Past Endorsements
The APACE PAC sends out Candidate Questionnaires, screens them, and invites successful candidates for a personal interview. Members of the APACE C4 and the PAC interview the candidates and make recommendations for endorsement to the APACE C4. The APACE C4 votes on the recommendations from the PAC. The PAC notifies the candidates of the APACE endorsement and coordinates with the campaigns informing our APACE family of volunteer opportunities to support the candidate. The C4 advertises the endorsements on our social media and in local ethnic media.
From 2011—2018, we have endorsed 54 individual candidates in a total of 97 races, many in multiple election cycles and/or for different positions.
Year | Early/Primary/General | Candidate | Position | Won/Lost | Incumbent/Challenger/Open | API/POC |
2011 | Primary | Richard Mitchell | King County Council, Dist. 6 | Lost | Challenger |
API/African American
|
2011 | Primary | Bruce Harrell | Seattle City Council | Won | Incumbent |
API/African American
|
2012 | Early | Jay Inslee | Governor | Won | Open seat | No |
2012 | Primary | Bob Ferguson | Attorney General | Won | Open seat | No |
2012 | General | Kathleen Drew | Secretary of State | Lost | Open seat | No |
2012 | General | Pat Sullivan | State representative, 47th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2012 | Primary | Yoshie Wong | State senator, 28th LD | Lost | Challenger | API |
2012 | General | Bud Sizemore | State representative, 47th LD | Lost | Challenger | No |
2012 | Primary | Cyrus Habib | State representative, 48th LD | Won | Open seat | Iranian American |
2012 | Primary | Bob Hasegawa | State senator, 11th LD | Won | Open seat | API |
2012 | General | Monica Stonier | State representative, 17th LD | Won | Open seat | API/Latinx |
2012 | Primary | Jeannie Darneille | State senator, 27th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2012 | Primary | Bobby Virk | State representative, 11th LD | Lost in primary | Open seat | API |
2012 | Primary | Sylvester Cann | State representative, 46th LD | Lost in primary | Open seat | African American |
2013 | Appointment | Cindy Ryu | King County Council, Dist. 1 | Not appointed | Appointment | API |
2013 | Primary | Rod Dembowski | King County Council, Dist. 1 | Won | Appointed incumbent | No |
2013 | Primary | Vandana Slatter | Bellevue City Council, Pos 6 | Lost | Open seat | API |
2013 | Primary | Shari Song | King County Council | Lost | Open seat | API |
2013 | Primary | Nathan Schlicher | State senator, 26th LD | Lost | Appointed incumbent | No |
2013 | Primary | My-Linh Thai | Bellevue School Board | Won | Open seat | API |
2013 | General | Mike McGinn | Seattle Mayor | Lost | Incumbent | No |
2013 | General | Marilyn Strickland | Tacoma Mayor | Won | Incumbent |
API/African American
|
2013 | General | Benson Wong | Mercer Island City Council | Won | Open seat | API |
2013 | General | Dave Upthegrove | King County Council | Won | Incumbent | No |
2013 | General | Bryan Yambe | Fife City Council | Won | Open seat | API |
2014 | Primary | Mary Yu | State Supreme Court | Won | Open seat | API |
2014 | Primary | Matt Isenhower | State representative, 41st LD | Lost | Challenger | No |
2014 | Primary | Tami Green | State senator, 28th LD | Lost | Challenger | No |
2014 | Primary | Shari Song | State senator, 31st LD | Lost | Open seat | API |
2014 | Primary | Joan McBride | State representative, 48th LD | Won | Open seat | No |
2014 | General | Cyrus Habib | State senator, 48th LD | Won | Incumbent | Iranian American |
2014 | General | Mia Gregerson | State representative, 33rd LD | Won | Appointed incumbent | API |
2014 | General | Pramila Jayapal | State senator, 37th LD | Won | Open seat | API |
2014 | General | Sharon Tomiko Santos | State representative, 37th LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2014 | General | Cindy Ryu | State representative, 32nd LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2014 | General | Monica Stonier | State representative, 17th LD | Lost | Incumbent | API/Latinx |
2015 | Primary | Mia Gregerson | Sea-Tac City Council | Lost | Incumbent | API |
2015 | Primary | Bryan Yambe | Fife City Council | Won | Incumbent | API |
2015 | Primary | Bruce Harrell | Seattle City Council, Dist 2 | Won | Open seat |
API/African American
|
2015 | Primary | Debadutta Dash | Seattle City Council, Dist 5 | Lost in primary | Open seat | API |
2015 | Primary | Vandana Slatter | Bellevue City Council, Pos 5 | Won | Open seat | API |
2015 | Primary | Lloyd Hara | King County Assessor | Lost | Open seat | API |
2015 | Primary | Carol Gregory | State representative | Lost | Appointed incumbent | No |
2015 | Primary | Zack Hudgins | King County Elections Director | Lost | Open seat | No |
2016 | Primary | Tina Podlodowski | Secretary of State | Lost | Open seat | No |
