Jim Mayhew
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Jim Mayhew (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Washington State Senate to represent District 12. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Mayhew completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jim Mayhew's career experience includes working as a business executive and certified public accountant. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Washington State Senate District 12
Keith Goehner defeated Jim Mayhew in the general election for Washington State Senate District 12 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keith Goehner (R) | 55.8 | 46,550 |
 | Jim Mayhew (D)  | 44.1 | 36,824 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 50 | ||
| Total votes: 83,424 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 12
Keith Goehner and Jim Mayhew advanced from the primary for Washington State Senate District 12 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Goehner (R) | 56.1 | 24,356 |
| ✔ | | Jim Mayhew (D) | 43.8 | 19,039 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 40 | ||
| Total votes: 43,435 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brad Hawkins (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Mayhew received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Mayhew's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jim Mayhew completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mayhew's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After a 30 year career in business finance and accounting, I spent the last six years on the Snoqualmie City Council in a non-partisan environment solving local problems and challenges. I grew up experiencing poverty and housing instability, including spending time in foster care. I know firsthand the difference that economic security can make for a family and future generations and the importance of education and a healthy childhood. I am concerned that a woman’s right to control her reproductive healthcare is under assault and is by no means assured in Washington.
I’ve spent my career in business and then in local government, taking a data-driven approach– rooted in accountability and making every dollar count. I’ve worked with some of the largest and most successful corporations in the world as they bring programs to scale, manage resources, and deliver results. In state government, we need this focus to maximize investments in our schools, our kids' welfare, our communities' affordability, our planet's future, and the safety of our roads and bridges. That is the perspective I will bring to the State Senate, where I am committed to improving financial security, increasing access to health and opportunity, climate action and conservation, funding our safety net for families in need, and protecting choice.
- Thriving Economy: In Olympia I will apply my business and accounting expertise to prioritize conditions for a thriving economy including a skilled workforce and family wage jobs, infrastructure investments to move people and goods safely and efficiently, safe communities for workers and employers, and the conditions for businesses big and small and their workers to succeed.
- Education & Opportunity: I am a product of our public education system and so personally know that this is a path to individual success and a strong community. That is why I will advocate for equitable distribution of resources, ensuring all schools have great facilities, teachers, equipment, and materials. I will work to increase affordable and available childcare, expand access to early childhood education programs, reduce class sizes, and ensure all students have access to a well-rounded curriculum that includes arts, music, and physical education and universal access to participation in after-school sports and other activities. Education is the cornerstone of democracy, and I will protect and improve it.
- Choice: One of the clearest contrasts in this race is my unflinching commitment to reproductive health care and rights. In Olympia, I will be 100% Pro-Choice.
I am running to represent the redrawn 12th District which has long been represented by conservative Republicans. This district now includes Chelan, Snohomish and King Counties, including large Latino populations in the Wenatchee and Monroe areas. Ensuring I am a voice for those geographically and racially diverse communities will be a challenge, but I believe these three unique areas share many perspectives and common issues arising from not being part of the contiguous urban areas in the greater Seattle/Bellevue area. My biggest challenge will be ensuring I fully understand, communicate with, and represent those three areas and their common values of safety, health, education, and opportunity and uniting voters across the 12th around them.
Movie: A Time to Kill. This film highlights the many prejudices and preconceptions of many of the characters, but then in one powerful closing argument scene reveals to the audience their own preconceptions. As the saying goes, it ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. We must see beyond our preconceptions on almost everything if we are going to find new ways of solving problems - and remember that if the current ways were working, there wouldn’t be a problem to solve.
Voters are looking for common sense leadership committed to making government work better– not a rigid ideological perspective. I’m excited for the opportunity to unite the communities of the 12th District around common sense priorities and outcomes that truly make a difference in our lives and build a better future for all residents of our state.
Given the geographic diversity of the 12th District from Wenatchee to Monroe and including parts of three counties, I believe the most important responsibility for this position is to truly listen to the unique needs of each community and partner with them to deliver results.
I am committed to making our community a better place to live, raise families, and work. I’ll bring elected experience and a career in business finance to maximize the resources we invest in our kids, affordable housing, and addiction and mental health treatment. Raised by a single mom who struggled to make ends meet, I know the challenges facing too many families. We cannot leave people behind or let kids suffer with housing instability and education disruption. I’m committed to economic stability and opportunity– workforce training, access to affordable childcare, and investments in education that help all kids achieve their potential to pursue a vocation or college.
I believe now is an important and exciting opportunity to ensure better representation for the 12th Legislative District. For the first time in over half a century, we can elect a pro-labor, pro-choice Democrat who can fight for better wages, protections, rights, and opportunities for working families in the 12th LD and across our state. I would be honored to earn your support so we can do this together.
I believe now is an important and exciting opportunity to ensure better representation for the 12th Legislative District. For the first time in over half a century, we can elect a pro-labor, pro-choice Democrat who can fight for better wages, protections, rights, and opportunities for working families in the 12th LD and across our state. I would be honored to earn your support so we can do this together.
The Governor has to serve the entire state, but as a State Senator I will address the pressing concerns of neighbors in Chelan, Snohomish and eastern King County. Having said that, I believe we accomplish more when we bridge the divides and work together. I plan to work across the aisle and up and down levels of government to tackle our toughest challenges.
We need greater prioritization and efficiency in how state resources are dedicated to addressing the priorities of all Washingtonians, including from affordable housing for workers and young families to meeting the acute behavioral health and addiction recovery needs of people in crisis.
