At our meeting, we voted to endorse the following:

            Cantwell for Senator                           Larsen for House of Representatives

            Heck for Lieutenant Governor           Hobbs for Secretary of State

            McCarthy for Auditor                         Yes on Land Bank Renewal

On the matter of candidates for County Council from Orcas/Waldron #2, we made no recommendation.  It will be up to each voter to do the research and make a decision.  You can find our previous endorsements on our website at https://sjdemocrats.org/2024-endorsements/,

and you will receive our endorsement postcard just before the election starts next month.  Be sure to hang onto the postcard to help you with your voting.

We heard from new member Pam Hoke from Friday Harbor, who is driving to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to head up a field office for the Harris/Walz ticket.  She pulled off the road in South Dakota with a view of Mt. Rushmore in the background to have a conversation with us about what she is doing.  We support Pam in her efforts and look forward to hearing more about her experiences.  Eventually she will have it set up so that you can go to her website at pamelahoke.com to get to the blog she will be posting about her experiences.

We had a report from Diane Martindale about our very successful booth at the county fair.  Many thanks to Diane, David Dehlendorf, and all of those who helped set up the booth, staff it, and prepare the materials that were available.  It was a great way for more people to get to know about us, and we even had some fairgoers attend our meeting today.

I will put in one more plug for donating to the county Democrats.  It is only through contributions that we are able to fund things like the postcard and our booth at the fair.  Thanks to all who give monthly or who have contributed otherwise this year.  If you would like to send a monthly contribution (with no amount too small) or a single donation, go to  secure.actblue.com/donate/sjcountydems.  Or a check can be mailed to San Juan County Democrats at PO Box 1007, Friday Harbor, WA 98250

Next meeting will be Oct. 12 at 10:00 AM on Zoom.