In 2024, UFCW 3000 interviewed candidates for elected office who reached out to us for an endorsement.

Here is a quick outline of the process we use to evaluate a candidate:

  1. Every candidate must fill out a questionnaire to be considered for endorsement.

  2. After submitting their questionnaire, every challenger must sit for a in-person interview with our Political Action Advisory Committee (PAAC). We evaluate incumbents based on their voting record on UFCW 3000 priorities as well as their questionnaire responses.

  3. Our PAAC then makes endorsement recommendations and we share this information publicly. 

  4. Finally, and most importantly, we work to get these candidates elected—regardless of which party they come from.

"As a union, we are deeply committed to making sure that our members' voices are heard in the political process. Our member Political Action Advisory Committee spends countless hours researching candidates and understanding their track records on issues that matter most to working families like ours. We don’t make endorsements lightly—we focus on candidates who will fight for fair wages, healthcare, and strong worker protections. We encourage you to take a look at the candidates we've endorsed and consider how they align with your values as you vote by November 5." —Yasmin Ashur, Albertson’s, Port Orchard

If you have any questions about our process, or you'd like to become more involved in helping evaluate candidates, please reach out to the political department: politics@ufcw3000.org.

See how your lawmaker’s vote record reflects worker priorities in last year’s legislative session: View the Lawmaker Worker Priority Scorecard here >>

STATEWIDE OFFICES:

  • Governor: Bob Ferguson

  • Attorney General: Nick Brown

  • Treasurer: Mike Pellicciotti

  • Public Lands Commissioner: Dave Upthegrove

STATEWIDE BALLOT INTIATIVES:

Members of our UFCW 3000 Political Action Advisory Committee carefully researched the four initiatives on the ballot this November, and how they would impact members of our Union, and we are recommending a NO vote on ALL four of these.

• No on I-2109: Repeals Washington state’s limited capital gains excise tax, slashing over $2.2 billion from public education, childcare, and early learning in the next 5 years. It will give a tax cut to fewer than 4,000 of the wealthiest Washingtonians, unfairly shifting the bill to middle-class families.

• No on I-2117: A poorly written and purposely misleading initiative that will do nothing to reduce costs for Washington families. In fact, it will lead to costly, unintended consequences by stripping billions from Washington’s transportation system and jeopardizing efforts to fix roads and bridges. It would threaten our clean water, allow more toxic air pollution and wildfires, and will result in more kids and adults with asthma and illness.

• No on I-2124: This will hurt working families and increase our costs and medical debt by eliminating Washington’s long-term care insurance program for 3.9 million working Washingtonians. Eliminating these benefits will cause more people, mostly women, to leave their jobs to provide unpaid care, and will increase our out of pocket costs and throw us back into the expensive private insurance market.

• No on I-2066: This initiative would attack energy efficiency by repealing common sense protections, leaving us with higher energy costs and making our communities more vulnerable during storms, wildfires, and deadly heat waves. It is part of a nationwide scheme by well-funded interest groups who want to stop the transition to clean energy and make as much money as possible while families and businesses pay higher bills. The proponents of the initiative are making misleading claims that this would eliminate natural gas, and that is simply not true.

A group of super-wealthy people and corporations put four deceptive initiatives on the November ballot. Together, they will undo a decade of progress on education and childcare funding, efforts to reduce energy costs, to protect our clean air and water, and to provide care for seniors and people with disabilities. These initiatives will cut taxes for big corporations and the wealthy and shift the bill to middle- and lower-income families. All four are being funded by millionaire hedge fund manager Brian Heywood who moved to Washington State from California. He wants to give himself and his super-rich friends a massive tax cut at the expense of hard-working Washington families.

Look up your state legislative and federal congressional districts here:

FEDERAL OFFICES:

  • US Senator: Maria Cantwell

  • Congressional District 1: Suzan DelBene

  • Congressional District 3: Marie Glusenkamp-Perez

  • Congressional District 6: Emily Randall

  • Congressional District 7: Pramila Jayapal

  • Congressional District 8: Kim Schrier

  • Congressional District 9: Adam Smith

STATE LEGISLATURE:

