Tamborine Borrelli

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Tamborine Borrelli

America First Republican Party

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August 2, 2022

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Tamborine Borrelli (America First Republican Party) ran in a special election for Washington Secretary of State. She lost in the special primary on August 2, 2022.

Borrelli completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Tamborine Borrelli's professional experience includes working as managing director of multiple family businesses, owner of the Spiral Café, property manager of Rainier Properties, and director of Wellspring Wellness Center. She has been a board member of the Election Justice USA and a chapter leader for the Olympia Represent.Us chapter.

Elections

2022

See also: Washington Secretary of State election, 2022

General election

Special general election for Washington Secretary of State

Incumbent Steve Hobbs defeated Julie Anderson and Brad Klippert in the special general election for Washington Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Hobbs (D)	49.8	1,468,521
		Julie Anderson (Independent)	45.8	1,351,926
		Brad Klippert (R) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	4.4	129,933

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,950,380
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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for Washington Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the special primary for Washington Secretary of State on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Hobbs (D)	39.9	747,993
✔		Julie Anderson (Independent)	12.8	240,035
		Keith Wagoner (R)	12.2	227,842
		Bob Hagglund (R)	12.0	225,633
		Mark Miloscia (R)	10.0	187,774
		Marquez Tiggs (D)	7.9	148,716
		Tamborine Borrelli (America First Republican Party)	4.6	86,748
		Kurtis Engle (Union Party)	0.4	6,887
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,499

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,873,127
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Endorsements

To view Borrelli's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.

2018

See also: Washington's 10th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

Incumbent Denny Heck defeated Joseph Brumbles in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 10 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 10

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denny Heck (D)	61.5	166,215
		Joseph Brumbles (R)	38.5	103,860

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 270,075
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Top-two primary

Incumbent Denny Heck and Joseph Brumbles defeated Tamborine Borrelli and Nancy Slotnick in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 10 on August 7, 2018.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 10

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denny Heck (D)	58.2	82,552
✔		Joseph Brumbles (R)	31.9	45,270
		Tamborine Borrelli (Independent)	5.6	7,997
		Nancy Slotnick (Independent)	4.3	6,127

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 141,946
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Adam Harrsion (Independent)

2016

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Washington State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 20, 2016.

Incumbent Randi Becker defeated Marilyn Rasmussen in the Washington State Senate District 2 general election.

Washington State Senate, District 2 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Randi Becker Incumbent	61.35%	36,739
	Democratic	Marilyn Rasmussen	38.65%	23,149
Total Votes				59,888
Source: Washington Secretary of State

Marilyn Rasmussen and incumbent Randi Becker defeated Tamborine Borrelli in the Washington State Senate District 2 top two primary.

Washington State Senate, District 2 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marilyn Rasmussen	26.82%	6,517
	Republican	Randi Becker Incumbent	58.04%	14,103
	Democratic	Tamborine Borrelli	15.14%	3,680
Total Votes				24,300
Source: Washington Secretary of State

Endorsements

In 2016, Borrelli’s endorsements included the following:

• 2nd LD Democrats
• Pierce County Democrats
• American Federation of Teachers
• Washington State Democratic Progressive Caucus
• Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters

• State Senator Maralyn Chase
• State Senator Bob Hasegawa
• State Senator John McCoy
• Representative Sam Hunt
• Representative Lillian Ortiz-Self

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Tamborine Borrelli completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Borrelli's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an Election Integrity Investigator fully committed to restoring transparent, secure and verified elections for all of Washington voters. Currently, we are told that our mail-in system is the most “convenient, accessible and secure” in the country, yet we appear to be sacrificing voter confidence in the name of convenience. The public is currently prohibited from inspecting the key aspects of our elections despite vulnerabilities of tabulation machines being widely known. Our voter rolls don’t appear to be properly maintained which could allow fraudulent ballots to be accepted, and because anyone with your name and birthdate can turn in your ballot, we currently do not have verifiable ballot chain-of-custody. This isn’t a partisan issue. If we can’t trust the process of how we elect our representative government then our Democratic Republic is only an illusion. We the People must be the ones to restore a system that we can trust. No matter where we stand politically, if we can come together on this one thing, we all will win. Increased transparency and oversight are key to solving these problems. I am the only candidate in this race committed to restoring that accountability.

