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Small Business Picks for August Primary

Small Business Picks for August Primary

July 22, 2024

Press Release

Small Business Picks for August Primary

15 legislative candidates win Main Street’s backing.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Connor, Washington State Director, patrick.connor@nfib.org
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, anthony.malandra@nfib.org

OLYMPIA, Wash., July 22, 2024—The political action committee for Washington state’s largest small business association today announced 15 endorsements for the Legislature ahead of the August 6 Primary Election.

“As this most recent legislative session clearly demonstrated, candidates routinely wax poetic about their love for small business on the campaign trail, but all too often sidle up to Big Labor, Big Government, and Big Business once in office,” said Patrick Connor, state director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), speaking for the NFIB WA PAC, which made the endorsements.

“Either by their voting records, or responses to questionnaires and interviews, the candidates we are endorsing in this year’s Primary Election are those most likely to stand with small business when it matters most,” Connor added.

NFIB WA PAC primary endorsements are:

  • John Snaza for State Representative, District 2, Position 2
  • Suzanne Schmidt for re-election as State Representative, District 4, Position 1
  • Mark Schoesler for re-election as State Senator, District 9
  • Joe Schmick for re-election as State Representative, District 9, Position 2
  • Ron Muzzall for re-election as State Senator, District 10
  • Keith Goehner for State Senator, District 12
  • Sheriff Brian Burnett for State Representative, District 12, Position 2
  • Perry Dozier for re-election as State Senator, District 16
  • Paul Harris for State Senator, District 17
  • Hannah Joy for State Representative, District 17, Position 2
  • John Braun for re-election as State Senator, District 20
  • Chris Gildon for re-election as State Senator, District 25
  • Michael Keaton for State Representative, District 25 Position 2
  • Travis Couture for re-election as State Representative, District 35, Position 2
  • Keith Wagoner for re-election as State Senator, District 39

Keep up with the latest Washington state small-business news at nfib.com/washington or by following NFIB on Twitter @NFIB_WA or on Facebook @NFIB.WA

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For 80 years, NFIB has been advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven association. Since our founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.

NFIB Washington
111 – 21st Avenue Southwest
Olympia, WA 98501
360-786-8675
NFIB.com/WA
Twitter: @NFIB_WA

 

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