Fighting for Rural Working Families:
Firelands 2026 Election Endorsements
While the cost of food, housing, and childcare go up, our wages don’t keep up. While we pay our taxes, corporations and the super-rich get away with paying next to nothing. While we hustle to make our car payments, feed our kids, and pay our rent, our school funding gets gutted, paid family medical leave is on the chopping block, and billionaires want us to give them ANOTHER tax break. While we struggle, people at the top keep rigging the system to rake it in.
Rural working families need elected officials who will fight for US, not just for the people with the deepest pockets. We need elected officials who will unrig the rules.
We interviewed local candidates and asked them what they were going to do for working families. These are our top choices for candidates for the August 4, 2026 primary election. These candidates are running to defeat billionaire-backed political agendas, and are working to win good affordable healthcare, housing, childcare, and good jobs in timber country.
Will you vote with us to make life better for working families in Washington?
Federal:
Congressional District 6:
Emily Randall
Congressmember Emily Randall is our champion in Congress for working people and rural Washington. We want to continue to work with her to fight for our communities.
State:
No on I-645
No Millionaire Tax Breaks. No funding cuts to schools, child care and health care.
19th Legislative District:
Position 1: Kevin Moynihan
Kevin is a commercial line cook, an Aberdeen City Councilmember, and a parent raising his kids in Aberdeen. He knows the struggles working people face and what the legislature needs to do to fight for us.
Position 2: Terry Carlson
Terry has been a logger, worked for the union, is a parent, and is now is ready to work for all working families in rural western Washington in the legislature.
24th Legislative District:
Position 1: Adam Bernbaum
Representative Adam Bernbaum has stood with working families in rural WA, championing fair taxes, affordable housing, and good jobs.
Position 2: Kaylee Kuehn
Kaylee is a teacher and mother from Sequim who is dedicated to listening to the needs of working families and fighting for us in the state legislature.
Supreme Court Justices:
Position 1: Colleen Melody
Justice Colleen Melody is a working mom dedicated to civil rights and access to justice.
Position 3: Jaime Hawk
Judge Jaime Hawk stands up against powerful interests and knows working peoples’ struggles no matter our race or immigration status.
Position 4: Ian Birk
Judge Ian Birk spent two decades representing workers facing discrimination and denial of benefits, families whose insurance companies failed them after devastating losses, and people fighting for healthcare and disability coverage.
Position 5: Theo Angelis
Justice Theo Angelis wants the courts to protect working people by enforcing laws that we have fought for, like rent stabilization.
Position 7: Debra Stephens
Chief Justice Debra Stephens has been a longtime champion of enforcing working people’s rights, like education.
Local:
Grays Harbor County:
Commissioner #3: Stan Sturgeon
Stan has local government experience in the North Shore School District and the common sense values to lead. He prioritizes good jobs, housing, and financial management.
Auditor: Brielle Joyce
Brielle is a working class woman who will bring transparency and accountability to the Grays Harbor Auditor’s Office.
Prosecutor: Jason Walker
Prosecutor Jason Walker prioritizes access to justice for all crime victims regardless of race or language, and works to support therapeutic courts and address root causes.
Paid for by Firelands Workers United
PO Box 8, Aberdeen, WA 98520