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?

• There is no other candidate running for Secretary of State that intends on making our elections transparent, secure or publicly verified.
• Removing the mail in system and the hackable machines is only one way we will bring integrity back to our elections.
• We must go back to in person, with ID, hand counted paper ballots at the small precinct level with full citizen oversight. One election day.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am Pro Life. Protecting our children, from conception on is one of the most important issues to me other than Election Integrity.

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2018

Burks provided the following description of her political philosophy to Ballotpedia:

“	I’m running for Congress because we have a crisis in this country. One of the reasons that we- the people- are not getting what we want and need from our representatives, is because our representatives are paid to not listen to us through the use of campaign donations. Nothing will ever change until we implement real campaign finance reform and repeal Citizens United.	”
—Tamborine Borrelli, 2018

She added:

“	It is critical that we not only change the representatives in office, but begin to change the system in Washington as a whole. I'm not running just to get elected, but to join together with you to uproot the corruption-infested system which controls both the Republican and Democratic parties and is working against all of us. ​That is why I’m running as an Independent who pledges not to accept corporate interest money and passionately supports single payer healthcare, tuition free college, a clean energy economy, public funding of campaigns, election integrity and expanding social security among others.	”
—Tamborine Borrelli, 2018

2016

Borrelli's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Education: The first thing I will fight for is to fully fund education. We cannot afford to keep ignoring our constitutional responsibility and obligation to support our children. That also means no money for charter schools while our public schools are left underfunded. I would also like to see additional attention and investment directed towards the arts. Finally, we need to reduce the unnecessary burden of standardized testing that we are placing on our students. There is no prototypical student. We need to move in the direction of teaching for the student and not for the test. We need to work to make sure that public colleges are affordable, while understanding that not all students need or want a four-year degree. I will fight for an equitable education system. While equality means every student gets the same thing, equity means that each student gets what they need to have the opportunity to succeed. Taxes: In order to fund education, roads, bridges and social services, we need to generate revenue. This means we need to overhaul our arcane taxing system. We currently rely heavily on sales tax and property tax. Both systems are highly regressive, impacting the poorest among us the hardest. I believe that we need to go after corporate taxing loopholes and giveaways. While we appreciate all Boeing does for Washington, that does not give them the right to force the state into giving them huge tax giveaways under the threat of leaving. Worse, we actually do capitulate and they still send jobs to other states. I would rather work to give a tax break to the people of the 2nd Legislative District. I also believe that we can invite innovative companies and new industries to Washington that will create good, family wage jobs and help fuel our economy. More and better jobs means greater revenue for the state and that means funding our obligations. Environment: We need to do more to protect our environment. We cannot afford to keep ignoring the overwhelming scientific evidence that proves global warming is real and man-made. Our Washington State companies need to take responsibility for the damage they are doing and work toward reducing and repairing the damage we are doing. Protecting the environment can have a significant, positive impact on Washington’s economy. We should be bold in attracting green manufacturing, i.e. parts for electric cars, solar panels and next generation batteries. We should be fearless in our pursuit of industrial hemp which is a renewable textile that can be made to manufacture a host of goods here in Washington that can be exported around the world. The nature of the world is changing and doing 19th century style business is only poisoning our planet. I offer bold, dynamic leadership that will provide good paying jobs that cannot be outsourced while maintaining our natural habitat. Accountability: I also want to work toward getting money out of politics and improving accountability of our elected officials. The first step is to pass initiative 735 which will declare Washington State’s support for amending the constitution to overturn citizens united and stop treating corporations as people. We also need to take steps to improve accountability of our elected officials and hold them responsible when they mismanage public funds and take advantage of the taxpayers trust.	”
—Tamborine Borrelli,

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