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November 3, 2020 General Election – Sample Ballot, Thurston County, WA Page | 1 Sample Ballot Instructions For information about the location, hours, and services of the voting center; ballot drop boxes; and availability of accessible voting equipment and locations, call the Thurston County Auditor’s Office at 360.786.5408 (or 711 Washington Relay) or visit ThurstonVotes.org. For your ballot to be counted, the ballot must be postmarked no later than Election Day or deposited in a ballot drop box no later than 8:00 p.m. Election Day. If a primary election was held for an office, the two candidates who received the most votes in the Primary advanced to the General Election. Each candidate for partisan office may state a political party that he or she prefers. A candidate’s preference does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the party, or that the party approves of or associates with that candidate. The election for President and Vice-President is different. Candidates for President and Vice-President are the official nominees of their political party. Note: Not all of these candidates and measures will appear on your regular ballot. Your ballot will only contain the races and measures for which you are eligible to vote. Be sure to follow all instructions on your ballot. November 3, 2020 General Election – Sample Ballot, Thurston County, WA Page | 2 Referendum Measure Advisory Vote Referendum Measure No. 90 Advisory Vote No. 35 Engrossed Senate Bill 6690 The legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5395 concerning comprehensive The legislature increased, without a vote of the sexual health education. This bill would require people, the business and occupation tax on school districts to adopt or develop, consistent manufacturers of commercial airplanes, including with state standards, comprehensive age- components or tooling, costing $1,024,000,000 in appropriate sexual health education, as defined, its first ten years, for government spending. for all students, and excuse students if their parents request. This tax increase should be: Should this bill be: Repealed Approved Maintained Rejected Proposed Constitutional Amendment Engrossed Senate Joint Resolution No. 8212 Advisory Votes Advisory Vote No. 32 The legislature has proposed a constitutional Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5323 amendment on investment of public funds. This amendment would allow public money held in a The legislature imposed, without a vote of the fund for long-term care services and supports to people, a retail sales tax on pass-through be invested by governments as authorized by charges retail establishments collect for specified state law, including investments in private stocks. carryout bags, costing $32,000,000 in its first ten years, for government spending. Should this constitutional amendment be: This tax increase should be: Approved Repealed Rejected Maintained If a primary election was held for an office, the Advisory Vote No. 33 two candidates who received the most votes Substitute Senate Bill 5628 in the Primary advanced to the General Election. Each candidate for partisan office may state a political party that he or she The legislature imposed, without a vote of the prefers. A candidate's preference does not people, a tax on heavy equipment rentals to imply that the candidate is nominated or consumers by heavy equipment rental property endorsed by the party, or that the party dealers, costing $103,000,000 in its first ten approves of or associates with that candidate. years, for government spending. The election for President and Vice-President is different. Candidates for President and Vice- This tax increase should be: President are the official nominees of their political party. Repealed Maintained Federal Partisan Office President / Vice President Advisory Vote No. 34 Four Year Term Vote for One Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6492 Joseph R. Biden / Kamala D. Harris The legislature increased, without a vote of the Democratic Party Nominees people, the business and occupation tax rate for certain businesses, while reducing certain Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence surcharges, costing $843,000,000 in its first ten Republican Party Nominees years, for government spending. Jo Jorgensen / Jeremy "Spike" Cohen Libertarian Party Nominees This tax increase should be: Howie Hawkins / Angela Walker Repealed Green Party Nominees Gloria La Riva / Sunil Freeman Maintained Socialism and Liberation Party Nominees Alyson Kennedy / Malcolm M. Jarrett Socialist Workers Party Nominees _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ November 3, 2020 General Election – Sample Ballot, Thurston County, WA Page | 3 State Partisan Offices State Treasurer READ: Each candidate for President and Four Year Term Vote for One Vice-President is the official nominee of a political party. For other partisan offices, Mike Pellicciotti each candidate may state a political party that (Prefers Democratic Party) he or she prefers. A candidate's preference Duane A. Davidson does not imply that the candidate is (Prefers Republican Party) nominated or endorsed by the party, or that the party approves of or associates with that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ candidate. State Auditor Federal Partisan Offices Four Year Term Vote for One U.S. Representative, District No. 3 Two Year Term Vote for One Pat (Patrice) McCarthy (Prefers Democratic Party) Jaime Herrera Beutler Chris Leyba (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Republican Party) Carolyn Long _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Prefers Democratic Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Attorney General Four Year Term Vote for One U.S. Representative, District No. 10 Bob Ferguson Two Year Term Vote for One (Prefers Democratic Party) Marilyn Strickland Matt Larkin (Prefers Democratic Party) (Prefers Republican Party) Beth Doglio _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Prefers Democratic Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Commissioner of Public Lands Four Year Term Vote for One State Partisan Offices Hilary Franz (Prefers Democratic Party) Governor Four Year Term Vote for One Sue Kuehl Pederson (Prefers Republican Party) Jay Inslee _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Prefers Democratic Party) Loren Culp (Prefers Republican Party) State Nonpartisan Office _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Superintendent of Public Instruction Four Year Term Vote for One Lieutenant Governor Chris Reykdal Four Year Term Vote for One Maia Espinoza Denny Heck _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Prefers Democratic Party) Marko Liias (Prefers Democratic Party) State Partisan Office _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Insurance Commissioner Four Year Term Vote for One Secretary of State Mike Kreidler Four Year Term Vote for One (Prefers Democratic Party) Chirayu Avinash Patel Kim Wyman (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Republican Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Gael Tarleton (Prefers Democratic Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ November 3, 2020 General Election – Sample Ballot, Thurston County, WA Page | 4 State Legislative Partisan Offices State Legislative Partisan Offices Senator, District No. 2 Representative, District No. 22, Pos. No. 1 Four Year Term Vote for One Two Year Term Vote for One Rick Payne Laurie Dolan (Prefers Democrat Party) (Prefers Democratic Party) Jim McCune J. D. Ingram (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Republican Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Representative, District No. 2, Pos. No. 1 Representative, District No. 22, Pos. No. 2 Two Year Term Vote for One Two Year Term Vote for One Andrew Barkis Dusty Pierpoint (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Republican Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jessica Bateman (Prefers Democratic Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Representative, District No. 2, Pos. No. 2 Two Year Term Vote for One Representative, District No. 35, Pos. No. 1 JT Wilcox Two Year Term Vote for One (Prefers Republican Party) Veronica Whitcher Rockett Dan Griffey (Prefers Democratic Party) (Prefers Republican Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Colton Myers (Prefers Democratic Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Senator, District No. 20 Four Year Term Vote for One Representative, District No. 35, Pos. No. 2 John Braun Two Year Term Vote for One (Prefers Republican Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Drew C. MacEwen (Prefers Republican Party) Darcy Huffman Representative, District No. 20, Pos. No. 1 (Prefers Democratic Party) Two Year Term Vote for One _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Peter Abbarno (Prefers Republican Party) Thurston County Partisan Offices Timothy Zahn (Prefers Democratic Party) Commissioner, District No. 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Four Year Term Vote for One Carolina Mejia (Prefers Democratic Party) Representative, District No. 20, Pos. No. 2 Two Year Term Vote for One C Davis (Prefers Republican Party) Ed Orcutt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Prefers Republican Party) Will Rollet (Prefers Democratic Party) Commissioner, District No.