Washington Senate District 42

Work

Psychologist; owner and clinical director, TouchStone Counseling; Blaine School Board director

Listed in the official Washington voters' pamphlet. Elected experience: Longest serving Blaine School Board Director. Advocate for early learning, great teachers, and accountability so tax dollars pay for what was promised!

Erika Creydt is a psychologist who owns and directs TouchStone Counseling and has worked 22 years as a youth counselor. She is the longest-serving director on the Blaine School Board and has taught graduate classes at Adler University.

I’m running because too many people in Whatcom County are hurting and too many feel like no one is fighting for them. Everywhere I go I hear the same quiet heartbreak: parents up at night worried about paying bills, seniors afraid property taxes will force them from the homes they built, and young people priced out of their own hometown. …

Candidate's statement in the official Washington voters' pamphlet · Washington Secretary of State

Work

Faculty, Western Washington University anthropology department; port commissioner

Listed in the official Washington voters' pamphlet. Elected experience: Port Commissioner in his third term; former Democratic precinct committee officer.

Michael Alvarez Shepard teaches in Western Washington University's anthropology department and in a prison education program, and is in his third term as a port commissioner. He was previously eLearning director at Whatcom Community College and cultural documentation coordinator at Northwest Indian College.

It’s getting harder to keep up, and that has to change. In the State Senate, I’ll work to bring down costs. As Port Commissioner, I focused on creating good jobs while protecting the air we breathe and the water we drink. …

Candidate's statement in the official Washington voters' pamphlet · Washington Secretary of State