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1998 SEAMEC GENERAL ELECTION RATINGS

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OVERALL RATINGS (excluding Judicial Ratings) - Overall Ratings are determined by the SEAMEC Steering Committee and are based on all pertinent information available on each candidate, including but not limited to the interview panel's grades. Final SEAMEC Rating in BOLD.
   

* ENDORSED Seamec's endorsement of a candidate is indicated by a rainbow flag (or an asterisk) as well as CAPITAL TYPE and BOLD TYPE. This is given when there is a clear choice of importance to voters on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) issues.
5 ACTIVIST Vocal & active supporter of GLBT rights and interests. As an elected or appointed official, sponsored bills, issued executive orders, gave speeches, etc. in support. If no prior political record, has been vocal and active in GLBT rights organizations and causes. A 5 rating requires a record of leadership/activism and considerable personal and/or poltical risks.
4 ALLY Supporter of GLBT rights and interests, and/or has taken some personal and/or political risks, but has not taken a leadership role.
3 SYMPATHETIC Expresses good will toward the GLBT community, or understands GLBT issues and concerns, but has not taken an active role in support of GLBT causes.
2 INCONSISTENT Indifferent, inconsistent or unpredictable in regard to GLBT issues.
1 RESISTANT Usually against GLBT rights and issues but is not outspoken.
0 HOSTILE Actively outspoken opponent of GLBT rights; known history of anti-gay activities.
? INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION Insufficient information for rating.
X NOT RATED SEAMEC has considered but declines to rate this candidate.
 
RATINGS FOR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES
   
HR Highly Recommended
RE Recommended
AD Adequate
IN Inadequate
00 Hostile
 
LETTER GRADES - These grades are based solely on the interview, conducted by a panel of volunteers. The individuals on the panels vary from interview to interview. An average of five panelists attend each interview. The questions asked are the same for each candidate interviewed. The panelists' grades for each of the five (5) subject areas (listed below) covered in the interview are averaged to provide the letter grades provided here.

The letter grades are given in the format XXXXX, where each X stands for the panel's average letter grade for the candidate in the following topic areas (and in this order):


For example, a letter grade of ACABA means that the candidate received:
A for Equal Rights, 
C for Youth & Schools, 
A for Family, 
B for Health & HIV/AIDS, 
A for Awareness.
 
WHEN AN INTERVIEW IS NOT HELD: explanations
   
DI - Declined to be interviewed outright or did not respond to written invitation and phone calls.
DR - Declined to be interviewed in a rude manner.
NS - Failed to appear for scheduled interview.
U - Unable to schedule interview
 
CANDIDATE STATUS & PARTY AFFILIATION
i - incumbent
AH - American Heritage
D - Democrat
FS - Freedom Socialist
IC - Independent
L - Libertarian
Rf - Reform
R - Republican
SW - Socialist Workers

Party affiliation not listed for non-partisan positions.

 
UNITED STATES SENATOR
      (6 YR TERM)
   Patty Murray (D)i DI 3
   Linda Smith (R) DI 0
 
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
      DISTRICT 1
   Jay Inslee (D) DI 2
   Rick White (R)i DI 1
   Bruce Craswell (AH) DI 0
      DISTRICT 7
*    JIM McDERMOTT (D) ABAAA 5
   Stan Lippmann (Rf) DDDCD X
   Jeff Powers (SW) NS ?
      DISTRICT 8
   Heidi Behrens-Benedict (D) BBABA 3
   Jennifer Dunn (R)i DI 1
      DISTRICT 9
   Adam Smith (D)i DI 4
   Ron Taber (R) DI 0
 
