Vote Pro-Life

In the presidential race, that might not be so easy to do.  But in local races here in Washington, there are some great candidates to support. 

At the Washington State Republican Convention, I had the pleasure of hosting the first ever Life of the Party booth.  With the help of some wonderful volunteers, we collected pro-life pledges from candidates for national delegates, and confirmed through the many pro-life voter pledges collected, that grassroots Republicans are still strongly pro-life. 

We also had a few candidates for public office stop by and take the time to fill out the Republican National Coalition for Life Candidate Questionnaire, and I'm happy to report, after reviewing their answers, that the following candidates take a firmly, pro-life position:

John Ahern is running for re-election for State Representative in the 6th Legislative District.

Steve Beren is running for U.S. Congress, challenging the very entrenched pro-abortion liberal Democrat incumbent in the 7th Congressional District, Jim McDermott.

Michelin Doan is running for State Representative in the 17th Legislative District, challenging the incubent, Deb Wallace, who votes in lockstep with NARAL and Planned Parenthood. 

Matt Shea is running for State Representative in the 4th Legislative District, in an open seat, vacated by retiring Republican Lynn Schindler, who has endorsed Shea. 

The willingness of all of the above candidates to take the time to fill out a candidate questionnaire at a busy Republican convention, says a great deal about their seriousness toward protecting the right to life.  Please consider giving them your early support this campaign season. 

I've also had the opportunity to get to know Michael Delavar and his wife Katja, through the Ron Paul campaign.  I'm very impressed with Michael's grasp of the issues, especially with regards to the right to life.  He's running for U.S. Congress in the 3rd Congressional District against Brian Baird. 

And closer to my home (but not in my district), Val Stevens, a champion of Republican principles, including the right to life, is running for re-election.  Her seat is probably pretty safe, but she deserves the enthusiastic support of pro-life Republicans. 

Comments

[Mary]

Michelle -- are you endorsing these candidates? Are you going to post the questions on the questionaire?
Thanks for everything you did to get the booth up and running! It was a great addition to the convention. Mary

[Michelle]

Hi Mary,

Great questions. The questionnaire can be viewed by following the link above "Republican National Coalition for Life Candidate Questionnaire". As for endorsements, for now, the above is for informational purposes. As you know, a candidate's stand on the life issues is my first priority, but there are other considerations as well. I can't say that I know everything I need to know about each of these candidates, so I encourage all readers to do as I am: find out where they stand on the rest of the issues they care about. I don't plan to make an issue out of the pro-life candidates I don't wish to endorse for other reasons though. I hope this makes sense.

And thanks for your help with the booth, and for getting some great pictures!

[Wally @ starteck]

Interesting Blog!

I'm new to blogging and generally interested in technical rather than political blogs. How long did it take to get all those web links into your blog?

Wally