Democrats issue no endorsement in LD36

The 36th District Democrats met in Ballard Thursday night in an attempt to sort out what their executive board could not do earlier this week - officially endorse a candidate for state House of Representatives.

But when all the votes were counted, the membership body ultimately came to the same deadlock.

After a motion to issue a dual endorsement failed in a vote of the member body, the 36th LD Democrats voted 107-61 in favor of John Burbank over Reuven Carlyle. Although the tally represented a clear majority of those in attendance, it did not meet the two-thirds majority necessary for an official endorsement.

Burbank, who was named the official party nominee by state party chair Dwight Pelz earlier this year when the district refused to choose a nominee by weighted PCO vote, was pleased with the support he received.

"It was a great validation of my efforts to serve the people and to be in Olympia doing that," Burbank said. "I was quite pleased with the outcome. It certainly validates my status as the nominee of the Democratic Party."