Olympia, Washington sample ballot 2026

Olson serves as the Thurston County Assessor's Office Business Applications Administrator, managing appraisal and tax software systems for the county, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He previously worked as a senior field appraiser and appraisal analyst and holds a Washington Real Property Assessment accreditation, per the same source. JJ Olson appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Assessor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Zeman has worked in executive administrative roles for Thurston County, including budget and fiscal management work in the Assessor's Office and the county commissioners' office, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. She previously owned a small business and was appointed to the Lacey City Council in 2019, per the same source. Lynda Nashed Zeman appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Assessor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Naputi-Pullar has worked in the Thurston County Auditor's Office since 1999 and has served as the county's Elections Manager since 2013, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. She is a certified Election and Registration Administrator and was named Washington State Elections Administrator of the Year in 2014 and 2021, per the same source. Tillie Naputi-Pullar appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Auditor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Miller works as an independent child welfare consultant and previously served as Thurston County's Racial Equity Program Manager, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. She has nearly 30 years of public service experience in child welfare and juvenile justice at the local, state and national level, per the same source. Nicole Miller appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Clerk, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Cady currently works as a Proceedings Specialist in the Thurston County Clerk's Office and has also served there as a Judicial Support Specialist and Records Auditor, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He was appointed to the county's Treatment Sales Tax Advisory Committee by the Board of County Commissioners, per the same source. Garrett Cady appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Clerk, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Warnock has served as Thurston County Coroner since 2007 and previously worked as the county's Deputy Coroner from 2001 to 2006, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He earlier worked as a funeral director and embalmer and is a U.S. Navy veteran, per the same source. Gary Warnock appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Coroner, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Peters has served as Chief of Staff for the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney's Office since 2011, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. She previously spent 16 years as a deputy prosecuting attorney handling homicide, domestic violence and violent crime cases, per the same source. Christy Peters appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Sanders has served as Thurston County Sheriff since 2022, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He previously spent 12 years in law enforcement, including as a Lacey Police Department community service officer and a Thurston County deputy sheriff, per the same source. Derek Sanders appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Sheriff, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Burton-Crow currently serves as a Special Victims Detective with the Thurston County Sheriff's Office and previously worked as a patrol deputy, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He is a retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class with deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, per the same source. Kevin Burton-Crow appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Sheriff, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Gadman has served as Thurston County Treasurer since 2017, after previously working more than 30 years in the county Assessor's Office and serving on the Lacey City Council, per the county's official voters' pamphlet and his campaign site. Jeff Gadman appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Treasurer, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Menser has served as Thurston County Commissioner for District 3 since 2019 and currently chairs the Board of County Commissioners, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He previously practiced as a criminal defense, intellectual property and family law attorney, per the same source. Tye Menser appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Commissioner, District No. 3, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Martinez-Dunning is a small business owner and a current Lacey City Council member, and a 10-year U.S. Marine Corps and Washington National Guard veteran who deployed to Iraq, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. His business received a 2025 South Sound Business of the Year award, per the same source. Nicolas Martinez-Dunning appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Commissioner, District No. 5, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Clouse is the current Thurston County Commissioner for District 5 and chairs the Thurston Climate Mitigation Collaborative and the county's Solid Waste Advisory Committee, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. She previously worked as a military intelligence analyst and co-founded a nonprofit serving Olympia families, per the same source. Emily Clouse appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County Commissioner, District No. 5, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Wilcox has served as a Thurston County District Court judge for 16 years, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. She previously spent 20 years as a trial attorney with the King County and Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney's Offices and the Washington State Attorney General's Office, per the same source. Kalo Wilcox appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County District Court Judge Pos. 1, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Meyer has served as a Thurston County District Court judge for the past 18 years, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He previously worked as a law clerk for the Washington State Supreme Court and as a staff attorney with the county's Office of Assigned Counsel, per the same source. Sam Meyer appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County District Court Judge Pos. 2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Wohl has served as a Thurston County District Court Commissioner for the past 12 years, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He previously worked as a prosecutor for the cities of Olympia and Federal Way, a deputy prosecutor for Pierce County, and a public defender in King County, per the same source. Paul Wohl appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County District Court Judge Pos. 3, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Campbell is the current Thurston County Public Utility District Commissioner for District 1, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He previously worked 20 years at the Olympia Brewery before joining the water industry, most recently as the PUD's Director of Field Operations, per the same source. Jim Campbell appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County PUD, Commissioner, District No. 1, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Kirby has served as a Lacey Parks Commissioner for seven years and previously ran for Lacey City Council and Port Commissioner, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He is a former small business owner who has taught as a business instructor at Saint Martin's University, per the same source. Troy Kirby appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County PUD, Commissioner, District No. 1, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Curry describes his experience as serving on the board for the Scott Lake community and its local water district, and identifies himself as a local small business owner, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. Jeff Curry appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County PUD, Commissioner, District No. 3, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Pettit previously worked as a program manager for the Washington State Department of Health's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and as executive director of the Washington State Conservation Commission, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He also directed water policy for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, per the same source. Chris Pettit appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Thurston County PUD, Commissioner, District No. 3, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Colleen Melody is the sitting justice for Washington Supreme Court Position 1, appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in January 2026, per the Washington Courts website. Before joining the court she spent 11 years as chief of the Civil Rights Division in the Washington Attorney General's Office and worked as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, per the same source. She is a University of Washington School of Law graduate who clerked for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, per her official court biography.

