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