We have an affordable housing crisis in our state– in communities large and small– that will require private sector leadership and also state partnerships. This means smart land use laws that allow for greater affordability, subsidies for workforce and low income housing, and truly working alongside local governments to help people in crisis off of our streets and into drug treatment, mental health support, and other emergency shelter and services.
We have an affordable housing crisis in our state– in communities large and small– that will require private sector leadership and also state partnerships. This means smart land use laws that allow for greater affordability, subsidies for workforce and low income housing, and truly working alongside local governments to help people in crisis off of our streets and into drug treatment, mental health support, and other emergency shelter and services.
I believe it’s beneficial for elected leaders to reflect the diversity of perspectives of the Washingtonians we seek to represent. As someone who has served in local government, I think this gives an added benefit in helping to understand the unique challenges that local governments face and how to be a good partner to them in Olympia.
Good legislation results from the input of different perspectives towards solving a challenge. Rigid ideological positions don’t solve problems, and party-line voting leaves good ideas on the roadside. Having spent my career working for and with Fortune 1000 companies, I am very used to collaboration as the path to success. I approach crafting legislation like I did in my career by analyzing the data, listening to the experts - both topical experts and those most impacted by any decision, and crafting solutions with stakeholders at the table. On my city council of seven, I thought a 4-3 vote was a poor outcome and I always worked towards modifying and compromising until a clearer consensus was achieved. Having strong relationships with other legislators is an important part of this - people listen to and compromise with other people. And when they are ignored, shut out or minimized they may not work towards the best result and the best implementation.
He and I don’t agree on everything, but I have known Senator Mark Mullett for a long time and respect the ways he has found common ground on both sides of the aisle.
I am running to be the next State Senator representing the 12th LD and have no political ambitions beyond that.
I have been struck by the numerous conversations from a police chief to parents across the district who are worried about their kids. Whether they are struggling to afford after school programs to keep their kids engaged and out of trouble, or balance safety for kids with keeping the peace in communities, it’s on the top of mind from Wenatchee to Monroe. In each conversation, partisanship politics had no place – I was able to connect as a dad, hear the fear and frustration, and commit to doing anything in my ability to set all our kids up for bright futures.
Our three-branch system of government is well designed to provide both quick action when needed by an executive with the strong guardrail of legislative oversight. The executive must never have the authority to interfere with the other two branches, and both of those two should and do have a role in overseeing and where necessary curbing the use of emergency powers.
Legislation to increase the availability of local, affordable childcare in the 12th LD and across our state. Childcare is the underpinning of our economy, and only about one third of the needed childcare is being provided. Many people cannot take jobs, or take poorer jobs than what is available, due to the cost or unavailability of local childcare. This robs those families of a better future, and robs us all of the contributions they might have made to the community.
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Greater Washington and North Idaho
Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund
The Alliance for Gun Responsibility
UFCW 3000 (grocery, retail, health care & other)
IBEW 191 (Electrical Workers)
12th & 5th LD Democrats
Chelan County Democrats
Snohomish County Democrats
King County Democrats
Kim Schrier, US Representative 8th Congressional District
Dave Somers, Snohomish County Executive
Jason Cummings, Snohomish County Prosecutor
Susanna Johnson, Snohomish County Sheriff
Sarah Perry, King County Council District 3
Steve Hobbs, Secretary of State
Chris Reykdal, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Andy Billig, Senate Majority Leader
Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks.
Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade.
I’ve spent my career in business, and then in local government, taking a data-driven approach– rooted in accountability and making every dollar count. In state government we need this focus to maximize investments in our schools, the welfare of our kids, the affordability of our communities, and the safety of our roads and bridges.
I support the initiative process, something many states do not have. This is a fundamental check on the risk of the legislature making a mistake in understanding the will of the people on a topic, and a pathway to relatively rapid remedy of any mistake that does occur.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 9, 2024
Current members of the Washington State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Jamie Pedersen
Minority Leader:John Braun
Senators
District 1
Derek Stanford (D)
District 2
Jim McCune (R)
District 3
Marcus Riccelli (D)
District 4
District 5
Victoria Hunt (D)
District 6
Jeff Holy (R)
District 7
Shelly Short (R)
District 8
Matt Boehnke (R)
District 9
Mark Schoesler (R)
District 10
Ron Muzzall (R)
District 11
Bob Hasegawa (D)
District 12
Keith Goehner (R)
District 13
Judith Warnick (R)
District 14
Curtis King (R)
District 15
Nikki Torres (R)
District 16
Perry Dozier (R)
District 17
Paul Harris (R)
District 18
Adrian Cortes (D)
District 19
Jeff Wilson (R)
District 20
John Braun (R)
District 21
Marko Liias (D)
District 22
Jessica Bateman (D)
District 23
Drew Hansen (D)
District 24
Mike Chapman (D)
District 25
Chris Gildon (R)
District 26
District 27
Yasmin Trudeau (D)
District 28
T'wina Nobles (D)
District 29
Steve Conway (D)
District 30
Claire Wilson (D)
District 31
Phil Fortunato (R)
District 32
Jesse Salomon (D)
District 33
Tina Orwall (D)
District 34
Emily Alvarado (D)
District 35
Drew MacEwen (R)
District 36
Noel Frame (D)
District 37
Rebecca Saldana (D)
District 38
June Robinson (D)
District 39
Keith Wagoner (R)
District 40
Liz Lovelett (D)
District 41
Lisa Wellman (D)
District 42
Sharon Shewmake (D)
District 43
Jamie Pedersen (D)
District 44
John Lovick (D)
District 45
Manka Dhingra (D)
District 46
Javier Valdez (D)
District 47
Claudia Kauffman (D)
District 48
Vandana Slatter (D)
District 49
Democratic Party (30)
Republican Party (19)