2016 | Primary | Marisa Peloquin | State senator, 28th LD | Lost | Challenger | API |
2016 | Primary | Jay Inslee | Governor | Won | Incumbent | No |
2016 | Primary | Mary Yu | State Supreme Court | Won | Incumbent | API |
2016 | Primary | Mia Gregerson | State representative, 33rd LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2016 | Primary | Bob Hasegawa | State senator, 11th LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2016 | Primary | Bob Ferguson | State Attorney General | Won | Incumbent | No |
2016 | Primary | Zack Hudgins | State representative, 11th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2016 | Primary | Monica Stonier | State representative, 49th LD | Won | Open seat | API/Latinx |
2016 | Primary | Pat Sullivan | State representative, 47th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2016 | Primary | Jeannie Darneille | State senator, 27th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2016 | Primary | Noel Frame | State representative, 36th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2016 | General | Dan Shih | State representative, 43rd LD | Lost | Open seat | API |
2016 | General | Cyrus Habib | Lieutenant Governor | Won | Open seat | Iranian American |
2016 | General | Kristine Reeves | State representative, 30th LD | Won | Open seat | African American |
2016 | General | Mike Pellicciotti | State representative, 30th LD | Won | Open seat | No |
2016 | General | Cindy Ryu | State representative, 32nd LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2016 | General | Sharon Tomiko Santos | State representative, 37th LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2016 | General | Lisa Wellman | State senator, 41st LD | Won | Challenger | No |
2017 | Primary | Manka Dhingra | State senator, 45th LD | Won | Open seat | API |
2017 | Primary | Teresa Mosqueda | Seattle City Council, Pos 8 | Won | Open seat | Latinx |
2017 | General | Janice Zahn | Bellevue City Council, Pos 5 | Won | Open seat | API |
2017 | General | Rituja Indapure | Sammamish City Council, Pos 5 | Lost | Open seat | API |
2017 | General | Satwinder Kaur | Kent City Council, Pos 2 | Won | Open seat | API |
2017 | Primary | Bob Hasegawa | Seattle Mayor | Lost in primary | Open seat | API |
2017 | General | Jin-Ah Kim | Shoreline City Council, Pos 1 | Lost | Challenger | API |
2017 | General | Lorena Gonzalez | Seattle City Council, Pos 9 | Won | Incumbent | Latinx |
2017 | General | Vandana Slatter | State representative, 48th LD | Won | Appointed incumbent | API |
2017 | General | Rebecca Saldana | State senator, 37th LD | Won | Appointed incumbent | Latinx |
2017 | General | Jimmy Matta | Burien City Council, Pos 3 | Won | Open seat | Latinx |
2017 | General | Benson Wong | Mercer Island City Council, Pos 6 | Won | Incumbent | API |
2017 | General | Rod Dembowski | King County Council, Dis 1 | Won | Incumbent | No |
2017 | General | My-Linh Thai | Bellevue School Board, Dist 5 | Won | Incumbent | API |
2017 | General | Susan Chang | Shoreline City Council, Pos 5 | Won | Open seat | API |
2018 | Primary | Zack Hudgins | State representative, 11th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2018 | Primary | Mike Pellicciotti | State representative, 30th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2018 | Primary | Kristine Reeves | State representative, 30th LD | Won | Incumbent | African American |
2018 | Primary | Victoria Mena | State representative, 31st LD | Lost | Challenger | Latinx |
2018 | Primary | Cindy Ryu | State representative, 32nd LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2018 | Primary | Mia Gregerson | State representative, 33rd LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2018 | Primary | Sofia Aragon | State senator, 34th LD | Lost | Open seat | API |
2018 | Primary | Noel Frame | State representative, 36th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2018 | Primary | Sharon Tomiko Santos | State representative, 37th LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2018 | Primary | Rebecca Saldana | State senator, 37th LD | Won | Incumbent | Latinx |
2018 | Primary | My-Linh Thai | State representative, 41st LD | Won | Open seat | API |
2018 | Primary | Manka Dhingra | State senator, 45th LD | Won | Appointed incumbent | API |
2018 | Primary | Pat Sullivan | State representative, 47th LD | Won | Incumbent | No |
2018 | Primary | Vandana Slatter | State representative, 48th LD | Won | Incumbent | API |
2018 | Primary | Monica Stonier | State representative, 49th LD | Won | Incumbent | API/Latinx |
2018 | Primary | Mona Das | State senator, 47th LD | Won | Challenger | API |
2018 | Primary | Patty Kuderer | State senator, 48th LD | Won | Appointed incumbent | No |
2018 | General | Debra Entenman | State representative, 47th LD | Won | Challenger | African American |