My elected officials

As my current permanent residence is in Bellingham, WA, that's where I'll have to register and vote. Which is fine. Then, I should be talking to the Harrises to see what's up and how they think I should be voting, on a local scale.

FEDERAL
UNITED STATES SENATE
UNITED STATES SENATOR POSITION NO. 1 - Maria Cantwell

UNITED STATES SENATOR POSITION NO. 2 - Patricia Murray

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NO. 2 - Rick Larsen

STATE
GOVERNOR - Christine Gregoire

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR - Bradley Owen

SECRETARY OF STATE - Sam Reed

STATE TREASURER - Michael Murphy

STATE AUDITOR - Brian Sonntag

ATTORNEY GENERAL - Robert Mckenna

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS - Douglas Sutherland

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION - Terry Bergeson

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER - Mike Kreidler

LEGISLATIVE
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT NO. 40
STATE SENATOR DISTRICT NO. 40 - Harriet A Spanel

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT NO. 40 POSITION NO. 1 - Dave Quall

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT NO. 40 POSITION NO. 2 - Jeff Morris

WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 1
POSITION AL - Ward Nelson

POSITION B - Dan McShane

COUNTY COUNCIL
AT-LARGE - Seth Fleetwood

WHATCOM COUNTY
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
COMMISSIONER DISTRICT NO. 1 - Robert E Ebright

CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 1

PORT OF BELLINGHAM
COMMISSIONER DISTRICT NO. 1 - Scott L Walker

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY - David Stuart McEachran

COUNTY EXECUTIVE - Pete Kremen

COUNTY ASSESSOR - Keith M Willnauer

COUNTY AUDITOR - Shirley A Forslof

COUNTY SHERIFF - Bill Elfo

COUNTY TREASURER - Barbara J Cory

JUDICIAL
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
POSITION NO. 1 - James M Johnson

What's crazy is how few of these names I actually recognize. Sure, I didn't have a right to vote last year so it didn't really matter. Maybe I should have gotten a head start, though.

I do know the name Rick Larsen. His office helped me with my immigration issues, when my green card was MIA. Of course, I feel inclined to vote for him! I'm wondering about his politics. But I feel strangely inclined to vote for him, regardless. I just have such thankfulness for the intervention of his office in my citizenship proceedings. Which I should. Which is the point, I guess. And ... darn it all ... it's working.