Laurie Force (Clallam County Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner Board Position 7, Washington, candidate 2025)

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Laurie Force

Nonpartisan

Candidate, Clallam County Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner Board Position 7

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

Washington State University, 1980

Graduate

University of Colorado, 2005

Personal

Birthplace

Seattle, WA

Profession

Nurse practitioner

Contact

Campaign website

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Laurie Force ran in a special election to the Clallam County Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner Board Position 7 in Washington. She was on the ballot in the special general election on November 4, 2025.^[source]

Force completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Laurie Force provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on July 7, 2025:

• Birth place: Seattle, Washington
• High school: Roosevelt High School, Seattle
• Bachelor's: Washington State University, 1980
• Graduate: University of Colorado, 2005
• Gender: Female
• Profession: Nurse Practitioner
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign slogan: A FORCE for OMC: Reality, Transparency, Community
• Campaign website

Elections

General election

Special general election for Clallam County Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner Board Position 7

Laurie Force and Penney Sanders ran in the special general election for Clallam County Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner Board Position 7 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Laurie Force (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Penney Sanders (Nonpartisan)

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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for Clallam County Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner Board Position 7

Laurie Force, Mic Sager, and Penney Sanders ran in the special primary for Clallam County Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner Board Position 7 on August 5, 2025.

		Candidate
		Laurie Force (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Mic Sager (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Penney Sanders (Nonpartisan)

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Laurie Force completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Force's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My husband Larry and I resettled from Renton to Port Angeles in 2019, to be closer to my aging parents. We have made Port Angeles home – I’m active in Master Gardeners, and as a retired nurse practitioner, I volunteer at Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic, providing preventive foot and nail care to our low income neighbors. Larry plays in the Sequim Community Band and in the Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble, and we both enjoy the local hiking.

It was a tumultuous time for us when we moved here. I was laid off from Valley Medical Center in 2017, and our first plan was to volunteer in the Peace Corps. We were set to head out to Botswana, but at the last minute, I didn’t pass the rigorous medical screening. Between the pandemic and my parents’ failing health that turned out to be for the best. We haven’t regretted our decision to move here – a decision that would have been much harder without Olympic Medical Center.

Now our community hospital is in dire financial straits, made even worse by the passage of the Budget Reconciliation Act which severely reduces Federal Medicaid reimbursements. As retirees, we count on OMC to provide excellent, local care. It’s important to everyone here – sooner or later, everyone needs care. There are no easy answers to the challenges Olympic Medical Center is facing, and lots of uncertainty. I bring to this role a willingness to ask the hard questions along with an abiding humility and lifelong commitment to collaborative practice.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I stand for reality. Our hospital is in a world of financial hurt. The crisis is set to worsen exponentially with passage of the Budget Reconciliation Bill. Whether we stay independent or seek an alliance within a larger hospital system, our payer mix (75% Medicare and Medicaid) will not change. We face hard choices ahead – we can make the choices ourselves, or allow an outside entity to make them for us. Budget reviews should be conducted monthly as long as the hospital’s financial future remains tenuous. More information should be included in the financial reviews, such as profits and losses associated with different specialties, departments, and procedures.
• I stand for transparency. In addition to financial reviews, we need public review of quality issues within the hospital as they arise. Quality problems cost money in fines and lawsuits. Such fines or judgments should be made public. According to our Sunshine Laws, “It is the intent of [the Open Public Meetings Act] that their actions be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created.” https://www.atg.wa.gov/Open-Government-Resource-Manual/Chapter-3
• I stand for community. We need multiple public forums to discuss the pros and cons of the various options for the future—not the specifics of legally protected negotiations—and allow the public to get answers to their questions. We should prioritize local care and control, and protect full-spectrum reproductive care, gender-affirming care, and end-of-life choices for all. Above all, we should keep private equity out of our medical care. When a local hospital cedes management to private equity groups, employees, supplies and services are cut; prices go up; hospitals close; and we all suffer. https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/private-equity-in-health-care-shown-to-harm-patients-degrade-care-and-drive-hospital-closures

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I believe health care is a human right that makes economic sense. When health care is unaffordable, people delay getting help until they are so sick it becomes unavoidable. This leads to skyrocketing health care costs, as ER visits and hospital admissions increase. Associated lost productivity has been estimated to cost employers over a half trillion dollars per year. People lose their jobs and homes due to these costs. Among high-income countries worldwide, we spend the most and get the least for our health care. Our system of health care financing too often fails rural communities like ours. We need a system that works for everyone.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Lifelong learning, decision-making in the face of uncertainty, and collaboration – with patients, families, and with the rest of the health care team – have been the foundation of my professional nursing practice. I see the role of hospital commissioner as expanding on these critical skills.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Hospital Board Commissioners set policy and provide financial oversight for the hospital district, ensuring quality patient care and providing community representation. In order to meet the requirement for public representation, Commissioners are subject to our Sunshine Laws: the Open Public Meetings Act, and the Public Records Act. The expectation is that actions and deliberations are taken openly, so that the public can remain informed of the issues at stake.

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