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Support Our Endorsed Candidates!
Mason County ballots will be in the US Mail in Mid-October for the
General Election, November 3rd, 2026. Now is the time to help our endorsed candidates secure victory with door-belling support:
• Teresa Fox, Federal Representative Congressional District 6
• Drew MacEwen, State Senator Legislative District 35
• Dan Griffey, State Representative Legislative District 35 Position 1
• Travis Couture, State Representative Legislative District 35 Position 2
• George Blush, Mason County Commissioner District 3
• Steve Duenkel, Mason County Auditor
• Charles Rhodes, Mason County Clerk
• Mike Dorcy, Mason County Prosecuting Attorney
• Ryan Spurling, Mason County Sherrif
• Randy Lewis, Mason County Treasurer
• Dave Stevens, State Supreme Court Position 3
• Dave Larson, State Supreme Court Position 5
Initiatives
The Mason County Central Committee passed resolutions supporting the 3 initiatives that will show up on your ballot this November. Initiatives are pieces of legislation, often meant to undo legislation passed by the legislature, as is the case with these initiatives. If you support the purpose of the initiative you will vote yes on your ballot. Don't be fooled by whatever language they might foist on you on the ballot. Vote "Yes."
The Initiatives are:
• I-001 - Strengthen Communication between parents and schools.
Earlier this year, Olympia stripped the right of parents to be informed about their children's healthcare decisions. Defending that position, Jamie Pedersen, WA Democrat Senate Majority Leader said "Parents don't have a right to have notice, they don't have a right to have consent about their children's healthcare decisions."
• I-638 - Protect Fairness in Girl's Sports
“Biological men are competing in girls’ sports in Washington State, and it’s destroying fairness in girls’ sports. Title 9 created opportunities for women and girls to compete in sports, and those opportunities are being erased. As [two] female athletes who have been directly impacted by boys competing in girls’ sports, we are standing up for all 110,000 girls playing sports in Washington state middle and high schools. We’re too young to vote, but old enough to use our voice. We need moms, dads, grandparents, brothers and sisters to have the courage to stand up and protect fairness in girls’ sports.”
Ahnaleigh Wilson and Frances Stuadt
• I-645 - Repeal the income tax
The income tax is not just a tax on “the rich”; it is a legal test case designed to open the door to a broader statewide income tax. Senator Jamie Pedersen, Washington State Senate Democrat Majority Leader, communicated openly with the Attorney General’s Office about how to get the Washington Supreme Court to reconsider longstanding income-tax precedent, and sidestep voters to pass his unconstitutional tax.
Platform of Washington State Republican Party
The Washington State Republican Party stands for freedom, prosperity, and opportunity. The principles of our party recognize our God-given liberties while promoting opportunity for every American.
We are dedicated to preserving an independent, constitutional republic through active participation by citizens for the protection and preservation of foundational values including: the sanctity and dignity of human life; religious freedom; personal rights and responsibility; preserving a free society, free markets, and free trade; limited government; low taxes; minimal bureaucracy; national security and sovereignty; and private property rights.
We believe good citizenship begins with protected rights and ends with accompanying responsibilities. We believe government should be the last resort for individuals and do only those necessary things individuals cannot do for themselves.
We reaffirm the words in the Declaration of Independence, “That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” And we maintain the most effective government is that which is closest to the people.
We are the party of the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, founded in 1854 to abolish slavery. Republicans passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution permanently abolishing slavery. Republicans passed the 14th Amendment granting citizenship and voting rights to Black men. Republicans passed the 19th Amendment giving all women the right to vote. Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate, in far greater percentages than Democrats, passed the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Acts.
To each generation falls the responsibility to uphold the values that have made the United States the freest, most prosperous, compassionate, and successful civilization in history. As we confront security threats from international unrest and terrorism, economic threats from ever-increasing state intervention, and social and political threats from liberal cultural elites, Republicans stand firm in defense of our nation and its ideals. We see these times and the challenges they represent as an opportunity to return to those principles that have made us great.
Republicans believe in the promise of our great nation and in the inherent goodness of its ideals. We reaffirm the principles of The American’s Creed which was established by our founders over two centuries ago. We believe their vision is best preserved by supporting the principles outlined in this document.
The American’s Creed
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.
Written by William Tyler Page in 1917 and accepted by the U.S. House of Representatives on April 3, 1918