  • Legislative District 1, State Senator: Derek Stanford

  • Legislative District 1, State Representative: Shelley Kloba

  • Legislative District 1, State Representative: Davina Duerr

  • Legislative District 3, State Senator: Marcus Riccelli

  • Legislative District 3, State Representative Timm Ormsby

  • Legislative District 3, State Representative Natasha Hill

  • Legislative District 5, State Senator: Bill Ramos

  • Legislative District 5, State Representative: Lisa Callan

  • Legislative District 5, State Representative: Victoria Hunt

  • Legislative District 7, State Representative: Ronald McCoy

  • Legislative District 10, State Senator: Janet St. Clair

  • Legislative District 10, State Representative: Clyde Shavers

  • Legislative District 10, State Representative: Dave Paul

  • Legislative District 11, State Representative: Steve Bergquist

  • Legislative District 11, State Representative: David Hackney

  • Legislative District 12, State Senator: Jim Mayhew

  • Legislative District 12, State Representative: Heather Koellen

  • Legislative District 14, State Senator: Maria Beltran

  • Legislative District 14, State Representative: Ana Ruiz-Kennedy

  • Legislative District 14, State Representative: Chelsea Dimas

  • Legislative District 19, State Senator: Jeff Wilson

  • Legislative District 21, State Representative: Lillian Ortiz-Self

  • Legislative District 21, State Representative: Strom Peterson

  • Legislative District 22, State Senator: Jessica Bateman

  • Legislative District 22, State Representative: Beth Doglio

  • Legislative District 22, State Representative: Lisa Parshley

  • Legislative District 23, State Senator: Drew Hansen

  • Legislative District 23, State Representative: Greg Nance

  • Legislative District 23, State Representative: Tarra Simmons

  • Legislative District 24, State Representative: Steve Tharinger

  • Legislative District 24, State Representative: Adam Bernbaum

  • Legislative District 26, State Representative: Adison Richards

  • Legislative District 27, State Senator: Yasmin Trudeau

  • Legislative District 27, State Representative: Laurie Jinkins

  • Legislative District 27, State Representative: Jake Fey

  • Legislative District 28, State Senator: T'wina Nobles

  • Legislative District 28, State Representative: Mari Leavitt

  • Legislative District 28, State Representative: Dan Bronoske

  • Legislative District 29, State Representative: Melanie Morgan

  • Legislative District 30, State Representative: Jamila Taylor

  • Legislative District 30, State Representative: Kristine Reeves

  • Legislative District 32, State Representative: Lauren Davis

  • Legislative District 32, State Representative: Cindy Ryu

  • Legislative District 33, State Representative: Mia Gregerson

  • Legislative District 33, State Representative: Tina Orwall

  • Legislative District 34, State Representative: Joe Fitzgibbon

  • Legislative District 34, State Representative: Emily Alvarado

  • Legislative District 36, State Representative: Liz Berry

  • Legislative District 36, State Representative: Julia Reed

  • Legislative District 38, State Representative: Julio Cortes

  • Legislative District 38, State Representative: Mary Fosse

  • Legislative District 39, State Representative: Sam Low

  • Legislative District 40, State Senator: Liz Lovelett

  • Legislative District 40, State Representative: Alex Ramel

  • Legislative District 40, State Representative: Debra Lekanoff

  • Legislative District 41, State Senator: Lisa Wellman

  • Legislative District 41, State Representative: Tana Senn

  • Legislative District 42, State Representative: Alicia Rule

  • Legislative District 42, State Representative: Joe Timmons

  • Legislative District 43, State Representative: Nicole Macri

  • Legislative District 43, State Representative: Shaun Scott

  • Legislative District 44, State Representative: April Berg

  • Legislative District 44, State Representative: Brandy Donaghy

  • Legislative District 45, State Representative: Roger Goodman

  • Legislative District 45, State Representative: Melissa Demyan

  • Legislative District 46, State Representative: Darya Farivar

  • Legislative District 46, State Representative: Gerry Pollet

  • Legislative District 47, State Representative: Chris Stearns

  • Legislative District 48, State Representative: Vandana Slatter

  • Legislative District 49, State Representative: Sharon Wylie

  • Legislative District 49, State Representative: Monica Jurado Stonier

LOCAL OFFICES:

Island County

  • County Commissioner: Marie Shimada

King County

  • Seattle City Council, Position 8: Alexis Mercedes-Rinck

Pierce County

  • County Executive: Ryan Mello

  • Pierce County, Position 2: Davida Haygood

  • Pierce County, Position 6: Jani Hitchen

Skagit County

  • County Commissioner: Richard Brocksmith

Spokane County

  • County Commissioner: Molly Marshall