2019 Endorsements

Ty Stober
City Council: Position 5

Ty Stober was elected to Vancouver City Council seat 5 in November 2015 and is running for reelection. During his first term in office the City Council has improved public transportation, regreened public parks and expanded affordable public housing. He brings to his work a passion for sustainable economic development & vibrant neighborhoods.

Jack Burkman
Vancouver Port Commissioner, District 3

Jack has held numerous leadership positions in the community. Jack opposes oil, coal, and gas transfer facilities at the port. He supports the port's Strategic Plan Goal which seeks to protect air quality, water resources, and land managed by the port, as well as the development of a Climate Action Plan.

Diana Perez
Vancouver City Councilor Position #6

Diana Perez is running for an open seat on Vancouver City Council. Her environmental accomplishments include starting an annual regional youth conference on natural resources, conservation and stewardship. She works as a fisheries biologist and is a member of Sierra Club.

Janice Zahn
Bellevue City Council: Position 5

Janice Zahn is running for re-election for Bellevue City Council and is committed to Sierra Club environmental values. Janice presses for a comprehensive climate action plan to reduce greenhouse emissions. She meets regularly with various environmental organizations to ensure environmental goal alignment.

Kelli Curtis
Kirkland City Council: Position 2

Kelli Curtis was appointed to the Kirkland City Council to fill a vacant position.  She believes the city needs more density to provide workforce housing and better, more efficient building design. She also supports more green space and better transit options.  She supports implementation of Kirkland’s Sustainability Master Plan.

Neal Black
Kirkland City Council: Position 5

Neal Black is an attorney with training in environmental law. He believes the city needs a greater variety of housing and more density. He supports better local transit, more open space to offset density and better opportunities for walking and biking. He supports implementation of Kirkland’s Sustainability Master Plan.

Amy Falcone
Kirkland City Council: Position 6

Amy Falcone believes that Kirkland needs to be intentional in managing its growth and being inclusive by including all racial and income groups in decision making.  She strongly supports making Kirkland more dense, providing more greenspace and improving walkability. She supports implementation of Kirkland’s Sustainability Master Plan. 

Nicolas Duchastel
Woodinville City Council: Position 6

Nicolas Duchastel is passionate about improving transportation and mobility in Woodinville.  This includes more transit connecting Woodinville regionally and transit within the city and improving multimodal mobility in the city.  More workforce house need to be built in the city. He supports Woodinville joining the King County Cities Climate Collaboration. 

Paul Hagan
Woodinville City Council: Position 7

Paul Hagan has long supported environmental service organizations and serves on the Woodinville Parks and Recreation Commission. He believes the city needs to manage rapid growth with sustainable solutions including a dense, walkable city core and protection of agricultural land.  He supports Woodinville’s joining the King County Cities Climate Collaboration. 

Tammy Morales 
Seattle City Council: District 2

Tammy Morales has been in Seattle for almost twenty years, working and advocating for Seattle’s communities of color, most recently as a community organizer for Rainier Beach Action Coalition and as a Human Rights Commissioner. She believes that we need to shift power from the wealthy to the regular working people of Seattle so everyone can share in the prosperity of the vibrant communities we’ve built.

Kshama Sawant 
Seattle City Council: District 3

Kshama Sawant is not a career politician. She is an activist who brings a passion for social justice to her work as a public servant. As a member of the Seattle City Council, Kshama pledges to be a voice for workers, youth, the oppressed and the voiceless. She only accepts the average workers' wage and donates the rest of her six-figure salary to building social justice movements.

Shaun Scott 
Seattle City Council: District 4

Shaun Scott is an advocacy journalist and historian who has worked as the editor of Real Change News. He is a Democratic Socialist and  Labor Organizer. As a member of SEIU 775NW, he wrote about issues facing homecare aides for the union paper Insight Magazine. From 2016-2017, Shaun spearheaded the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs’ $5.6 million renovation of King Street Station.

Debora Juarez 
Seattle City Council: District 5

Councilmember Debora Juarez has built a career focused on legal advocacy and economic development for the most marginalized communities in our state. Over the last 25 years, she has witnessed many changes and challenges faced by our District 5 community as a North Seattle homeowner, renter, and parent to two daughters

Heidi Wills
Seattle City Council: District 6

Heidi Wills is a small business owner, non-profit director and civic leader. As a mom and someone who has worked with young people from diverse backgrounds, she is committed to building a bright future for all children in Seattle. From tackling affordability, to growing our economy and protecting our environment – She feel an immense responsibility to ensure future generations can live and thrive in our city.

