Litzow will run for second term in 41st District | Filing Week
Published 5:13 pm Monday, May 14, 2012
State Sen. Steve Litzow (R-Mercer Island) filed to run for re-election in the 41st Legislative District. Litzow was first elected in 2010 under a partial term.
He features a bipartisan campaign team of retiring democratic State Rep. Deb Eddy and Bellevue Deputy Mayor Jennifer Robertson.
“Steve Litzow is a true independent leader and his support for women’s healthcare issues is well established,” Eddy said. “His leadership on education and the budget puts principles before party and is already bringing improvements for our state. As a woman, I trust him to stand up for my choices and as a Democrat, I trust him to vote for what is right over what is partisan.”
Litzow has garnered praise from the Municipal League of King County for his bipartisan work on a number of issues. He was the first Republican state senator to announce his support for same-sex marriage.
Litzow has drawn one challenger so far, Maureen Judge, a Mercer Island businesswoman.
Bellevue’s new congressional district sees first election
When the state conducted its redistricting process last year, Bellevue’s Congressional representation changed. Formerly represented by U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, Bellevue was grouped with cities from South King County, and portions of Pierce County as well.
Rep. Adam Smith has filed for the seat and has drawn four challengers: Jim Postma, a Republican; Dave Christie, who is a member of the national slate of LaRouche Democrats, a group of candidates who would like to see President Obama impeached and are pushing a return to the Glass Steagall Act, a 1933 set of banking regulations that rose out of the Great Depression; Tom Cramer, a Democrat; and John Orlinski, who identifies Republican on the ballot but calls himself a middle of the road Democrat on his website. .
Postma ran against Smith in 2008, where he lost to the incumbent, gaining just 35 percent of the vote.
This post will be updated as more candidates file to run office. Deadline for filing is May 18. To view the full list of candidates around the state, visit the Secretary of State website.
