Editorial Endorsements | Seattle Times Newspaper

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - Page updated at 11:47 a.m.

INITIATIVES AND OTHER BALLOT MEASURES
Seattle Proposition 1 (transportation levy)	No
Seattle Referendum 1 (new strip club rules)	Yes
Seattle Initiative 91 (restrictions on taxpayer investment in sports facilities)	No
Seattle Charter amendments 8, 9 and 10 (term of auditor, power to remove key department heads)	No
King County Proposition 2 (bus-service increase)	Yes
House Joint Resolution 4223 (boosting exemption on taxable personal property)	Yes
State Initiative 920 (repealing the state estate tax)	Yes
State Initiative 933 (property use)	No
State Initiative 937 (renewable-energy initiative)	No

U.S. CONGRESS
Senate	Mike McGavick
House
District 1	Jay Inslee
District 2	Rick Larsen
District 3	Brian Baird
District 5	Cathy McMorris
District 8	Dave Reichert
JUDGESHIPS
State Supreme Court	Stephen Johnson
King County District Court	Frank LaSalata
LEGISLATURE
District 1 (Bothell, Woodinville, Mountlake Terrace, Brier)
House Pos. 2	Mark Ericks
District 23 (Bainbridge Island, Poulsbo, Kingston, Silverdale and parts of Bremerton)
House Pos. 1	Sherry Appleton
House Pos. 2	Beverly Woods
District 26 (Port Orchard, parts of Bremerton, southern Kitsap County, Gig Harbor and the Key Peninsula)
Senate	Derek Kilmer
House Pos. 1	Patricia Lantz
House Pos. 2	Larry Seaquist
District 30 (Federal Way, Milton, Algona, Pacific)
Senate	Tracey Eide
House Pos. 1	Mark Miloscia
House Pos. 2	Skip Priest
District 31 (Auburn, Bonney Lake, Buckley, Enumclaw, Edgewood, Sumner, Greenwater, Lake Tapps)
Senate	Yvonne Ward
House Pos. 1	Dan Roach
House Pos. 2	Jan Shabro

LEGISLATURE (cont'd)
District 32 (Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline, Edmonds, Woodway)
Senate	Darlene Fairley
House Pos. 1	Maralyn Chase
House Pos. 2	Ruth Kagi
District 33 (SeaTac, Des Moines, Normandy Park, parts of Kent and Tukwila)
Senate	Karen Keiser
House Pos. 1	Shay Schual-Berke
District 38 (Everett, Marysville, Snohomish Valley west of Highway 9)
House Pos. 1	John McCoy
District 39 (Skykomish, Granite Falls, Arlington, Concrete)
House Pos. 1	Dan Kristiansen
District 41 (Mercer Island, Bellevue, Newcastle)
House Pos. 1	Fred Jarrett
House Pos. 2	Judy Clibborn
District 43 (Seattle)
Senate	Ed Murray
District 44 (Mill Creek, Lake Stevens, Marysville)
Senate	Dave Schmidt
House Pos. 1	Hans Dunshee
House Pos. 2	John Lovick
District 45 (Kirkland, Redmond, Duval and Carnation)
Senate	Toby Nixon
House Pos. 1	Jeffrey Possinger
House Pos. 2	Larry Springer
District 47 (Black Diamond and parts of Kent and Renton)
Senate	Claudia Kauffman
House Pos. 1	Geoff Simpson
House Pos. 2	Patrick Sullivan
District 48 (Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond)
Senate	Rodney Tom
House Pos. 1	Ross Hunter
House Pos. 2	Deb Eddy

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