Every other year the entire House of Representatives, and half of the State Senators, run for election to represent their district in the state legislature. This year the Washington Chiropractic Trust has budgeted a total of $100,000 to raise, and donate, to candidates who understand chiropractic and who work hard to help elect, or re-elect, those candidates.

Running campaigns is very expensive and candidates need our help. The average cost for one district mailing is approximately $5,000, depending on the population of a district. Campaign staff needs to be paid a salary and brochures need to be created to help a candidate get their message out to their constituents. Doorbelling a district is the single most important task for a legislative candidate and additional brochures need to be printed for delivering to constituents while doorbelling.

We have to work hard to get the chiropractic message out to candidates due to their technicality. We have to make personal friends with candidates and make sure that we get to know them well so they understand the issues of chiropractic as well as the insurance and anti-discrimination challenges that you face on a daily basis. Bias against the chiropractic profession is alive, and well, I am sad to say, so our political work is definitely cut out for us. You can begin now by supporting these incumbent candidates >>