08/25/2006: "List Of Candidates For Election"

News Release: San Juan County will be issuing one ballot to each voter for the upcoming Primary Election. We will be using a consolidated ballot this year, rather than the multiple ballots used in previous Partisan Primary Elections. The ballot will contain nominees from the Democratic and Republican parties as well as Nonpartisan candidates and an advisory ballot measure from the San Juan County Council

Each voter must indicate their party preference in order for their vote in any partisan race to be counted. No record is kept of a voter's party preference. If the voter does not indicate their party preference, all Nonpartisan races and measures will be counted. However, none of the Partisan offices will be counted unless the voter chooses the same party in the party preference race as the candidates that they vote for. Votes for partisan candidates will not be counted unless the party preference is chosen. No record is kept of a voter's party preference.

There are two reasons why the County changed from multiple ballots to the single, consolidated ballot. One is that the Elections Department received numerous calls about the waste of paper involved in each voter throwing away the ballots that they did not use. The other is that, under the County Charter, most County Candidates are Non-Partisan. This means that they do not appear on the Primary Ballot unless there are more than two candidates for any one race.

In addition to the races listed below, the ballot will contain the following San Juan County Advisory Ballot Measure #1:

Each voter must indicate their party preference in order for their vote in any partisan race to be counted. No record is kept of a voter's party preference. If the voter does not indicate their party preference, all Nonpartisan races and measures will be counted. However, none of the Partisan offices will be counted unless the voter chooses the same party in the party preference race as the candidates that they vote for. Votes for partisan candidates will not be counted unless the party preference is chosen. No record is kept of a voter's party preference.

There are two reasons why the County changed from multiple ballots to the single, consolidated ballot. One is that the Elections Department received numerous calls about the waste of paper involved in each voter throwing away the ballots that they did not use. The other is that, under the County Charter, most County Candidates are Non-Partisan. This means that they do not appear on the Primary Ballot unless there are more than two candidates for any one race.

In addition to the races listed below, the ballot will contain the following San Juan County Advisory Ballot Measure #1:

Shall the County Council, on behalf of the citizens of San Juan County, adopt a resolution as follows:

We request that the President and Congress immediately begin a rapid, orderly and humane withdrawal of all U.S. military personnel and equipment from Iraq, commencing no later than January 1, 2007; and that the US provide financial and humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people.

Offices and Candidates on the Primary Ballot:

Democratic Party Candidates

U.S. Senator

Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson
Mike the Mover
Mohammad H. Said
Hong Tran
Maria Cantwell

U.S. Representative in Congress District 2
Rick Larsen

State Representative District #40 Position #1
Dave Quall

State Representative District #40 Position #2
Jeff Morris

San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney
Randall K. Gaylord

Republican Party Candidates

U.S. Senator
Mike McGavick
Brad Klippert
William Edward Chovil
Gordon Allen Pross
Warren E. Hanson
B. Barry Massoudi

U.S. Representative in Congress District #2
Teri Moats
Doug Roulstone

State Representative District #40 Position #1
Yoshe Revelle

State Representative District #40 Position #2
(no filing)

San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney
(no filing)

Nonpartisan Candidates

State Supreme Court Justice Position #2

Descriptors added to distinguish candidates with the same last name. All candidates for this office are attorneys, as required by law.

Michael Johnson
attorney
Stephen Johnson
attorney/state senator
Richard Smith
Norman J. Ericson
Susan Owens

State Supreme Court Justice Position #8
John Groen
Gerry L. Alexander

State Supreme Court Justice Position #9
Jeanette Burrage
Tom Chambers

Court of Appeals Division 1 District #3 Position #1
Mary Kay Becker
Jeff Teichert

Precinct Committee Officers are elected at the Primary. Filings for Precinct Committee Officer are as follows:

Precinct 3
Sharon Perez-Abreu – Democratic Party

Precinct 5
Rena Patty – Democratic Party

Precinct 6
Mac Langford – Democratic Party

Precinct 10
Joan C. Dayton – Democratic Party

Precinct 13
Ron Zee – Democratic Party

Precinct 15
Stan Wagner – Democratic Party

Precinct 101
Shannon M. Miniken – Democratic Party

Precinct 102
Jim Stegall – Democratic Party