August Primary endorcement

Like usual most of the WA state wide races have dull primaries.
-It will be a Gregoire Rossi rematch
-LT. Gov is a useless position
-Sec of State, AG, Insurance Com., and St. Auditor have unbeatable incumbents
-Public lands has only two candidates

Which leaves us with two possibly interesting races. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and State Treasurer. I don't really care about the SPI, although it will probably be the race with the most passion other than Governor. Which leaves me with the State Treasurer which puts forth three very qualified candidates. One of the spots in general is certain Republican Allan Martin should take in most of the Republican votes alonf with a decent number of independents and Democratic votes. The second spot on the ballot will go to one of the two Democrats on the ballot, Sate rep Jim McIntire and Economist Chang Mook Sohn. Of the two I will vote for Sohn. While Mcintire is qualified I don't like McIntire's goal of making the Treasurer's spot more partisan by taking an activist role. Sohn on the other hand has done very well as a revenue forecaster for the state over the past 20 years, and has shone himself to be impartial in a position that demands the politician to be both competent and Impartial. All three candidates pass the competency test, but only Allan and Sohn pass the Impartial test.

My votes in state wide races:
Governor: Gregoire (D)
Lt. Gov: Jim Wiest (R)
Sec of State: Sam Reed (R)
Treasurer: Chang Mook Sohn (D)
Auditor: Brian Sonntag (D)
Attorney General: John Ladenburg (D)
Commissioner of Public Lands: Peter Goldmark (D)
SPI: Terry Bergeson (NP)
Insurence Commissioner: John Adams (R)
SC Justice 3: Mary Fairhurst (NP)
SC Justice 4: Charles Johnson (NP)