I am honored to have the support of the following organizations, elected officials, and community members:
Elected officials representing Bellevue:
Adam Smith, United States Congressman
Suzan Delbene, United States Congresswoman
Kim Schrier, United States Congresswoman
Lt Governor, Cyrus Habib
Bob Ferguson, Washington State Attorney General
Patty Kuderer, State Senator
Lisa Wellman, State Senator
Tana Senn, State Representative
Vandana Slatter, State Representative
My-Linh Thai, State Representative
Amy Walen, State Representative
Dow Constantine, King County Executive
Claudia Balducci, King County Councilmember
Joe McDermot, King County Councilmember
John Chelminiak, Mayor - City of Bellevue
Lynne Robinson, Deputy Mayor - City of Bellevue
John Stokes, Bellevue City Councilmember
Steve Kasner, East Bellevue Community Councilmember
Christine Chew, Bellevue School Board Chair
Carolyn Watson, Bellevue School Board member
Sima Sarafan, Bellevue School Board member
City of Bellevue Community Leaders:
Judy Clibborn, former State Representative 41st LD
Joan McBride, former State Representative 48th LD
Margot Blacker, former Bellevue City Deputy Mayor and Councilmember
Gerry Hughes, former East Bellevue Community Councilmember
Terry Lukens, former Mayor - City of Bellevue
Chris Marks, former Bellevue School Board President
Connie Marshall, former Bellevue Mayor
Ernie Simas, former Bellevue City Councilmember
Kurt Springman, former Bellevue City Councilmember
Jeremy Barksdale, Bellevue Planning Commissioner Chair
Mohammad Malakoutian, Bellevue Planning Commissioner
Pat Sheffels, former Bellevue Planning Commissioner
Hal Ferris, former Bellevue Planning Commissioner
Jay Hamlin, former Bellevue Planning Commissioner
Loreanna Marciante, Bellevue Transportation Commissioner
Cliff Chirls, former Bellevue Transportation Commissioner
Francois Larrivee, former Bellevue Transportation Commissioner
Tom Tanaka, former Bellevue Transportation Commission Chair
James McEachran, former Bellevue Human Services Commissioner
Jude Mercer, Bellevue Human Services Commission Chair
Nancy Huenefeld-Geese, former Bellevue Human Services Commission Chair
Jan Stout, former Bellevue Human Services Commission Chair
Ling Zhuang, Bellevue Environmental Services Commissioner
Ticson Mach, former Bellevue Environmental Services Commissioner
Debra Kumar, Bellevue Parks and Community Services Boardmember
David Hamilton, Bellevue Parks and Community Services Chair
Pamela Unger, Bellevue Parks and Community Services Boardmember
Gazel Tan, Bellevue Network on Aging Boardmember
Diana Thompson, Bellevue Network on Aging Boardmember
Rebecca Lewis, Bellevue Arts Commissioner
Betina Finley, former Bellevue Arts Commissioner
Alaric Bien, Bellevue Diversity Advisory Network Member
Adnan Siddiquie, Bellevue Diversity Advisory Network Member
Mohamed Bakr, Bellevue Diversity Advisory Network Member
Joydeep Hazra, Youthlink Board Co-Chair
Bob Riley, Bellevue Schools Foundation trustee
Cathy Habib, Bellevue Schools Foundation trustee
Marianne Heywood, Bellevue Schools Foundation trustee
Betsy Johnson, former Bellevue Schools Foundation trustee
David Schooler, former Bellevue Schools Foundation trustee
Jonathan Kagle - Vuecrest Community Association
Sue Baugh - Lake Heights Community Club and former Director of Bellevue Downtown Association
Cheryl Kuhn, former Bellevue Neighborhood Outreach Manager
Jan Stout, Backpack Meals for Kids Boardmember and former Bellevue Livability Team Member
Matt Terry, former Bellevue Planning and Community Development Coordinator
Roxanne Shepherd, Eastside Pathway founding Board member
Regina Glenn, Bellevue small business owner & former VP for Small Business Development at Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce
Ross Jacobson, former Bellevue Downtown Association Board Chair
Peter Horvitz, former Bellevue College Foundation Boardmember
Cathy Springman, former Bellevue College Foundation Boardmember
Elected officials:
Mona Das, State Senator
Bob Hasagawa, State Senator
Joe Nguyen, State Senator
Lisa Callan, State Representative
Shelley Kloba, State Representative
Nicole Macri, State Represenative
Bill Ramos, State Representative
Cindy Ryu, State Representative
Gael Tarleton, State Representative
Mary Lou Pauley, Mayor - City of Issaquah
Debbie Bertlin, Mayor - City of Mercer Island
