40 Democratic PCOs elected. Primary election will decide two contests.

Seventeen of the 44 Democratic PCO candidates on May 6, the first day of filing week

An unprecedented number of Democrats filed to be Precinct Committee Officers during filing week that ended Friday afternoon, May 10.

Because 40 filings were unopposed, those candidates were automatically elected. Two Democrats filed as PCO candidates in Birch and Edison precincts. Those candidates will appear on the August 6 primary election ballot, and two will be elected.

All elected PCOs will serve two-year terms that begin on December 1, 2024, and expire on November 30, 2026.

Walla Walla County contains 61 precincts. 19 precincts will not have Democratic PCOs after November 30. After the party holds its reorganization meeting in December, the newly elected party chair may appoint PCOs in the vacant districts.

PCOs are the main point of information and contact for voters in their neighborhoods and within the Democratic Party. PCOs are also a central part of their local Democratic organization. They elect Party leadership, help fill vacancies in elected offices, and lead their precinct caucus every two years.

A list of the newly elected Democratic PCOs and the two contests in italics follows:

District

Abbott 31

Alderbrook 01

Ash 03

Baker 33

Baumeister 04

Berney 35

Birch 05

Birch 05

Braden 37

Clark 06

College 07

College Place 1 61

College Place 2 62

College Place 4 66

College Place 5 67

Cottonwood 14

Dixie 41

Edison 08

Edison 08

Garrison 46

Green Park 10

Henderson 11

Jefferson 13

Lincoln 49

Maple 16

Marcus 17

Mill Creek 50

Monroe 18

Moore 51

Paine 20

Pine 21

Pleasant 22

Prescott 64

Pros Point 52

Ritz 53

Sharpstein 23

Spruce 24

Stadium 25

Tausick 26

Vetersans 19

Wainwright 28

Waitsburg 65

Watertown 29

Yellowhawk 58

Name

Linda Gunshefski

Alisha Stewart

Becky Stanley

Cecile Ervin

Frances C Chvatal

Lori Smith

Woody Simmons

Kathryn Donlin

Barbara P Rutzer

Mike Beatty

Brian Dohe

Cindy Widmer

Michelle Donaldson

Nadine Stecklein

Samantha Kelley

Scott Peters

Don Schwerin

David A. Schmaltz

Amy Schwab

Craig R Woodard

Mark Thompson

Melissa Shumake

Rebecca Thorpe

Laura Grant

Stacy E McPherson

Mary A Moss

Tim Copeland

Jenny Romine

Kirsten Nicolaysen

Heidi E Dobson

John Knapp

Kathryn Witherington

Doug Venn

Megan F Clubb

Keith Swanson

David Womack

David Fogarty

James Winchell

Jan Corn

Susan Todd

Jeffrey Robinson

Tom Elstrom

Everett Maroon

Mary Ann Duffy