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:
Every candidate must fill out a questionnaire to be considered for endorsement.
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.
Our PAAC then makes endorsement recommendations and we share this information publicly.
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