2012 Endorsements

Media:

"[McIntire] was elected to the office in 2008, and helped shepherd the state's finances through some of the toughest economic times in its history."

-The Bellingham Herald

         

"Jim McIntire is one of the most independent and highly respected state officials."

-The Columbian

    

"McIntire is emblematic of an engaged approach that's all the more impressive in the wake of the Great Recession."

-The Everett Herald

   

"Jim McIntire has done a good job managing the state's money and deserves a second term as state treasurer."

-The Olympian 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"[McIntire] has looked out for the interests of voters, and they should return him."

-The Seattle Times

   

"[McIntire]'s done a solid job."

-The Spokesman-Review   

  

"Under McIntire, Washington enjoys one of the highest credit ratings in the nation..."

-The Stranger

  

"Jim McIntire has unique qualifications for the position as the state’s money manager."

-The Tacoma News Tribune

    

"The treasurer's duties require a proven administrator with the financial knowledge to ensure the state's money is well managed. McIntire's background is right for the job."

-The Tri-City Herald

  

"By investing the state's pension funds wisely his office has made it one of the five top performing pension funds in the nation. The work done by McIntire in his first term is impressive."

-The Walla Walla Union Bulletin

   

"...McIntire applies an equal or higher measure of integrity to his oversight of the state’s finances, and maintained our credit and solvency through an era of repeated market crises."

The Wenatchee World

 

"He knows how the Legislature works and can see the big picture on items such as financing public infrastructure, saving interest costs on state debt, and in managing one of the nation’s best-performing pension funds. McIntire’s numbers should add up to another term as state treasurer."

-Yakima Herald-Republic

 

Unions and Organizations:

  • Aerospace Machinists Local 751

  • AFSCME Council 2

  • Association of Washington Business

  • Community Bankers of Washington

  • International Longshoremen Local 23

  • NARAL Pro-Choice WA

  • Northwest Credit Union Association

  • Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters

  • Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 32

  • Public School Employees

  • Retired Public Employees Council of WA

  • Service Employees International Union Local 925

  • United Transportation Union

  • Washington Association of Realtors

  • Washington Conservation Voters

  • Washington Education Association

  • Washington Financial League

  • Washington Mortgage Lenders Association

  • Washington School Retirees

  • Washington State Council of County and City Employees- AFSCME, AFL-CIO

  • Washington State Council of Fire Fighters

  • Washington State Troopers Association

 

County Treasurers:

  • Treasurer Margret Cobb, Asotin County

  • Treasurer David Griffiths, Chelan County

  • Treasurer Doug Lasher, Clark County

  • Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis, Clallam County

  • Treasurer Audrey McLean, Columbia County

  • Treasurer Kathy Hanks, Cowlitz County

  • Treasurer Nona Haberman, Douglas County

  • Treasurer Kathleen Rupp, Ferry County

  • Treasurer Karen Roosevelt, Garfield County

  • Treasurer Darryl Pheasant, Grant County

  • Treasurer Ron Strabbing, Grays Harbor County

  • Treasurer Ana Maria d Nunez, Island County

  • Treasurer Judi Morris, Jefferson County

  • Treasurer Dani Burton, Klickitat County

  • Treasurer Meredith Green, Kitsap County

  • Treasurer Rose Bowman, Lewis County

  • Treasurer Linda Fisher, Lincoln County

  • Treasurer Lisa Frazier, Mason County

  • Treasurer Renee Goodin, Pacific County

  • Treasurer Terri Miller, Pend Oreille County

  • Treasurer Jan Sears, San Juan County

  • Treasurer Cherie Flood, Skamania County

  • Treasurer Kirk Sievers, Snohomish County

  • Treasurer Susan Harnasch, Stevens County

  • Treasurer Marlena Silva, Wahiakum County

  • Treasurer Shawn Myers, Thurston County

  • Treasurer Steve Oliver, Whatcom County

  • Treasurer Bob Lothspeich, Whitman County