Endorsements
The following organizations and individuals stand with New Approach Washington in calling for an end to failed marijuana policies, and endorse Initiative 502:
Newspapers |
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| The Columbian |
| The Lewiston Tribune |
| Mercer Island Reporter |
| The Olympian |
| The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle |
| The Pacific Northwest Inlander |
| The Seattle Times |
| The Sammamish Review |
| The SnoValley Star |
| The Spokesman-Review |
| The Stranger |
| The Wenatchee World |
| Whidbey News-Times |
Organizations |
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| ACLU of Washington |
| Asian Pacific Islander Coalition |
| Children's Alliance |
| El Centro de la Raza |
| Fuse Washington |
| Green Party of Washington State |
| King County Bar Association |
| Latina/o Bar Association of Washington |
| Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) |
| Legal Voice |
| Marijuana Policy Project |
| Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle |
| Minority Executive Directors Coalition |
| NAACP Alaska, Oregon and Washington State-Area Conference |
| NAACP, Tacoma Branch |
| NAACP, Yakima Branch |
| National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum – Seattle Chapter |
| National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) |
| National Organization for Women - Washington Chapter |
| Office & Professional Employees International Union – Local 8 |
| Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity (OWLS) |
| Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane |
| Professional & Technical Employees, Local 17 |
| Progreso: Latino Progress Alliance |
| Puget Sound Alliance for Retired Americans |
| Sailors’ Union of the Pacific |
| Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council |
| Statewide Poverty Action Network |
| Students for Sensible Drug Policy |
| Surge Northwest |
| Tacoma Pierce County Black Collective |
| Washington CAN! |
| Washington State Democrats |
| Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO |
| Young Democrats of Washington State |
| Benton County Democrats |
| Clallam County Democrats |
| Franklin County Democrats |
| King County Democrats |
| Kitsap County Democrats |
| Lewis County Democrats |
| Lincoln County Democrats |
| Pierce County Democrats |
| Skagit County Democrats |
| Snohomish County Democrats |
| Spokane County Democrats |
| Thurston County Democrats |
| Whatcom County Democrats |
| Whitman County Democrats |
| Yakima County Democrats |
| 1st Legislative District Democrats |
| 5th Legislative District Democrats |
| 8th Legislative District Democrats |
| 11th Legislative District Democrats |
| 14th Legislative District Democrats |
| 21st Legislative District Democrats |
| 23rd Legislative District Democrats |
| 26th Legislative District Democrats |
| 30th Legislative District Democrats |
| 31st Legislative District Democrats |
| 32nd Legislative District Democrats |
| 33rd Legislative District Democrats |
| 34th Legislative District Democrats |
| 36th Legislative District Democrats |
| 37th Legislative District Democrats |
| 38th Legislative District Democrats |
| 39th Legislative District Democrats |
| 40th Legislative District Democrats |
| 41st Legislative District Democrats |
| 43rd Legislative District Democrats |
| 44th Legislative District Democrats |
| 45th Legislative District Democrats |
| 46th Legislative District Democrats |
| 47th Legislative District Democrats |
| 48th Legislative District Democrats |
Individuals |
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| Robert Alsdorf, former King County Superior Court Judge |
| Sherry Appleton, Washington State Representative |
| Rev. Steve E. Baber, Pastor, Skyway United Methodist Church |
| Sally Bagshaw, Seattle City Councilmember |
| Michael Baumgartner, U.S. Senate Candidate |
| Harriet Bullitt, CEO, Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort |
| Tim Burgess, Seattle City Councilmember |
| Rev. Leslie David Braxton, Senior Pastor, New Beginnings Christian Fellowship | Barbara Brenner, Whatcom County Councilmember | Lisa Brown, Washington State Senate Majority Leader |
| Maralyn Chase, Washington State Senator |
