OneAmerica Votes’ General Election Endorsements

Magaly Smith Uncategorized

This election season is underway and primary ballots are being sent out across the state. Are you ready to vote? Make sure you’re registered and learn what’s on your ballot this summer by visiting the Vote Washington Website and entering your name and birthday. Don’t know where the closest ballot drop box is? Find it here! We know that when …

2018 Midterm Elections: People Like Us Claim Our Power

Eric Shew Uncategorized

With OneAmerica Votes leading the way, people like us are creating a movement to claim our power at the ballot at the local, state, and federal level. We knocked on 9,800 doors. We made 8,700 calls. We registered 1,200 voters. We elected 22 out of 29 OAV-endorsed candidates. Victories for OAV-endorsed people like us – pro-immigrant, progressive legislators like Debra Entenman, …

Taking Stock of Democratic Members of Congress Representing Washington State

Magaly Smith Uncategorized

In the 2018 mid-term elections, all US Representatives will be up for election, including Washington State’s ten Members of Congress.  This post summarizes the positions taken by the Democratic Representatives serving Washington State. With respect to the current crisis of family separation at the southern border, all of the Democratic representatives listed below signed Rep. Jayapal’s letter to limit DHS’ …

OneAmerica Votes Endorses My-Linh Thai for State Rep., 41st Legislative District

Magaly Smith Uncategorized

OneAmerica Votes endorses My-Linh Thai for State Representative in the 41st Legislative District, Position 2.  Ms. Thai currently serves on the Bellevue School Board, where she made racial and social equity her focus.  She was inspired to the run for Representative in part to allow her to do more to advocate for her constituents, including immigrant and refugee communities.  A …

Washington’s 2018 US Senate Race – A Democratic Incumbent vs. the Party of Trump?

Magaly Smith Uncategorized

There are an extraordinarily large number of candidates vying to contest the re-election of Senator Maria Cantwell this November.  In this blog post, we review Senator Cantwell’s record on immigration, and review the positions taken by the most likely Republican Candidate, Susan Hutchison. Senator Maria Cantwell   Senator Maria Cantwell has been largely aligned with the positions taken by OneAmerica on …

Four Races to Watch in the August Primary

Eric Shew Uncategorized

Earlier this summer, OneAmerica Votes announced our endorsements in advance of the 2018 primary elections coming up on August 7th.  Here are profiles of four highly qualified candidates endorsed by OneAmerica Votes! Dr. Shannon Hader, 8th Congressional District. Hader was born and raised in Auburn, WA and was the first person in her family to graduate from a four-year university.  Most recently she …

OneAmerica Votes endorses Hira Singh Bhullar for Kent City Council

Eric Shew Uncategorized

The City of Kent is one of the largest in Washington State, and the city is growing increasingly diverse.  OneAmerica Votes believes it’s vital for the Kent City Council to be representative of the immigrant and refugee communities and communities of color that call Kent home.  That’s just one reason why we’ve endorsed Hira Singh Bhullar to fill the open seat on the City Council following the resignation of Tina Budell. Of …