jim Campbell (NP)
  • Troy Kirby
  • Bruce Wilkinson
District 2 
  • Jeff Curry
  • Christopher Pettit

Treasurer PDC
  • Jeffrey A Gadman  (D)

 
WA Supreme Court
Five of the nine total seats on the court are up for grabs this year, representing a majority of the court.

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Clarification: In the case of the Supreme Court races the Endorsement Research Team decided not to go through the full endorsement vote process. However, because of the importance of these races this year we are making these recommendations based on the research we did. These recommendations are the consensus decision of the Endorsement Research Team and do not represent Olympia Indivisible as a whole or the Steering Committee.

Background
  • Washington Supreme Court races could decide fate of controversial income tax
  • Progressives and Dark-Money Backed Conservatives Vie for Control of Washington State Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice (Non Partisan) - Questionnaire
Position 1
  • Colleen M. Melody - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response - Recommend
  • Scott M. Edwards - OI Candidate Profile
  • Laura Christensen Colberg - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response
Position 3
  • J. Michael Diaz - OI Candidate Profile,  Questionnaire Response - Recommend
  • David Stevens - OI Candidate Profile
  • Jaime Hawk- OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response
Position 4
  • Ian S. Birk - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response - Recommend
  • Sean Patrick O'Donnell​ - OI Candidate Profile, Questionnaire Response
Position 5
  • Theodore Angelis  - OI Candidate Profile - Recommend
  • David A. Larson - OI Candidate Profile
  • Sharonda D. Amamilo - OI Candidate Profile
  • Greg Miller - OI Candidate Profile
Position 7
  • Debra L. Stephens - OI Candidate Profile - Recommend
  • David Robert Shelvey - OI Candidate Profile
  • Karim A. Merchant​ - OI Candidate Profile
  • Todd A. Bloom - OI Candidate Profile 

WA Court of Appeals-Div 2, Dist 2 (Non Partisan)
Erik D. Price ​
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