STATE LEGISLATIVE
      DISTRICT #1
REP. POS. 1
   Al O'Brien (D)i AABCB 4
   Ian Elliot (R) DI 1
      DISTRICT #1
REP. POS. 2
   Jeanne A. Edwards (D) DI 3
   Mike Sherstad (R)i DI 0
      DISTRICT #5
REP. POS. 1
   Bill Schiffer (D) BBDCC 3
   Brian Thomas (R)i DI 1
      DISTRICT #5
REP. POS. 2
   Art Skolnik (D) ABABB 3
   Cheryl A. Pflug (R) DI 1
      DISTRICT #11
REP. POS. 1
   Eileen L. Cody (D)i DI 5
      DISTRICT #11
REP. POS. 2
   Velma Veloria (D)i DI 4
   Cary Thomas (Rfm) DI ?
      DISTRICT #25
REP. POS. 1
   Richard Hildreth (D) BBABB 4
   Joyce McDonald (R)i DI 0
      DISTRICT #25
REP. POS. 2
   Grant Owen Pelesky (R) DI 0
   Jim Kastama (D)i DI 2
      DISTRICT #30
SENATOR
   Tracey J. Eide (D) AAACB 4
   Ray Schow (R)i DI 0
      DISTRICT #30
REP. POS. 1
   Mark Miloscia (D) BBBBB 3
   Skip Priest (R) DI 2
      DISTRICT #30
REP. POS. 2
   Maryann Mitchell (R)i DI 2
      DISTRICT #31
SENATOR
   George Tracy (D) DI ?
   Pam Roach (R)i DR 0
      DISTRICT #31
REP. POS. 1
   Michael Stensen (D) DI ?
   Dan Roach (R) DI 0
      DISTRICT #31
REP. POS. 2
   Christopher Hurst (D) DI ?
   Les Thomas (R)i DI 0
      DISTRICT #32
SENATOR
   Darlene Fairley (D)i DI 4
   John K. Dahl (R) DI 1
      DISTICT #32
REP. POS. 1
   Carolyn Edmonds (D) BBABB 3
   William Lehr (R) BCCCC 2
      DISTRICT #32
REP. POS. 2
   Ruth Kagi (D) DI 3
   Sidnee H. Andersen (R) DI ?
      DISTRICT #33
SENATOR
   Julia Patterson (D)i DI 4
   Wayne T. Erickson (R) DI ?
      DISTRICT #33
REP. POS. 1
   Shay Schual-Berke (D) DI 3
   Jim McCune (R)i DI 0
      DISTRICT #33
REP. POS. 2
   Karen Keiser (D)i BABCB 4
   Bob Ross (R) DI ?
      DISTRICT #34
SENATOR
   Michael Heavey (D)i AAAAA 5
      DISTRICT #34
REP. POS. 1
   Erik Poulsen (D)i DI 4
   Chris Monteith (R) DI 2
      DISTRICT #34
REP. POS. 2
*    DOW CONSTANTINE (D)i AAAAA 5
      DISTRICT #36
SENATOR
   Jeanne Kohl (D)i AAABA 5
      DISTRICT #36
REP. POS. 1
   Helen Sommers (D)i DI 2
      DISTRICT #36
REP. POS. 2
   Mary Lou Dickerson (D)i DI 5
   Mike Lewis (R) DI 1
      DISTRICT #37
SENATOR
*    ADAM KLINE (D)i BBABA 5
   Jim Hoggatt (R) DI ?
      DISTRICT #37
REP. POS. 1
   Sharon T. Santos (D) AAAAA 4
   Kwame Garrett (R) DI ?
      DISTRICT #37
REP. POS. 2
   Kip Tokuda (D)i DI 5
   Muhammad S. Farrakhan (R) DI X
   Guerry Hoddersen (FS) AAAAA 5
      DISTRICT #39
REP. POS. 1
   Hans Dunshee (D)i DI 4
   Ken Estes (R) DI 1
      DISTRICT #39
REP. POS. 2
   Patricia Patterson (D) DI 4
   John Koster (R)i DI 0
      DISTRICT #41
REP. POS. 1
   Mike Wensman (R)i BCCCB 3
      DISTRICT #41
REP. POS. 2
   Ida Ballasiotes (R)i DI 3
   James Brown (L) BBCCC 2
      DISTRICT #43
SENATOR
*    PAT THIBAUDEAU (D)i AAABA 5
      DISTRICT #43
REP. POS. 1
*    ED MURRAY (D)i AAAAA 5
      DISTRICT #43
REP. POS. 2
*    FRANK CHOPP (D)i AAAAA 5
      DISTRICT #45
SENATOR
   Bill Grace (D) U 3
   Bill Finkbeiner (R)i DI 2
      DISTRICT #45
REP. POS. 1
   Kathy Lambert (R)i DI 0
      DISTRICT #45
REP. POS. 2
   Laura Ruderman (D) U ?
   Bill Backlund (R)i DI 0
      DISTRICT #46
SENATOR
   Ken G. Jacobsen (D)i DI 4
   Brad Cloven (R) DI ?
      DISTRICT #46
REP. POS. 1
   Jim McIntire (D) AAABA 4
   Nick Slepko (R) DI 1
   A. J. Skurdal (Rfm) DR ?
      DISTRICT #46
REP. POS. 2
   Phyllis G. Kenney (D)i DI 4
   Don Arnold (R) DI ?
      DISTRICT #47
SENATOR
   Rebecca Clark (D) DI ?
   Steve Johnson (R)i DI 1
      DISTRICT #47
REP. POS. 1
   Phil Fortunato (R) DI 1
   Betty Swanson (D) DI ?
      DISTRICT #47
REP. POS. 2
   Bob Nelson (D) DI ?
   Jack Cairnes (R)i CCCBC 1
      DISTRICT #48
SENATOR
   Dan McDonald (R)i DI 2
      DISTRICT #48
REP. POS. 1
   Karen Howard (D) DI ?
   Luke Esser (R) DI ?
      DISTRICT #48
REP. POS. 2
   Steve Van Luven (R)i DI 1
 
