Jesse Salomon gets results, and the 32nd can’t afford to lose him. A former King County public defender and seven-year Shoreline City Council member, he’s spent two terms in the Senate writing bills that actually become law, including a gun-safety measure protecting domestic violence survivors that drew support from both parties. As chair of the Senate Local Government Committee, he closed special-interest tax loopholes to make the system fairer, delivered major new money for public schools and special education, protected renters from runaway rent hikes, and cut red tape to build more housing near transit.

This year he faces a primary challenge from his own side of the aisle, with critics criticizing him as too moderate. The record tells a different story: a lawmaker who reads the fine print, weighs every concern, and cares more about fixing the problem than scoring points. He calls himself a “pragmatic progressive,” and Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen and colleagues across the caucus are standing with him.

In a safe-blue district, the real choice is who can actually get things done. That’s Jesse Salomon, and the 32nd would be smart to keep him.

Endorsements include The Seattle Times, Congressman Adam Smith, the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Victory Fund, the Washington State Nurses Association, the Children’s Campaign Fund, the Boeing Machinists (Local 751), UFCW 3000, SEIU Local 925, and the Washington State Building & Construction Trades. 

Lauren Davis has a real knack for solving hard problems. Before she ever held office, she was the citizen co-sponsor behind 2016’s Ricky’s Law, which built the state’s first crisis-treatment system for people with life-threatening addiction. She helped found Forefront Suicide Prevention, worked at the Gates Foundation, and was a Fulbright fellow in Ghana before bringing that expertise to Olympia.

In the legislature she helped launch Washington’s 988 crisis line and created the Recovery Navigator program, steering serious money into behavioral health. This year she passed legislation supporting children and youth behavioral health on a 94-to-0 vote, and after a man died in the Lynnwood jail, she used her local relationships to replace jail beds with a behavioral-health crisis center.

Davis builds bipartisan support for her bills and digs into the details of state contracts to make programs actually work. She’s tireless, and she knows this work cold. The 32nd should send her back.

Endorsements include The Seattle Times, The Everett Herald, the Washington Education Association, the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, the Children’s Campaign Fund, Planned Parenthood Votes, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington, EMILY’s List, and the 32nd District Democrats.