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Sabra Schneider Drops Out of Race in 34th District

Politics, This Washington   April 5, 2010 at 12:56 pm Josh Feit

King County techie Sabra Schneider announced today that she’s withdrawing from the race for state Rep. Sharon Nelson’s (D-34) open seat.

Schneider says a serious knee injury—ACL, MCL—screwed her capability to do the door belling required.

The crowded field still includes: Clean campaigns activist Marcee Stone (she’s pledged not to take any PAC or corporate money); White Center tavern owner Geoffery Mac McElroy, who’s running as an independent; Sharon Nelson aide, Joe Fitzgibbon, and current King County Council Member Jan Drago aide, Mike Heavey, the son the former Democratic state Senator from the 34th Legislative District.




  • marceestone

    I am so sorry that Sabra is not able to continue her race. She brought some very important emphasis to innovation in state government and knowledge of education issues to the campaign. I wish her well.

  • 34thdistrictrace

    It is too bad that Sabra is not continuing – though the pool is still full of excellent candidates. Standing out in the crowd continues to be Mike Heavey.
    I had the opportunity to talk with him and he's a well-grounded indivdual and very educated and passionate about the 34th district. He continues to be the shining star in the pack.

  • snusjunction

    I don't like to sound like a echo but Mike Heavey is a very solid candidate. His focus on education issues and family wage jobs shows that he understands two of our top priorities.

  • http://twitter.com/fattailed fattailed

    Wow, a democratic politician who lays down bs about education — how unusual. The 34th deserves better than the same old crap. Nelson & McDermott are leaders on hard issues of statewide importance. Can we please have another like that?

  • Terry Sullivan

    Aside from having a familiar name, Mike heavey is just as unproven a candidate as the others. Given that, all of these candidates appear to be thoughtful, intelligent, and hardworking. How to decide?

    Because a large part of the disfunctionality of our government can be laid at the door of smothering campaign contributions from wealthy special interests, I'm going to go with Marcee Stone, who has shown the courage and integrity to depend on small contributions from the people that she represents, not the special interests.