NFIB/Washington SAFE Trust, the political action committee for the National Federation of Independent Business, Washington’s and the nation’s voice of small business, today announced its first round of endorsements for State House and State Senate legislative seats, giving the nod to 10 senators and 38 representatives seeking re-election, three state representatives running for open senate seats, and one prospective solon challenging the House Majority Leader.
Last week, NFIB/Washington released its legislative scorecard on all 147 lawmakers for the 64th Washington State Legislature (2015-2016), measuring their votes on 17 bills vital for small business. Legislators receiving 90-percent and 100-percent, pro-small-business voting records were named Guardians of Small Business. Voting record scores were also the primary indicator of endorsement eligibility.
The first-round list of endorsed candidates can be read here. On it, three state representatives, Chad Magendanz (LD 5), Maureen Walsh (LD 16) and Lynda Wilson (LD 17) are running for open senate seats.
SAFE Trust (Save America’s Free Enterprise) will announce additional rounds of endorsements in the coming month for candidates challenging incumbents or seeking election to open legislative seats.
NFIB has 350,000 dues-paying members nationwide, including 8,000 in Washington state. The power of the small-business vote is a mighty one. You can read about it at this online press kit, Quick Information About Main Street, Washington. Follow NFIB/Washington on Twitter at @NFIB_WA and the Washington state page of the NFIB website, www.nfib.com/washington.
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For more than 70 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America’s economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. NFIB’s educational mission is to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses; they have very different challenges and priorities.
National Federation of Independent Business/Washington
