Since 2021, Carolina has had the honor of serving as your Thurston County Commissioner and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Health. In these roles, she have worked closely with families, workers, small businesses, service providers, and community members across our region. She has also seen where too many people are being left behind, especially those in underserved communities who are working hard but still struggling to afford housing, access services, and stay healthy.

Right now, families across our region are making impossible choices between groceries and rent, between a doctor’s visit and putting gas in the car. This isn’t just a policy failure; it’s a failure of leadership. While our current Senator views our community through the lens of a venture capitalist, Carolina sees it through the eyes of a neighbor and a parent. Her priorities are clear: lowering costs for working families, expanding access to affordable housing, improving access to public services, and strengthening community health.

As your representative for the 22nd Legislative District in Washington State, Rep. Doglio is deeply honored to run for re-election.

This past biennium, she joined the House Appropriations Committee and State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee, while continuing to serve as Chair of the House Environment & Energy Committee. In these roles, Rep. Doglio worked to ensure we meet our climate goals, reduce toxic chemicals, strengthen recycling and waste systems, and protect voting rights by advancing legislation that keeps our elections fair, accessible, and trustworthy.

Rep. Doglio has also worked to ensure we didn’t balance our state budget on the backs of public employees—those who care for our most vulnerable, build our infrastructure, educate our children, and keep our communities safe.

Lisa took the long way to public office. Before she was elected to anything, she trained first as a research scientist, earning a doctorate in biochemistry from Oregon Health Sciences University, doing post-doctoral work at the University of Washington, and spending two years in biotech research. Then she went back to school to become a veterinarian and, through her residency at Michigan State, a board-certified veterinary oncologist. What she learned across those careers was not just about science but the practice of being a healer: how to listen carefully, explain difficult things in plain language, and sit with people through hard moments.

In the State House, she represents the 22nd Legislative District as Vice Chair of the House Capital Budget Committee. Her other assignments include Health Care and Wellness, time on the finance committee, Local Government, and the Universal Health Care Commission. She also serves on several interstate committees via the Council of State Governments, Energy and the Grid, and the Legislative Council on River Governance.

Kevin Moynihan is a community leader, public servant, and member of the Aberdeen City Council, where he works to strengthen his community and improve local government.

Kevin believes government should work for the people it serves, not powerful interests or political insiders.

On the Aberdeen City Council, Kevin has focused on practical solutions that improve daily life for local residents: strengthening infrastructure, supporting economic development, and ensuring city government is responsive to the community.

William is one of us, a Transit Worker, Union Steward, father, and grandfather who lives and works in LD 2. He’s not running to build a political career. He’s running because the work isn’t done.

As a Transit Operator, Union Shop Steward, and LGBTQ+ advocate representing southern Pierce County, communities like Yelm, Lacey, and Roy, William knows what it means to fight for the people who show up every day, do the work, and still get left behind. Now he’s bringing that fight to Olympia.

Angela Taylor is running to Representative in the 2nd LD because she believes her community deserves a future they can look forward to - one where every family has a fair shot to succeed.

Angela is an English major with a focus on education and a heart for community service. She has served for decades with Salvation Army, Feed Seattle, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Booster Clubs, Yelm Community Schools, Citizens for Yelm Schools, Thurston County Democrats, Washington State Democrats, Food Banks, Yelm Rising, Yelm Rotary, and Yelm Lions.

She is ready to lead and jer promise to District 2 is clear: She will listen and deliver local leadership focused on affordability, strong schools, sensible housing and real results in Olympia.

Jim Pierson brings a lifetime of service, hard work, and real-world problem-solving to public life.​

His background includes military training and a long career in the software industry, where he worked inside large, complex organizations and learned firsthand how systems succeed , and where they break down. He didn’t inherit opportunity or privilege. Jim started with very little, earned every paycheck, and built his future through decades of steady work, discipline, and saving.

Jim’s life experience has shaped his belief that government should work as efficiently and responsibly as the people who fund it. He knows that when systems fail, real people pay the price, and he’s committed to bringing the discipline, transparency, and problem-solving mindset of a lifetime of work into public service.

For 27 years, Tillie has dedicated her career to protecting our elections and the public trust — quietly, professionally, and without headlines. During that time, she has worked to ensure our elections are accessible, secure, accurate, and transparent for every voter.

Tillie believes public service is about respect — respect for voters, respect for the law, and respect for the trust our community places in us.

She is proud to have been named Washington State Elections Administrator of the Year twice — in 2014 and 2021 — more than any other elections administrator in the state. That recognition reflects decades of steady, behind-the-scenes work to keep elections fair, safe, and trustworthy.

Tye Menser lives in Thurston County with his wife, a kindergarten teacher, and their two children. Their daughter attends Capital High School, and their son is a student at the University of Washington.

His approach to leadership reflects that experience: thoughtful, prepared, and grounded in responsibility. He brings to public service a background shaped by law, public defense, and years of working in complex systems where decisions have real consequences for people’s lives.

Tye earned a degree in government from Harvard College and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Gary's roots in Thurston County run deep. He has called Thurston County home for nearly 30 years and is a 1982 graduate of North Thurston High School. He also attended South Puget Sound Community College and St. Louis University School of Medicine.

Gary served as a Deputy Coroner with the Thurston County Coroner’s office since 2001. Gary routinely conducted death scene investigations, determining cause and manner of death, and notification of next-of-kin. He brings a high degree of sensitivity and compassion to the families he serves that are distraught and in need of understanding. Gary is organized and has a natural ability to lead others without being heavy handed. His natural leadership skills and understanding of death investigation as well as his excellent communications skills brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the citizens of Thurston County.

Jeff Gadman has served as Thurston County Treasurer since early 2017 and has been reelected three times since.

Jeff has dedicated his professional life to public service and considers it a noble calling, dedicating over 38 years to the citizens of Thurston County.

As the cash and investment manager for Thurston County, he realizes it is imperative for you to have confidence that the Treasurer’s Office is safeguarding the money you have strived so hard for and that you ultimately have to pay to support the essential services you enjoy and expect on a daily basis.

Jeff is committed to ensuring that he and his staff will serve all taxpayers in Thurston County with dignity, respect, and unbridled professionalism.