Elections and Endorsements
Click here for our 2009 Endorsements.
If you want laws that will help solve the problem of global warming, protect clean water, clean air and our parks and forests, then check out our endorsed candidates and vote!
This year, we have two former Sierra Club leaders running for office and they have an excellent chance of winning.
For more information about our endorsements, please contact the Chapter Political Committee chair, Scott Otterson.
Endorsements, past and present:
Sierra Club 2008 Elections - 6 priority campaigns, 6 victories
- President — Barack Obama
- Governor — Christine Gregoire is a strong leader for the environment, leading a new, healthy, ‘green jobs’ economy
- Commissioner of Public Lands — Peter Goldmark will be protecting 5 million acres of state forests and water from unsustainable use
- NO on Tim Eyman’s Initiative 985 Another harmful product from Tim Eyman which would have made traffic worse and siphoned money from education and healthcare
- YES on Proposition 1 — Sound Transit a two year fight for the Sierra Club, to increase transit choices for the citizens of King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties that addresses global warming
- YES on Proposition 2 — Seattle Parks Levy Parks For All!