Wendy Weiker, Mercer Island City Councilmember
Benson Wong, Mercer Island City Councilmember
Angela Birney, Redmond City Councilmember President
Jeralee Anderson, Redmond City Councilmember
Steve Fields, Redmond City Councilmember
Hank Margeson, Redmond City Councilmember
Tanika Padhye, Redmond City Councilmember
Penny Sweet, Mayor - City of Kirkland
Jay Arnold, Deputy Mayor - City of Kirkland
David Asher, Kirkland City Councilmember
Cynthia Adkins, Mayor - City of Medina
Sheree Wen, Medina City Councilmember
Allen Dauterman, Mayor - City of Newcastle
Carol Simpson, Newcastle City Councilmember
Pam Stuart, Sammamish City Councilmember
Davina Duerr, Deputy Mayor - City of Bothell and State Representative
James McNeal, Bothell City Councilmember
Chris Roberts, Shoreline City Councilmember
Brenda Fincher, Kent City Councilmember
Sathwinder Kaur, Kent City Councilmember
Jimmy Matta, Mayor - City of Burien
Nancy Backous, Mayor - City of Auburn
Kate Kruller, Tukwila City Councilmember
Luisa Bangs, Des Moines City Councilmember
Lydia Assefa-Dawson, Federal Way City Councilmember
Bryan Yambe, Fife City Councilmember
Stephanie Bowman, Port of Seattle Commissioner Chair
Ryan Calkins, Port of Seattle Commissioner
Fred Fellerman, Port of Seattle Commissioner
Courtney Gregoire, Port of Seattle Commissioner
Peter Steinbrueck, Port of Seattle Commissioner
Gary Locke, former Governor
Marcie Maxwell, former State Representative
Tom Albro, former Port of Seattle Commission Chair
John Creighton, former Port of Seattle Commissioner
Paige Miller, former Port of Seattle Commissioner
Lloyd Hara, former King County Assessor
Organizational Endorsements:
The Seattle Times
NW Asian Weekly
Bellevue Firefighters
Equal Rights Washington
National Women's Political Caucus
Seattle King County Realtors
Affordable Housing Council (Master Builders)
Sierra Club
Washington Conservation Voters
Transportation for Washington
Eastside Business Alliance
Women of Color in Politics
Association of General Contractors
APACE
Rental Housing Association
Alliance for Gun Responsibility
Planned Parenthood
UA Local 32 pipefitters
SEIU 925
New American Leaders
King County Democrats
King County Young Democrats
41st LD Democrats
48th LD Democrats
Community Leader Partners:
(Note that organizations are listed as affiliations only. These are personal endorsements by the individual only)
Michael Itti, Chinese Information Service Center
Joseph Lachman, Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Debbie Lacy, Eastside Refugee and Immigrant Coalition
Albert Shen, former National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency
Betty Speith, former President of the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce
Dexter Tang, Board of Directors - Chinese Information and Service Center
Tay Yoshitani, former CEO for the Port of Seattle
Joan Yoshitomi, Lifetime Achievement Award winner - International Examiner
Broad support from our Bellevue community:
Allison Howes
Amy Frei
Ann Kawaski Romero
Annalee Luhman
Anne Konen
Anthony Mazzella
Arlene Oki
Barbara Jordan
Benjamin Wu
Brian Franklin
Carol Anne Yamamoto
Cathy Relyea
Chris and Bill Marks
Christy Sue Minteer
Claudia Balducci
Claudia Browers
Craighton Goeppele
Dave Hamilton
Dave Maybee
David Schooler
David Schwartz
Dawn Dufford
Deborah Duitch
Dennis Lam
Don Marsh
Ed Udris
Edwin Tian
Elya Baches
Gary Swearingen
Gazel Tan
Geraldine Cherry
Hannah Kimball
Ina Tateuchi
Iris Tocher
James Chen
James McEachran
James Phillips
James Wong
Janice Bristol
Jean Harris
Jeani Littrell-Kwik
Jenny Miller
Joan Wallace
John Creighton
Jude Mercer
Karen Fleshman
Karol Brown
Kathy Maybee
Kathy Osler
Kristi and Tom Weir
Lani Cao
Leslie Lum
Lijun Liu
Linda Parrish
Linda Reichenbach
Ling Zhuang
Margie Chen
Margot Blacker
Marilyn Mayers
Mark Anderson
Melinda Lilley
Mon Wig
Narima Amin
Noelle Barnes
Orien Kuang
Pamela Johnston
Pamela Unger
Peggy Albin
Peter Pau
Rabecca Larson
Rebecca Lewis
Robert Riley
Robert Wallace
Roger Ingalls
Rosa Leung
Roxanne Shepherd
Ruth Lipscomb
Sally Fouche
Sarah Jacobsen
Sarah Langton
Sarah Powers
Sheau Ping Ching
Sheldon Arakaki
Shirley Lumry
Stephen Lumry
Sue Zhu
Suk Fung
Susan Anderson
Susan Hainze
Suzanne Baugh
Terry Lukens
Tim Chiang-Lin
Tim Lee
Tom Tanaka
Vandana Slatter
Willard Westre
Xuxia Qun
Yanyun Wu
Ying Jiang
Zhanmin Lu