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Marilyn Strickland – Washington State’s Tenth Congressional District
For the fourth time Sierra Club endorses Marilyn Strickland for Washington State’s Tenth Congressional District which covers parts of Pierce County and Thurston County.
She was raised in Washington State, comes from a military family, and works every day to make our nation more safe, just, and secure for all of us.
In her first three terms in Congress, Marilyn has focused on delivering for our region and state and secured over $12 million in housing, pedestrian safety, clean water, workforce development, and transit investments directly for the South Sound. she also delivered $7 billion in bipartisan infrastructure investments for Washington State, and over $300 million for the South Sound through the American Rescue Plan.
Beth Doglio – Legislative District 22, Representative Position 1
Sierra Club is proud to endorse Beth Doglio as a Sierra Club member who is widely recognized statewide as a leader working toward environmental solutions.
Beth served as a State Legislator from 2017 until 2021 when she left to run for Congress and returned to the Legislature in 2022. She was endorsed by Sierra Club in 2020 for her campaign for Congress, as well as in 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024 for the State Legislature.
Beth is a proven environmental champion having sponsored climate legislation and passed bills that created the first in the nation State Women’s commission. Beth served as the first executive director of Washington Conservation Voters. Her priorities if elected include development of a clean energy economy, creation of good-paying jobs, and climate justice. She is a strong believer that healthcare is a human right, addressing our housing affordability issues, developing solutions for the gun violence epidemic, investing is education, and reforming our criminal justice system. Beth has received numerous awards and recognition including solar champion award, hero for housing award, courageous award, and outstanding legislator.
As Sierra Club members, we need Beth in the State Legislature. She will continue to be a leader in the legislature and will continue to champion Sierra Club priorities.
Lisa Parshley – Legislative District 22, Representative Position 2
Sierra Club is happy to endorse Lisa Parshley, a strong and tireless advocate for safety, affordability, and the health of our environment.
Lisa served on the Olympia City Council where she recognized climate change as an existential crisis and developed the Declaration of Climate Emergency passed in Thurston County and Tumwater. She also worked to build and pass the Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan and the regional Sea Level Rise Plan.
Sierra Club is please to again endorse Tye Menser for re-election as Thurston County Commissioner Pos. 3.
Tye graduated with honors from Harvard College, with a degree in Government. He graduated from law school at the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall). He spent a summer studying Spanish in Morelia, Mexico, and studied law, in Spanish, at the University of Chile in Santiago.
In September 1997 he began a 20-year legal career that has included commercial and intellectual property litigation, criminal defense, and family law. During the early part of his career, he spent 7 years in northern Alaska with the Alaska Public Defender Agency — half of that representing Native Alaskans in the remote Arctic village of Kotzebue — providing legal services to indigent clients who could not otherwise afford an attorney.
Previously, Tye served on the Thurston County Water Conservancy Board and spent a decade serving the community in the Thurston County Public Defense office.
Tye is running for re-election on a comprehensive platform that includes responsible management of taxpayer dollars, reforming our criminal justice system, and protecting our environment. His record during his tenure as a commissioner includes a strong record of championing environmental issues including serving on the Alliance for a Healthy Sound, the Capitol Lake/Lower Deschutes Workgroup, Climate Action Steering Team, and the LOTT Clean Water Alliance.
Tye has proven to be an effective County Commissioner, is a current Sierra Club member and deserves to be re-elected.