Fred Felleman
Port of Seattle Commissioner: Position 5

Fred Felleman is the incumbent Port of Seattle Position 5 Commissioner. For three decades, he has led in protecting the Pacific Northwest’s marine environment through research, photography, and advocacy. Felleman has carried the same environmental values and has used his first term to advance a bold and visionary sustainability agenda.

Mason Thompson 
Bothell City Council: Position 2

Mason Thompson was born and raised in Snohomish County, and graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. He served as the chair of the Parks & Recreation Board, which was a natural fit after years of working in the outdoor industry and simply loving the outdoors. And in 2018, he served on the Capital Facilities Planning Committee to decide what capital projects we choose to fund into the future, because he felt that those investments drive what kind of city Bothell will become.

Kristin Ang
Port of Tacoma Commission: Postition 5

Kristin is a graduate of Bellarmine, the University of Puget Sound, and Cornell Law School. She ran a formidable grassroots campaign for Port Commissioner in 2017, but narrowly lost. This time she aims to win and broaden representation in port decision-making and make the environment a major consideration.

David Combs
Tacoma City Council: Position 3

A resident for over 20 years, David is a business owner on the Hilltop. As a grassroots candidate, he believes in the power of relationship building and community engagement. David is one of only a few city council candidates to openly oppose the construction of Puget Sound Energy's LNG facility.

Mason Thompson 
Bothell City Council: Position 2

Mason Thompson was born and raised in Snohomish County, and graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. He served as the chair of the Parks & Recreation Board, which was a natural fit after years of working in the outdoor industry and simply loving the outdoors. And in 2018, he served on the Capital Facilities Planning Committee to decide what capital projects we choose to fund into the future, because he felt that those investments drive what kind of city Bothell will become.

Ben Stuckart
Mayor: City of Spokane

City Council President Ben Stuckart, running for mayor of Spokane, has a good track record on the environment and has pledged to discontinue the current mayor's support of a variance on EPA standards for the Spokane River that is now under consideration by the Washington State Department of Ecology.

Dan Hammill
Bellingham City Council: Ward 3

"I will continue to be a champion for the environment and climate action. I will be bringing forward a single-use plastics ban in Bellingham. I support 100% renewable by 2030, stormwater protections for Lake Whatcom, protections for Salish Sea and the removal of the diversion dam on the Nooksack."

Hollie Huthman
Bellingham City Council: At Large

Hollie believes we must plan for the influx of new residents by creating well designed urban centers that encourage multi-modal transportation, preserve green spaces, and create residential density that’s beautifully designed and fulfills diverse needs. She believes Bellingham can set the example for effectively implementing practices that combat climate change.

Natalie McClendon
Whatcom County Council: Coastal District 5

McClendon's primary goal: help Whatcom County transition to a clean energy economy. As Whatcom County Planning Commissioner, she advocates for full compliance with the Growth Management Act to protect open spaces and agricultural land, minimize sprawl, and ensure clean water for fish and human needs. Natalie is a 40-plus year member of the Sierra Club.

Liz Lovelett
State Senate: 40th Legislative District

Liz Lovelett is an involved, dedicated, informed, leader in the 40th Legislative District, appointed to serve in 2019. She hit the ground running, as she sponsored and passed legislation to protect our beloved orcas, win needed school funding, support clean energy legislation, and permanently protect Blanchard Mountain.

Seth Fleetwood
Mayor: City of Bellingham

Seth has been actively involved in local public interest work for over 25 years, including previous service on Whatcom County Council and Bellingham City Council. Seth sponsored Bellingham’s Plastic Bag ban. He chairs Whatcom County’s Climate Impact Advisory Committee and is a member of the Climate Reality Project Leadership Corps.

Satpal Sidhu
Whatcom County Executive 

Satpal Sidhu has served on the Whatcom County Council since 2015 and deeply involved in the community for three decades. He is a strong environmental advocate, consistently voting to prevent Cherry Point from becoming a crude oil export terminal. As County Executive, he will pursue innovative approaches to water issues and climate change.