The only thing more exciting than seeing “Democratic” State Sen. Mark Mullet booted from office is knowing that Ingrid Anderson will be the one wearing the boot. Unlike the DINO incumbent she’s running against, Anderson, a psychiatric nurse at Overlake Hospital, wants to fight climate change, fix our unfair tax structure, and tap her experience as an essential worker battling on the frontlines of the pandemic to improve our scammy health care system. That means exploring a small tax on health insurance companies to fund our public health departments, capping the cost of insulin at $100, and creating incentives for hospitals to treat mental health emergencies the way they treat other health care emergencies. Though they don’t offer an explanation, King County Republicans probably endorsed Mullet this cycle because of his vote against affirmative action, his efforts to open up multi-million-dollar tax loopholes for big businesses, his attempt to limit collective bargaining for teachers, his vote to water down a bill ensuring rest breaks for health care workers, his vote against a 2019 update to bill that prevented employees from asking applicants how much they’ve made in the past, his opposition to moderate proposals designed to fight climate change, and his allergy to taxing the rich—but honestly, what else would you expect form a former Bank of America executive? Vote Anderson.
