The Municipal League of King County released its non-partisan evaluations of 122 legislative, judicial and local candidates The ratings are available online at www.munileague.org.

The 2010 Municipal League Candidate Ratings are as follows:

Legislative District 30, State Rep. Pos. 1

Mark Miloscia – Very Good

Shawn Sullivan – Good

Legislative District 30, State Rep. Pos. 2

Carol Gregory – Outstanding

Anthony Kalchik – Good

Ed Barney – Adequate

Katrina Asay – Very Good

Jerry Galland – Not Qualified

Legislative District 30, State Senator

Tracey Eide – Outstanding

Tony Moore- Very Good

Federal Way Mayor

Jim Ferrell – Very Good

Mike Park – Very Good

Linda Kochmar – Very Good

Skip Priest – Outstanding

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About the ratings

To determine candidate ratings, volunteers throughout King County have joined the Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Committees to study the public record, review candidate questionnaires, speak with references, and conduct interviews with candidates. Committee members then rate each candidate on four criteria: Involvement, Character, Effectiveness and Knowledge. The possible ratings are: Outstanding, Very Good, Good, Adequate, Not Qualified and Insufficient Information to Rate.

The non-partisan ratings process is similar to a job interview and investigates each candidate’s potential to be effective in the office he or she seeks and to beneficially serve the community. Political affiliations or stances on particular issues are not considered during the League rating process. The Municipal League attempted to contact every candidate in a contested race. Candidates were rated even if they declined to participate.