I guess I got lucky because all the folks I voted for made it to the general election so I don't have to go back and revisit those choices. The big choices then were President, which I covered in a separate article and the various initiatives which I cover below.

• President/Vice President- Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez

• United States Representative - Congressional District No. 1 - Jay Inslee

• Governor - Christine Gregoire

• Lieutenant Governor - Marcia McCraw

• Secretary of State - Jason Osgood

• State Treasurer - Allan Martin

• State Auditor - Brian Sonntag

• Attorney General - Rob McKenna

• Commissioner of Public Lands - Peter J. Goldmark

• Superintendent of Public Instruction - Randy Dorn

• Insurance Commissioner - Mike Kreidler

• State Representative - Legislative Dist No. 45 - Position 1 - Roger Goodman

• State Representative - Legislative Dist No. 45 - Position 2 - Larry Springer

• State Supreme Court - Justices of the Supreme Court - Position 3 - Mary Fairhurst

• State Supreme Court - Justices of the Supreme Court - Position 4 - Charles W. Johnson

• State Supreme Court - Justices of the Supreme Court - Position 7 - Debra L. Stephens

• Court of Appeals, Division No. 1 - District No. 1 - Judge Position 5 - Lau, Linda

• Court of Appeals, Division No. 1 - District No. 1 - Judge Position 6 - Ann Schindler

• Superior Court - Judges of the Superior Court - Position 1 - Tim Bradshaw

• Superior Court - Judges of the Superior Court - Position 22 - Julia Garratt

• Superior Court - Judges of the Superior Court - Position 37 - Jean Rietschel

• Initiative Measure No. 985 - No

• Initiative Measure No. 1000 - Yes

• Initiative Measure No. 1029 - No

• King County Charter Amendment No.1 - No

• King County Charter Amendment No. 2 - Yes

• King County Charter Amendment No. 3 - Yes

• King County Charter Amendment No. 4 - No

• King County Charter Amendment No. 5 - Yes

• King County Charter Amendment No. 6 - Yes

• King County Charter Amendment No. 7 - No

• King County Charter Amendment No. 8 - No

• Sound Transit - Proposition No. 1 - No

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Those I have told my intention to vote for Mr. Nader have generally had one of two reactions. Either they said I was throwing away my vote or they said that I was helping McCain to win. My response to these accusations is that my vote is about indicating where I want this country to go and I don't want it to go to the same corporate owned, poll driven, pork barrel politics we have had to date. I am confident that neither Obama nor McCain will make any substantive changes to what ails this country so I feel duty bound to vote for someone who I think will make a real difference. Therefore I am voting for Ralph Nader.

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