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WASHINGTON
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State candidates for Governor, United State Senator and Congress
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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY
LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing Deadline:
June 6, 2008
Primary: August 19, 2008
This page was last
updated on August 20, 2008
STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Christine
Gregoire (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Dino Rossi (R) - Ex-State
Sen., Realtor & '04 Nominee
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Brad
Owen (D)*
Marcia McCraw (R) - Attorney & Community Activist
Next State Constitutional
Officer Elections in 2008.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Sam
Reed (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Jason Osgood (D) - Computer
Programmer
STATE TREASURER:
[ Mike Murphy
(D)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Jim McIntire (D) - State
Rep., State Revenue Forecast Council Chair & College Professor
Allan Martin (R) - Assistant
State Treasurer & Ex-Chelan County Treasurer
STATE AUDITOR:
Brian
Sonntag (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
Dick McEntee (R) - Management Consultant & '00 Candidate
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Rob
McKenna (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
John Ladenburg (D) - Pierce
County Executive, Ex-Pierce County Prosecutor & Ex-Tacome
City Councilman
STATE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS:
Doug
Sutherland (R)* -
(Campaign Site)
Peter Goldmark (D)
- Rancher, Washington State University Regent & '06 Congressional
Nominee
STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Mike
Kreidler (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
John Adams (R) - Insurance Agency Owner & '04 Nominee
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION:
(Note: Superintendent is a Non-Partisan Positition)
Terry
Bergeson * - (Campaign
Site)
Randy Dorn - State Teachers' Union Executive Director, Ex-State Rep. & Ex-Teacher
STATE LEGISLATURE:
State
House ( Democratic Caucus
- Republican Caucus )
State Senate
( Democratic Caucus - Republican
Caucus )
U.S. SENATOR:
Patty
Murray (D)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2010.

Maria
Cantwell (D)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2012.
U.S. CONGRESS:
District 1:
Jay
Inslee (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Larry Ishmael (R) - Ex-Issaquah
School Board President, Businessman & '06 Nominee
District 2:
Rick
Larsen (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Rick Bart (R) - Ex-Snohomish
County Sheriff & Retired Police Officer
District 3:
Brian
Baird (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Michael Delavar (R)
- Airline Pilot

District 4:
Doc
Hastings (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
George Fearing (D)
- Attorney
District 5:
Cathy
McMorris Rodgers (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Mark Mays (D) - Psychologist
& Attorney
District 6:
Norm
Dicks (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Doug Cloud (R) - Attorney
& '04/'06 Nominee

District 7:
Jim
McDermott (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Steve Beren
(R) - Internet Marketing Company Operations Director &
'06 Nominee
District 8:
Dave
Reichert (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Darcy Burner (D) - Ex-Microsoft
Executive, Community Activist & '06 Nominee
District 9:
Adam
Smith (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
James Postma (R) - Businessman
& Software Engineer
STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:
American
Heritage Party of Washington State
Communist Party of Washington
State
Constitution Party
of Washington State
Democratic Party of Washington
State
Green Party of Washington State
Libertarian Party of Washington
State
Progressive Party of Washington
Washington State Republican Party
STATE ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary
of State's Office
State Public Disclosure Commission
STATE NEWS SOURCES:
Bellevue
Eastside Journal
Bremerton Sun
Centralia Chronicle
Everett Herald - (Politics
Section)
HorseAss.org (Politics - Liberal)
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland
Tri-City Herald
King County Journal
Longview Daily News
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Northwest Cable News
The Olympian
- (Election
Section)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Stranger (Alternative)
Seattle Times -
(Politics Section)
Seattle Weekly (Alternative)
Sound Politics (Conservative)
Spokane Spokesman-Review / Spokane.net
Spokane Valley Daily
Herald
Vancouver Columbian
Washington Voter - League
of Women Voters
Wenatchee World
Yakima Herald-Republic
KING TV-5 (NBC - Seattle)
KREM TV-2 (Indep. - Spokane)
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