Seattle Times Editorial Board Endorsements for the 2006 General Election

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
SenateMike McGavick
House
District 1Jay Inslee
District 2Rick Larsen
District 3Brian Baird
District 5Cathy McMorris
District 8Dave Reichert
JUDGESHIPS
State Supreme Court Stephen Johnson
King County District Court Frank LaSalata
LEGISLATURE
District 1 (Bothell, Woodinville, Mountlake Terrace, Brier)
House Pos. 2Mark Ericks
District 23 (Bainbridge Island, Poulsbo, Kingston, Silverdale and parts of Bremerton)
House Pos. 1Sherry Appleton
House Pos. 2Beverly Woods
District 26 (Port Orchard, parts of Bremerton, southern Kitsap County, Gig Harbor and the Key Peninsula)
SenateDerek Kilmer
House Pos. 1Patricia Lantz
House Pos. 2Larry Seaquist
District 30 (Federal Way, Milton, Algona, Pacific)
SenateTracey Eide
House Pos. 1Mark Miloscia
House Pos. 2Skip Priest
District 31 (Auburn, Bonney Lake, Buckley, Enumclaw, Edgewood, Sumner, Greenwater, Lake Tapps)
SenateYvonne Ward
House Pos. 1Dan Roach
House Pos. 2Jan Shabro
LEGISLATURE (cont'd)
District 32 (Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline, Edmonds, Woodway)
SenateDarlene Fairley
House Pos. 1Maralyn Chase
House Pos. 2Ruth Kagi
District 33 (SeaTac, Des Moines, Normandy Park, parts of Kent and Tukwila)
SenateKaren Keiser
House Pos. 1Shay Schual-Berke
District 38 (Everett, Marysville, Snohomish Valley west of Highway 9)
House Pos. 1John McCoy
District 39 (Skykomish, Granite Falls, Arlington, Concrete)
House Pos. 1Dan Kristiansen
District 41 (Mercer Island, Bellevue, Newcastle)
House Pos. 1Fred Jarrett
House Pos. 2Judy Clibborn
District 43 (Seattle)
SenateEd Murray
District 44 (Mill Creek, Lake Stevens, Marysville)
SenateDave Schmidt
House Pos. 1Hans Dunshee
House Pos. 2John Lovick
District 45 (Kirkland, Redmond, Duval and Carnation)
SenateToby Nixon
House Pos. 1Jeffrey Possinger
House Pos. 2Larry Springer
District 47 (Black Diamond and parts of Kent and Renton)
SenateClaudia Kauffman
House Pos. 1Geoff Simpson
House Pos. 2Patrick Sullivan
District 48 (Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond)
SenateRodney Tom
House Pos. 1Ross Hunter
House Pos. 2Deb Eddy