2020 Filing Week Update from NPI
2020 Filing Week Update from NPI

Wel­come to Fil­ing Week 2020!

Today through Fri­day, the Sec­re­tary of State and coun­ty elec­tions offi­cials will be accept­ing for­mal dec­la­ra­tions of can­di­da­cy from Wash­ing­to­ni­ans who have decid­ed they want to run for office at fed­er­al, state, and local levels.

This is a pres­i­den­tial year, which means we’ll be elect­ing all ten of our U.S. House posi­tions, all nine of our statewide exec­u­tive posi­tions, most of our state leg­isla­tive posi­tions, and sev­er­al of our State Supreme Court posi­tions, not to men­tion a large num­ber of local posi­tions, espe­cial­ly in Pierce County.

This post is the first in a series of Fil­ing Week reports we’ll be bring­ing you at reg­u­lar inter­vals until the close of fil­ing at 5 PM on the final day of the workweek.

U.S. House

1st Con­gres­sion­al District

  • Demo­c­rat Suzan DelBene
  • Repub­li­can Jef­frey Beel­er, Sr.
  • Lib­er­tar­i­an Steven Skelton
  • Robert Dean Mair (No Par­ty Preference)

2nd Con­gres­sion­al District

  • Demo­c­rat Jason Call
  • Demo­c­rat Rick Larsen

4th Con­gres­sion­al District

  • Repub­li­can Dan Newhouse

6th Con­gres­sion­al District

  • Demo­c­rat Derek Kilmer

7th Con­gres­sion­al District

  • Repub­li­can Craig Keller

9th Con­gres­sion­al District

  • Demo­c­rat Adam Smith

10th Con­gres­sion­al District

  • Demo­c­rat Randy Bell
  • Demo­c­rat Beth Doglio
  • Demo­c­rat Phil Gardner
  • Demo­c­rat Sam Wright
  • Repub­li­can Jack­son Maynard

Executive Department

Four can­di­dates have filed so far to run for Governor:

  • Repub­li­can Loren Culp
  • Repub­li­can Phil Fortunado
  • Repub­li­can Bill Hirt
  • Trump Repub­li­can Anton Sakharov

One can­di­date has filed so far for Insur­ance Commissioner:

  • Demo­c­rat Michael Kreidler

For Lieu­tenant Gov­er­nor (which is an open seat due to the retire­ment of Cyrus Habib), there are four can­di­dates so far:

  • Demo­c­rat Steve Hobbs
  • Demo­c­rat Marko Lilas
  • Repub­li­can Joseph Brumbles
  • Repub­li­can Mar­ty McClendon

One can­di­date has filed so far for Sec­re­tary of State:

  • Demo­c­rat Gael Tarleton

There are no can­di­dates for Attor­ney Gen­er­al yet.

One can­di­date has filed so far for Super­in­ten­dent of Pub­lic Instruction:

  • Chris Reyk­dal

State Supreme Court

Posi­tions are typ­i­cal­ly for a six year term.

Posi­tion #3

  • Raquel Mon­toya-Lewis

Posi­tion #4

  • Charles W. Johnson

Posi­tion #6 (For an unex­pired term of two years)

  • G. Helen Whitener

Posi­tion #7

  • Debra L. Stephens

Key legislative races

State Rep­re­sen­ta­tives typ­i­cal­ly serve two years, and state Sen­a­tors typ­i­cal­ly serve four years.

1st Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Davina Duerr
  • State Sen­a­tor
    • Demo­c­rat Derek Stanford

5th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Bill Ramos
  • State Sen­a­tor
    • Demo­c­rat Mark Mullet

10th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Suzanne Woodward
    • Repub­li­can Greg Gilday
  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Repub­li­can Bill Bruch

11th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Demo­c­rat Steve Berquist

17th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Tan­isha L. Harris
  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Repub­li­can Paul Harris
  • State Sen­a­tor
    • Demo­c­rat Daniel Smith
    • Repub­li­can Lyn­da Watson

18th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Repub­li­can Bran­don Vick
  • State Sen­a­tor
    • Repub­li­can Ann Rivers

19th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Clint Bryson
    • Demo­c­rat Mar­i­an­na Everson

23rd Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Repub­li­can April Ferguson
  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Demo­c­rat Drew Hansen
    • Repub­li­can Elian­na Gonzales-Blanton
  • State Sen­a­tor
    • Demo­c­rat Chris­tine Rolfes
    • Repub­li­can Pam Madden-Boyer

25th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Demo­c­rat Bri­an Duthie
    • Repub­li­can Cyn­dy Jacobsen
  • State Sen­a­tor
    • Demo­c­rat Julie Door

26th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Car­rie Hesch
  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Demo­c­rat Joy Stanford
    • Repub­li­can Alisha Beeler
    • Repub­li­can Michelle Caldier

28th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Mari Leavitt
    • Repub­li­can Kevin Ballard
  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Demo­c­rat Dan Bronoske
    • Repub­li­can Chris Nye
  • State Sen­a­tor
    • Demo­c­rat Twina Nobles
    • Repub­li­can Steve O’Ban

30th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Demo­c­rat Jesse Johnson
    • Repub­li­can Mark Greene

35th Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Colton Myers
    • Repub­li­can Dan Griffey
  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Demo­c­rat Dar­cy Huffman
    • Repub­li­can Drew C. MacEwen

42nd Leg­isla­tive District

  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #1
    • Demo­c­rat Ali­cia Rule
    • Repub­li­can Luanne Van Werven
  • State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive — Posi­tion #2
    • Repub­li­can Jen­nifer Sefzik

Pierce County positions

All posi­tions below are for a four year term.

Pierce Coun­ty Executive

  • Repub­li­can Bruce Dammeier

Coun­ty Council

  • Dis­trict #2
    • Demo­c­rat Sarah Rumbaugh
    • Repub­li­can Hans Zeiger
  • Dis­trict #3
    • Demo­c­rat Yanah G. Cook
  • Dis­trict #4
    • Demo­c­rat Tim Farrell
    • Demo­c­rat Ryan Mello
  • Dis­trict #6
    • Demo­c­rat John Caverly
    • Demo­c­rat Jami Hitchen
    • Repub­li­can Jason Whalen

Coun­ty Assessor-Treasurer

  • Mike Lon­er­gan

Sher­iff

  • Doug Richard­son
  • Ed Troy­er

About the author

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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