Thurston Community Media (TCMedia) has teamed up with the League of Women Voters to bring us local candidate forums videos and coverage.  

Scroll down for one-click access to eight recorded videos.

Viewers can watch more of 2022 election candidates’ discussions on Comcast channel 77 in the greater Thurston County area and on Cable Channel 23 in the Yelm area. For a download of the schedule, click here. The forums are also available to watch on TCMedia’s YouTube channel.

You can also get the voter’s pamphlet and more details on the candidates, a mockup of the voter’s ballot, and more, by clicking here.

Thurston County Partisan Offices

 Thurston County Assessor

Determines the fair market value of all real and personal property to calculate

property taxes.

Steven J. Drew (Prefers Democratic Party)

Dave Kolar (Prefers Independent Party)

Thurston County Auditor

LWV General 2022 - Thurston County Auditor

Administers elections, processes licenses and titles, records and preserves documents, and is in charge of county finance.

Mary Hall (Prefers Democratic Party)

Sal Militello (Prefers Republican Party)

Thurston County Clerk

LWV General 2022 - Thurston County Clerk

Preserves records of the opinions, decisions, and judgements of the court.

Linda Enlow (Prefers Democrat Party)

Tonya Moore (Prefers Democratic Party)

County Commissioner District No. 3

LWV General 2022 - Thurston County Commissioner District 3

Serves as the local government and legislative authority outside city limits.

Tye Menser (Prefers Democratic Party)

Vivian Kay Eason (Prefers Republican Party)

Thurston County Coroner

Investigates all sudden, violent, suspicious, and unusual deaths occurring in the

county.

Gary Warnock (Prefers Democratic Party)

Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney

Prosecutes criminal actions in superior, district, and juvenile courts and provides

legal advice to the county.

Jon Tunheim (Prefers Democratic Party)

Thurston County Sheriff

LWV General 2022 - Thurston County Sheriff

Is in charge of law enforcement, jail facilities, civil and legal processing, and emergency operations.

Derek Sanders (Prefers Independent Party)

John D. Snaza (Prefers Independent Party)

Thurston County Treasurer

Provides banking, investment, debt and cash management services for the county

and all local governments within the county, except cities.

Jeff Gadman (Prefers Democratic Party)

Jeff Curry (States No Party Preference)

Thurston County Judicial Nonpartisan offices

District Court, Judge Pos. No. 1

Hears civil, small claims, criminal, and traffic cases.

Kalo Wilcox

District Court, Judge Pos. No. 2

Hears civil, small claims, criminal, and traffic cases.

Sam Meyer

District Court, Judge Pos. No. 3

Hears civil, small claims, criminal, and traffic cases.

Brett Buckley

Thurston County Nonpartisan Offices

Public Utility District Commissioner, District No. 2

Provides utility services, water planning and sets rates for customers of the  approximately 161 water systems in the county. The PUD develops and operates facilities for the distribution of its utility services and can levy taxes against property within the district to raise funds.

Russell E. Olsen

State Legislative District 22

State Representative for District 22 Position 1

The candidates for State Representative for District 22 Position 1 are Loretta Byrnes and Beth Doglio.

State Representative for District 35 Position 1

The candidates for State Representative for District 35 Position 1 are Dan Griffey and James DeHart.

State Representative for District 35 Position 2

The candidates for state representative for district 35 position 2 are Travis Couture and Sandy Kaiser.

Legislative District 35 Senate

The candidates for Legislative District 35 Senate are Julianne Gale and Drew MacEwen.