Election victories strengthen pro-student, pro-union majority in Olympia

When educators stick together, vote, talk with our colleagues and communities, and encourage everyone to vote, it makes a huge difference.  While vote counts are continuing, the results of most of our endorsed candidates’ races are clear.  Educators had a fantastic night and our strength to win for our students and our schools will be amplified in 2023 with the number of new pro-labor, pro-public education champions we help elect. 

An amazing majority of our WEA-PAC recommended candidates won their races. We’ll be adding one more pro-education, pro-union legislator in the State Senate and possibly one more pro-education, pro-union legislators in the House. This would include two WEA members (Rep. Sharon Shewmake and Rep. Matt Boehnke) in the State Senate, where we currently have no members. 

In the race for U.S. Senate, NEA-endorsed candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won and Rep. Kim Schreier and Sen. Patty Murray retained their seats.

Priority Candidates 	Status   as of 11/15 ballot count
10th LD: Rep. Dave Paul	Win
18th LD: John Zingale*	Loss
26th LD: Emily Randall 	Win
26th LD: Adison Richards 	Training, too close to call 
42nd LD: Sharon Shewmake* 	Win
42nd LD: Rep. Alicia Rule  	Win
42nd LD: Joe Timmons 	Win
47th LD: Claudia Kauffman 	Win 

* WEA members