Endorsements
Latasha is grateful to have the support of these Tacoma leaders:
Yasmin Trudeau
Washington State Senator
Laurie Jinkins
Washington Speaker of the House
Jamika Scott
Tacoma City Council, District 3
Ramona Bennett
Tribal Elder
Former Tribal Council Chairwoman at the Puyallup Tribe
Anna Bean
Tribal Council Chairwoman at the Puyallup Tribe
Kiara Daniels
Tacoma Deputy Mayor
At-Large Position 6
Chelsea McElroy
Vice President at Tacoma School Board
Executive Director at Vision Step Team
Kristin Ang
Port of Tacoma Commissioner
Bryan Yambe
Pierce County Councilmember, Dist. 5
Robyn Denson
Pierce County Councilmember, Dist. 7
Jani Hitchen
Pierce County Councilmember, Dist. 6
Pete Reyes
Parks Tacoma Commissioner, Pos. 3
Alisa Lee
Parks Tacoma Commissioner, Pos. 1
Keith Blocker
Former Tacoma City Councilmember
Bill Baarsma
Former Mayor of Tacoma
Brian Ebersole
Former Mayor of Tacoma
Former Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives
Steve Kirby
Former Tacoma City Council Member
Former Representative at Washington House of Representatives
Pierce County Central Labor Council
Iron Workers Local Union #86
SEIU Healthcare
1199NW
ILWU
International Longshore and Warehouse Workers Union
UFCW Local 367
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
UFCW 3000
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
LIUNA Local 252
Laborers' International Union of North America
ILWU Local 23
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Teamsters Local 313
Teamsters Local 117
IBEW 483
IAM 751
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 587
Washington Education Association-
Tacoma
American Federation of Teachers- Washington
Fuse Progressive
Voters Guide
The Black Collective
The Urbanist
27th LD Democrats
Democratic Party organization for the 27th LD (Tacoma/Fife/Ruston, WA)
Sage Leaders
Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates — Washington
Indivisible Tacoma
FairVote Washington
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
The Conversation 253
Pierce County
Young Democrats
Team LPAC
LGBTQ Equality.
Women’s Equality.
Social Justice.
National Women's
Political Caucus
of Washington
Democrats for
Diversity and
Inclusion
Alliance for Gun Responsibility
Washington Housing Alliance
Action Fund
Run On Climate
29th LD Democrats
28th LD Democrats
Tacoma For All
Humane Voters of Washington
Jane Fonda Climate PAC
Washington Stonewall Democrats
Pastor Chavis Young
Pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church
Carol Baarsma
Former Kitsap County Assessor
Carol Mitchell
Founder of the Institute for Black Justice, Tacoma Peace Laureate 2025
Louis Cooper
Retired Senior Director for Security and Social Responsibility, Community Advocate
Bill Hanawalt
Grants and Contract Director, School’s Out Washington and Former Executive Director, Peace Community Center
Rebecca Stith
Attorney/Mediator, former Chair of Tacoma Human Rights Commission
Donna Thompson
Community Advocate
Barb Church
Environmental Activist
Stephen Williams
Community Advocate
Andre Jimenez
Former Chair of Tacoma Human Rights Commission, former Pierce County District 4 Representative
Melissa Malott
Executive Director at Communities for a Healthy Bay
Nicholas Carr
Senior Policy Advisor for Housing at WA State Office of the Governor
Silong Chhun
Washington State Office of Equity
Zev Cook
Community Organizer
Maricres Castro
Tacoma Commissioner for Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
Kathleen Hosfeld
Executive Director/CEO at Homestead Community Land Trust
Diamatris Winston
Deputy Director of the Seattle Center, Owner of Rusty Goat Cafe
Stacy Oaks
Community Organizer at 350 Tacoma
Oneida Arnold
Community advocate, member of The Conversation 253
Cassandra Williams
Owner of Love by the Slice, founding board member at Aya CLT
Dionne Bonner
Visual artist, founding board member at Aya CLT
April Stapp
Community educator and ecologist
Jennifer Lacy
Board President at Hilltop Action Coalition, Board Secretary at Central Neighborhood Council
ChaNell Marshall
Vice President of Program Support and Engagement at Elevate
Katie Baird, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics at The University of Washington Tacoma
Marilyn Kimmerling
With Veterans for Peace and Tacoma Peace Laureate (2020-21)
Taniesha Lyons
Executive Director at Federal Way Black Collective
Elizabeth Keathley
Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Tim Fairley
Tacoma Volunteer Outreach and Services
Hermenia Butler
UWT CWTAP Field Instructor & Teaching Associate
Bronwyn Clarke
Senior Associate at Centre for Public Impact
Andrea Haug
Community Leader and Resident
Myrah Ballentine
Tacoma Civil Service Board Member
Dana Coggon
Executive Director at Pierce County Conservation District