METROPOLITAN KING COUNTY
      PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
   Fred Canavor (D) BABCB 3
   Norm Maleng (R) BCBAB 3

 
SUPREME COURT
      JUSTICE POS. #1
   Faith Ireland BBBBA HR
   James Patrick "Jim" Foley DI ?
      JUSTICE POS. #5
   Barbara Madsen (i) ABBBA RE
   Jim Bates DI HR
      JUSTICE POS. #6
   Richard B. Sanders (i) CCCCD 00

 
WASHINGTON COURT of APPEALS
      JUDGE POS. #1
   C. Kenneth Grosse (i) DI ?
      JUDGE POS. #7
   Marlin J. Applewick (i) DI HR

 
KING COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
Any judges not shown below are unopposed, and all have been rated DI-? (Declined Interview and Insufficient Information to Rate)
      BELLEVUE DISTRICT
JUDGE POS. #2
   Janet Garrow AAAAA HR
   Wayne Stewart DI ?
      FEDERAL WAY DISTRICT
JUDGE POS. #3
   Judith R. Eiler AAAAA HR
   Tim Hickel DI IN
      SEATTLE DISTRICT
JUDGE POS. #1
   Barbara Linde (i) AAAAA HR
   Kevin Patrick Dolan DI AD
      SEATTLE DISTRICT
JUDGE POS. #2
   Mark C. Chow DI RE
      SEATTLE DISTRICT
JUDGE POS. #2
   Darcy C. Goodman DI RE
      SEATTLE DISTRICT
JUDGE POS. #4
   Eileen A. Kato DI RE
      SEATTLE DISTRICT
JUDGE POS. #5
   Monica J. Benton DI ?

 
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT
      JUDGE POS. #1
   Theresa Doyle DI AD
      JUDGE POS. #2
   Ronald Kessler DI RE
      JUDGE POS. #3
   Ron A. Mamiya DI AD
      JUDGE POS. #4
   Darrel Johnson BBBBB AD
   Judith Hightower AAABA RE
      JUDGE POS. #5
   George W. Holifield DI HR
      JUDGE POS. #6
   Michael S. Hurtado DI ?
      JUDGE POS. #7
   Helen Halpert DI RE
      JUDGE POS. #10
   Jean A. Rietschel NS RE
      JUDGE POS. #11
   Fred Bonner DI HR
      JUDGE POS. #12
   Mark B. Tackitt BCBCB IN
   C. Kimi Kondo BBABB AD

 
INITIATIVES
Initiative 200 anti-affirmative acton NO
Initiative 688 minimum wage YES
Initiative 692 medical marijuana YES

 

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