Pro-Bike Candidate Endorsements

2005 General Election Endorsements

Why should the Cascade Bicycle Club or the bicycling community support (or oppose) political candidates? Simple. Most policies that effect bicycling begin or end with our elected officials. Further, Cascade members deserve to know which candidates support them. Finally, it is not a choice, but rather our responsibility to hold politicians accountable for their actions.

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2005 General Election Endorsements

With each election your choice of candidates is likely based on their stand on the issues most important to you. This may or may not include their positions that impact cycling.

As we make clear each year, for Cascade's staff, Advocacy Committee and Board of Directors - holding candidates and elected officials accountable isn't a choice. It's central to our mission to "Create Better Communities through Bicycling."

The Cascade Bicycle Club ventures into the unfriendly waters surrounding elections for one vitally important reason - policies that effect bicycling begin and end with our elected representatives.

To find out where they stand, candidates are asked to complete questionnaires. Questions spanned a range of issues impacting bicycling, including: child safety, bicycle lanes and trails, transportation funding, land-use and sprawl.

However, good answers can't tell the whole story. We also evaluate candidate's past votes, talk to local activists and, when necessary, interview them face to face. In addition, we ask ourselves, "Can they win? And, if elected, will they work with us to improve conditions for bicycling?"

Remember, Cascade's endorsement process is strictly non-partisan.

Your candidate wasn't endorsed? A great number of our endorsements will not be made until shortly after the Primary election, so check back before you fill out your November ballot - and see where your candidates stand on issues relating to cycling.