| Bill Clapp, President and Co-Founder, Seattle International Foundation |
| Sally J. Clark, Seattle City Council President |
| Richard Conlin, Seattle City Councilmember |
| Dow Constantine, King County Executive |
| Benjamin S. Danielson, MD, Clinic Director, Odessa Brown Children's Clinic |
| Hans Dunshee, Washington State Representative |
| Jodie Emery, publisher, Cannabis Culture Magazine |
| Marc Emery, Canadian cannabis policy reform advocate |
| Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Senior Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane |
| Jan (Michels) Erickson, former Executive Director, Washington State Bar Association |
| Rabbi Ted Falcon, PhD, Founder of Be Alef Meditative Synagogue |
| Cynthia G. Ferrucci, MD, University of Washington Health System |
| Rob Fieldman, former State Director, Washington Career and Technical Education, OSPI |
| Joe Fitzgibbon, Washington State Representative |
| David Frockt, Washington State Senator |
| Jean Godden, Seattle City Councilmember |
| Roger Goodman, Washington State Representative |
| Larry Gossett, King County Councilmember |
| Judge James P. Gray (Ret.), U.S. Vice Presidential Candidate |
| Bruce Harrell, Seattle City Councilmember |
| Bob Hasegawa, Washington State Representative |
| Sam Hunt, Washington State Representative |
| Anders Ibsen, Tacoma City Councilmember |
| Laurie Jinkins, Washington State Representative |
| Gary Johnson, U.S. Presidential Candidate and former New Mexico governor |
| Ruth Kagi, Washington State Representative |
| Adam Kline, Washington State Senator |
| Gene Knutson, Bellingham City Councilmember |
| Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State Senator |
| Richard Lee, founder, Oaksterdam University |
| Cathy Lehman, Bellingham City Councilmember |
| Anne Levinson, former Seattle Municipal Court Judge and former Seattle Deputy Mayor |
| Nick Licata, Seattle City Councilmember |
| Marko Liias, Washington State Representative |
| Kelli Linville, Bellingham Mayor |
| Rev. Carl L. Livingston, Jr., Senior Pastor, Kingdom Christian Center |
| Yvonne Lopez-Morton, Spokane Community Activist |
| Jim McDermott, U. S. Congressperson |
| Joan McBride, Kirkland Mayor |
| Ryan Mello, Tacoma City Councilmember |
| Charles Mandigo, former Special Agent in Charge, Seattle Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Dorothy Holland Mann, PhD, MPH, former Regional Health Administrator, U.S. Public Health Service |
| Ken Mann, Whatcom County Councilmember |
| Michael McGinn, Seattle Mayor |
| Luis Moscoso, Washington State Representative |
| Dick Muri, Pierce County Councilmember |
| Ed Murray, Washington State Senator |
| Sharon Nelson, Washington State Senator |
| David A. Nichols, Whatcom County Superior Court Judge, Ret. |
| Greg Nickels, former Seattle City Mayor |
| Toby Nixon, Kirkland City Councilmember |
| Mike O'Brien, Seattle City Councilmember |
| Jamie Pedersen, Washington State Representative |
| Katrina C. Pflaumer, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Washington |
| Margarita Prentice, Washington State Senator |
| Tom Rasmussen, Seattle City Councilmember |
| Chris Reykdal, Washington State Representative |
| Mary Helen Roberts, Washington State Representative |
| Cindy Ryu, Washington State Representative |
| Mike Sells, Washington State Representative |
| Ron Sims, former Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2009-2011), King County Executive (1996-2009), and King County Councilmember (1985-1996) |
| Derrick Skaug, Pullman City Councilmember |
| Norm Stamper, former Seattle Police Chief |
| Steve Strachan, King County Sheriff |
| Marilyn Strickland, Tacoma Mayor |
| Ben Stuckart, Spokane City Council President |
| Jolene Unsoeld, former U.S. Congresswoman and Washington State Representative |
| Dave Upthegrove, Washington State Representative |
| John Urquhart, King County Sheriff Candidate |
| Ken Valz, former Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor |
| Rev. Percy Happy Watkins, Senior Pastor, New Hope Baptist Church |
| Carl Weimer, Whatcom County Councilmember |
| Jack Weiss, Bellingham City Councilmember |
| Sunniva Zaratkiewicz, RN, Harborview Medical Center |
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