• About this Guide

About This Guide

This guide is a project of Fuse Washington, LPAC, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington, Planned Parenthood Votes! Washington, Progressive Majority Washington, SEIU Local 925, SEIU Healthcare 775, SEIU Healthcare 1199, Sierra Club, UFCW Local 21, Washington Conservation Voters, and the Washington Women's Political Caucus.

About Partner Organizations

• Fuse
  Fuse is a state-based online advocacy group working to provide a cutting edge online organizing and communications hub for Washington State. Fuse is focused primarily on securing major advances in progressive public policy for Washington State. Fuse is bringing people like you together to make our state more progressive. Fuse offers busy but concerned people fast, easy and fun ways to make your voice and values heard and make a difference. We will offer a steady diet of hopeful opportunities to help build a better future, and a very efficient and effective way to make a real difference on the full range of progressive causes people care about – the environment, economic and social justice, education, civil liberties, and others.
• LPAC
  The Latino Political Action Committee of Washington is a progressive organization of Latinos that was formed in 2005. Since its formation, the Latino PAC has screened and endorsed several state and city candidates. The Latino PAC is lead by a group of local Latino leaders and works on advancing the political power and the well being of all Latinos in Washington State. Our mission and purpose is to advance the active participation of Latinos throughout the State of Washington in the political process and to raise funds for Latino, public-office candidates whose efforts support laws and policies beneficial to the Latino community and whose efforts will represent the concerns and goals of Latinos in the State of Washington.
• NARAL Pro-Choice Washington
  NARAL Pro-Choice Washington strives to elect pro-choice officials to secure, protect and strengthen reproductive freedom and choice. As a non-partisan organization we endorse candidates based solely on their support for a wide range of reproductive healthcare issues. Our endorsement process includes a candidate questionnaire followed by a personal interview between the candidate our PAC committee.
• National Women's Political Caucus of Washington
  The NWPC is a multi-partisan grassroots membership organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in elected and appointed office at all levels of government. Our mission is to identify, mentor, educate and support women leaders in our community who demonstrate a commitment to Reproductive Freedom and Women's Economic and Social Equality. The NWPC endorses women candidates statewide. Initiatives are sometimes considered if they are strongly relevant to the mission of the organization. Candidates who wish to be endorsed by the NWPC are asked to submit a questionnaire and attend an interview. The endorsement committee makes endorsement recommendations to the State Board and/or the local organization membership based on the candidates interview and questionnaire responses, position on the issues of importance to the Caucus, viability, and past record where applicable.
• Planned Parenthood
  The assault on reproductive rights is taking place everywhere from Washington DC to your local pharmacy. From policy to politics, Planned Parenthood Votes! Washington is a forceful advocate for your right to basic health care and reproductive freedom.

  Planned Parenthood Votes! Washington candidate endorsements are based on incumbent voting records, candidate questionnaires, interviews, and other available information. Candidates considered for endorsement by PPVW include candidates for State, Legislative, Judicial, as well as some Local and Municipal offices.

• Progressive Majority
  Progressive Majority's mission is to elect progressive champions. We accomplish this by identifying and recruiting the best progressive leaders to run for office; coaching and supporting their candidacies by providing strategic message, campaign, and technical support; prioritizing the recruitment and election of candidates of color; and bringing new people into the political process at all levels.
• SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW
  SEIU Healthcare 1199NW represents more than 22,000 nurses, healthcare employees, and mental health workers in hospitals, agencies, and clinics statewide. Recommendations from SEIU Healthcare 1199NW are based on candidate interviews, questionnaires, and voting records.
• SEIU Healthcare 775 NW
  SEIU Healthcare 775NW represents 35,000 long-term care workers throughout Washington State. Our mission is to unite the strength of long-term care workers, improve the lives of working people and lead the way to a more just and humane world. We are a bi-partisan organization and endorse candidates based on their records and positions on issues important to long-term care workers, seniors, and people with disabilities.
• SEIU Local 925
  SEIU Local 925 unites 23,000 education and public service workers—notably child care, university, and school district staff—across Washington. Our statewide Member Political Organizing Committee reviews the records of legislators and interviews candidates to recommend the election of officials who will best support working families.
  
• UFCW Local 21
  United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 21 is the largest private-sector local union in the state of Washington, with over 35,000 members working in grocery store, retail, health care, and other service jobs. UFCW 21 represents more retail and grocery employees and more professional and technical health care employees than any other union in the state. UFCW 21 was formed in October 2005, when a merger between UFCW Local 1001 and Local 1105 went into effect. Members of both unions voted by more than 97% to unite to form a larger, stronger union. UFCW 21 is the largest union in Washington State.
  
  UFCW 21 members use their collective strength by standing together for fair treatment, economic justice, and family wage jobs. Union members, staff, and allies work together to negotiate strong contracts that raise pay and benefits, protect workers’ rights, and provide a stronger voice on workplace issues. UFCW 21 also organizes non-union employees to raise standards for all working families, and to protect the hard-won rights and benefits of our members’ contracts. In the last 10 years, we have organized more than 7,000 workers.
• Washington Bus
  The Washington Bus energizes young people to assert their political power.The Bus develops, supports and elects forward-thinking leaders. The Washington Bus: of young people, by young people, for all people.

  The Washington Bus supports forward-thinking candidates who champion issues young people care about.

• Washington Conservation Voters
  Washington Conservation Voters is the statewide political voice for the environment. We work to elect environmentally responsible candidates to state and local offices. Working with our allies in the community, we advocate for strong environmental policies and hold our elected officials accountable during the legislative session. Through our political work we are strengthening laws that safeguard the health of our communities, the beauty of our state and our economic future. Each year, Washington Conservation Voters supports pro-environment candidates during the election season. Working with our chapter network we are able to support over 100 candidates each cycle at the state and local level.