Scott Edwards is an attorney who has practiced constitutional, appellate, and state tax law in Washington for about three decades, per his campaign website. He has worked at Bogle & Gates, Perkins Coie, Ballard Spahr, and, since 2025, Lane Powell, and holds an economics degree from Princeton University and a law degree from the University of Washington, per the same source. This is his first run for elected office, per his campaign website.

David Stevens is a Mason County Superior Court judge, first elected in 2023 and reelected in 2024, per his campaign website. He has worked for more than two decades as a prosecutor and defense attorney in state, federal, tribal, and international courts, including as a Spokane County deputy prosecutor and a U.S. State Department rule-of-law adviser in Afghanistan, per the same source. He holds a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law and served in the U.S. Navy from 1983 to 1989, per his campaign website.

Jaime Michelle Hawk is a King County Superior Court judge, appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2022, per her campaign website. Her earlier legal career included work as a juvenile public defender in Grant County, a federal public defender for Eastern Washington and Idaho, and legal strategy director for the ACLU of Washington, per the same source. She earned her law degree from Gonzaga University in 2004 and has since taught as an adjunct professor there, per her campaign website.

Theo Angelis is the sitting justice for Washington Supreme Court Position 5, appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in March 2026, per the Washington Courts website. He spent 26 years as a partner at K&L Gates, where he led the firm's appellate practice and later its intellectual property practice, per his official court biography. He holds degrees from Claremont McKenna College, Oxford University, the London School of Economics, and Yale Law School, per the same source.

Dave Larson is a retired judge who served on the Federal Way Municipal Court from 2008 to 2026, including as presiding judge starting in 2009, per his campaign website. He worked as a civil trial lawyer for 23 years before joining the bench and has previously run for the Washington Supreme Court in 2016, 2020, and 2024 without winning a seat, per the same source. He holds a public administration degree from the University of Puget Sound and a law degree from Seattle University School of Law, per his campaign website.

Debra L. Stephens is the sitting Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, a seat she has held since 2008, per the Washington Courts website. She previously served as a Court of Appeals, Division Three judge and as an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law, and she is the first woman from Eastern Washington to reach the state's highest court, per her official court biography. A Spokane native, she also spent more than a decade as a local school board director, per the same source.

Todd A. Bloom is an attorney, certified public accountant, and financial planner who has spent more than two decades providing legal and tax services to private and public companies, per his campaign website. He served as an active-duty U.S. Navy officer from 2002 to 2013 after earlier service in the Naval Reserve, and he has worked as a FINRA arbitrator, per the same source. He holds a law degree and MBA from Tulane University and a tax law master's degree from the University of Washington, per his campaign website.