June 14: Primary Endorsements Meeting

Bruce Harrell and Brad Meacham  speeches
 Results of Position 3:  Total ballots: 65. Bruce Harrell: 34 votes with 52.3% and Brad Meacham with 32 votes and 49.23%. No Endorsement received 6 votes and 9.23%.  
Reconsideration of Position 3. Harrell: 33 votes at 50.8% and Meacham at 28 votes at 43%. No Endorsement.

Candidate slate: Candidates recommended for endorsement at the 43th LD Executive Board meeting on May 30th.

Port of Seattle Commission Pos. 2 was nominated and second for removal from the slate.
King County Council, Position 2-Larry Gossett.
King County Council, Position 4-Larry Phillips
King County Council, Position 6-Joe McDermott
King County Assessor-Lloyd Hara
King County Director of Elections-Sherril Huff
Motion carries. All 5 candidates are endorsed.
Port of Seattle Commission, Position 2
- Nominations: Gael Tarleton, no endorsement.
- Speeches.
- Results: 47 ballots and 74% for Gael Tarleton. 16 votes and 25.39% no endorsement.
- Gael Tarleton receives the endorsement.

Seattle City Council, Position 5: Tom Rasmussen and Sandy Cioffi

Speeches
Results: 69 ballots. Tom Rasmussen with 56 votes and 81% Sandy Cioffi with 15 votes and 21.7%.
Tom Rasmussen receives our endorsement.

Seattle City Council, Position 7: Tim Burgess and David Schraer

Speeches
Results: 1 ballots cast Tim Burgess at 45 votes and 63% David Schraer received 10 votes (14%) No endorsement got 22% and 16 votes.
Tim Burgess receives our endorsement.

Seattle City Council, Position 9: Sally Clark and Dian Ferguson

Speeches
Results: Sally Clark received 55 votes with 74.3% and Dian Ferguson at 8 votes and 10.8% and no endorsement with 12 votes and 16%.
Sally Clark receives our endorsement.

Seattle School Board, Director 2: Sherry Carr and Kate Martin

Speeches
Results: 70 votes total. Sherry Carr received 36 votes and 51.4%. Kate Martin received 26 votes and 37.1% and No endorsement received 11 votes and 15%.
Sherry Carr is up for reconsideration. 64 ballots cast and Sherry received 30 votes with 46.9% and no endorsement received 34 votes and 53.1%.
No endorsement made in this race.

Seattle School Board, Position 3: Harium Martin-Morris and Michelle Buetow

Nomination to postpone vote until July meeting so as to give John Dunn the opportunity to be included in the endorsement process.
Speeches in support/against this vote. Nays have it. Motion is not postponed.
Nominations: Harium Martin-Morris and Michelle Buetow.
Speeches
Results: 70 ballots cast. Michelle Buetow received 49 votes and 64.3% and Harium Martin-Morris received 11 votes and 15.7% and no endorsement received 14 votes and 20%.
Michelle Buetow receives our endorsement.

Veterans and Human Services Levy

Speeches. No representatives present. Inquiry about what the levy would do. The chair looked up details on-line.
Results: 57 votes and 81.42% for and 5 votes against with 7.14% and 8 votes for no endorsement with 11.42%.
Receives our endorsement.

Seattle Referendum 1 (Tunnel)

Speeches
Results:76 votes cast and yeas received 29 votes with 38.2% and nay received 41 votes at 53.9% and 6 votes for no-position at 7.9%. Reconsidered.
Results of reconsideration: Against received 41 votes and 58.57% and no position received 29 votes and 41.42%.

Seattle City Council, Position 1

Waiting on their arrival (At another LD candidate forum)
8:25pm Nominations: Maurice Classen, Bobby Forch, Jean Godden, Michael Taylor-Judd.
Speeches
Results: 81 votes cast. Jean Godden received 8 votes and 9.9%. Bobby Forch received 27 votes and 33.3%. Maurice received 48 votes and 59.25%. Michael Taylor-Judd received 19 votes and 23.46% and no endorsement received 4 votes and .0007%.
Maurice Classen is up for reconsideration.
Results of reconsideration: 74 votes cast and Maurice Classen received 48 votes and 64.86% and no endorsement received 26 votes and 35.14%.
Maurice Classen receives our endorsement.

43rd District Democrats of Washington