2022 WCV Candidate Questionnaire

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The vision of Washington Conservation Voters (WCV) is that through equitable structures and systems created by statewide, collaborative efforts, everyone in Washington lives in a healthy and just environment, community, and economy. Our mission is to advocate for environmental progress and justice through actions that mobilize the public, elect champions for the environment, and hold our leaders accountable.

To achieve our vision and mission, WCV is committed to dismantling systemic racism and advancing racial equity and environmental justice in all that we do. We work with the understanding that the same beliefs, practices, and systems that create and perpetuate interpersonal and institutional racism, are also those that create and perpetuate environmental destruction. Solving one cannot be done without solving the other. There is no environmental justice without racial justice and economic justice.

About this questionnaire: We thank you for taking time out of your busy campaign schedule to complete this questionnaire. Your responses will be an important factor in our endorsement consideration. No one answer will guarantee an endorsement; instead, all answers will be weighed into our decision making process and all candidates will be considered. Our process includes this questionnaire, a potential interview, and background research on your candidacy, as well as outreach and collaboration with community partners.

Endorsement Directions: Please read the directions below carefully:

1. Complete the questionnaire. For long form questions, please try to keep your responses to 200 words at a maximum. The deadline to submit the questionnaire for consideration by filing week is May 1. The formal deadline is May 12, 2022,

but we recognize that folks sometimes declare later. If you think your application should get consideration after this deadline, please contact WCV’s Political Director, Joy Stanford prior to submitting a questionnaire (joy@wcvoters.org).

2. Please complete the questionnaire in its entirety. If you are unsure about a question, please feel welcome to consult others in your local community or contact the WCV team directly.

3. In addition to submitting the questionnaire, you will be asked to upload a copy of your resume. Once you submit all the required items, we’ll review your submission. We may follow up to ask for your availability for a video interview. Please note that submitting your availability does not mean you are guaranteed an interview or that specific slot; it is to help our team plan logistics.

4. As our endorsement process proceeds, a member of our staff will contact you to inform you of any next steps.

Candidate Information

First Name

Last Name

Which pronouns would you like us to use to refer to you in the third person?

What position are you running for, include as much detail as possible. For instance, LD #, House Pos #, instead of House

Is this a partisan race?

YesNo

Email - Campaign

Email - Personal (or best point of contact after the campaign)

Phone - Candidate: (Where you can be reached after the campaign)

Phone - Mobile: (Where can our team reach you during the campaign and after the campaign ends)

Campaign Information

Campaign Website

Campaign Manager Name

Campaign Manager Email

Campaign Manager Phone

Your Experience and Campaign

Please describe what has motivated you to run for and serve in public office. What issues, individuals, or circumstances have inspired you:

Describe any campaign training or experience you have had that will help you run an effective campaign:

Optional-If you represent a community underrepresented in elected office (Native, Black, POC, Hispanic, Asian, women, youth, disabled, queer/trans, refugee etc.) what resources and barriers are you encountering in the course of your campaign?

Please upload a copy of your resume

Your District

What is your win number (number of votes you need to win your race) in the primary election and general election? Please include the total number of voters expected to turnout.

What communities, groups or population segments make up your base of support? Why do you consider them your base?

Hiring Practices

Political campaigns have historically excluded (consciously or unconsciously) staff from minority communities. How does your campaign staff reflect inclusive hiring practices? Who is on your campaign team?

Values

We look to endorse candidates who demonstrate a strong connection to environmental justice. What are the challenges to pursuing environmental justice in your community? What are some of the policy positions that you support to address these challenges?

What are your lived experiences and values concerning racial, economic, gender, and social justice? How will your election to this position advance a more just and equitable society?

If elected, how will you continue to engage your constituents? (or voters or community?)

Issues/Policy

We continue to degrade and destroy our state's habitats and ecosystems, losing more than 20,000 acres of forest lands across the state each year. Meanwhile, the climate crisis continues to threaten families across the state with more frequent flooding, drought conditions, deadlier wildfires, and pollution that harms our health and well being. No matter your identity, we all face the impacts of this crisis together.

The decisions we make over the next few years will set the future course for our state, and there is no time to waste. We need elected leaders who are committed to the bold actions that are needed to build a sustainable future for the next generation of Washingtonians.

Describe the top three issues you are focusing your campaign on. Have you taken any proactive steps to help move those issues forward?

If elected, what specific policy would you lead on?

Political campaigns are an opportunity to engage people in our democratic system. How would you engage voters and community members, particularly those historically excluded, in your campaign in a way that fosters long-term engagement in our democracy?

Anti-Black racism has played a foundational role in constructing a system of racial superiority and has direct impacts on environmental health. Given the disproportionate impact state violence has on Black lives, we understand that when Black people in this country are liberated, the benefits will be wide reaching and transformative for society as a whole. #BlackLivesMatter tells everyone that Black lives are important to your liberation. What actions will you take in your campaign and as an elected official to support Black lives?

Supporting Tribal Treaty Rights can mean taking hard stances to protect habitat and salmon populations that have sustained people for millennia. How will you use your position as an elected official to support and prioritize Tribal Treaty Rights?

No Fossil Fuel Pledge

There is a growing grassroots and youth movement asking candidates to sign the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, which reads: "I pledge not to take contributions over $200 from oil, gas, and coal industry executives, lobbyists, and PACs and instead prioritize the health of our families, climate, and democracy over fossil fuel industry profits."

Our national partners created Nofossilfuelmoney.org in 2017, and since that time more than 2,000 politicians from 49 states have committed to reject campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry.

Have you signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, or if not, will you sign in prior to an interview with us? You can learn more, and sign the pledge at any time, https://nofossilfuelmoney.org/

YesNo

Evergreen Future Campaign

Washington Conservation Voters launched the Evergreen Future Campaign in 2020, which includes a four-year policy platform for action on climate, protecting clean water and healthy forests, holding corporate polluters accountable, and addressing environmental justice and health disparities around the state.

Voters overwhelmingly support the Evergreen Future platform. That is why we are asking candidates and elected officials to commit to taking the actions needed to advance the platform in Washington state.

Have you read and do you commit to supporting and advancing the platform and goals of Evergreen Future Platform? The text of the platform may be found at www.evergreenfuture.org/platform

YesNo

If yes, may we add your name to the list of supporters on the Evergreen Future website. Please let us know if you would like other opportunities to promote your support (e.g., testimonial, local evets, etc.)

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