Every election season, KVI listeners are interested in the ballot recommendations by morning show host, John Carlson. Below is the list of the federal and state level candidates and initiatives. This week, Carlson will post his local election recommendations for King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap Counties.
To ask John about contested elections in other smaller jurisdictions, you can e-mail him: “john@kvi.com”.
To hear Carlson’s explanations of his ballot recommendations, click the play button below.
Here are the state and federal level recommendations Carlson gives for the November 5th 2024 ballot.
Initiative 2066 Freedom to choose natural gas YES
Initiative 2109 Repeal Capital Gains income Tax YES
Initiative 2117 Repeal carbon tax on gasoline and propane YES
Initiative 2124 Make State Long Term Care Ins. program optional YES
Federal Races
President: Donald J. Trump
US Senator: Dr. Raul Garcia
US House:
District 1 Jeb Brewer
District 2 Cody Hart
District 3 Joe Kent
District 4 Dan Newhouse
District 5 Michael Baumgartner
District 6 Drew MacEwen
District 7 Dan Alexander
District 8 Carmen Goers
District 9 Adam Smith
District 10 Don Hewitt
Statewide Races
Governor Dave Reichert
Lt. Governor Denny Heck
Secretary of State Dale Whitaker
State Treasurer Sharon Hanek
State Auditor Pat McCarthy
Attorney General Pete Serrano
Comm. of Public Lands Jaime Herrera Beutler
Supt. of Public Instruction David Olson
Insurance Commissioner Phil Fortunato
Statewide Judicial
Supreme Court (position 2) Dave Larson
(the other two Supreme Court races up this year have no opposition)
