Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Marysville Incumbents leading in council races
MARYSVILLE — Two long-time city council incumbents seeking to keep their positions were leading in early returns Tuesday night.
One lead was very comfortable. The other was tighter.
Donna Wright, an 18-year veteran of the council, was easily outpolling challenger Quinn King on Tuesday, 2,346 to 1,566, roughly 60 percent to 40 percent.
Jeff Seibert, seeking a third term on the council, led challenger Patrick Larson Jr., 2,084 to 1,782, roughly 54 percent to 46 percent.
Larson, who criticized city policies during the campaign, was arrested early on election day and booked into the city jail for investigation of a hit-and-run accident. Larson, 28, drove into some city garbage cans around 5:15 a.m. in the 8500 block of 79th Street NE and then drove off, according to a police report.
He could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Larson and King, both employed in security at the Tulalip Casino, especially opposed the city's decision to add 19,000 people east of State Avenue to Marysville without a vote.
State law allows a city to annex any area by agreement with the county if 60 percent of the area's boundary touches the city. In this case, it's 75 percent.
Wright, 69, is co-owner with her husband of Coldwell Banker Gary Wright Realty Inc. in Marysville. Seibert, 48, is an electrician for Dalton Electric in Lynnwood.
One lead was very comfortable. The other was tighter.
Donna Wright, an 18-year veteran of the council, was easily outpolling challenger Quinn King on Tuesday, 2,346 to 1,566, roughly 60 percent to 40 percent.
Jeff Seibert, seeking a third term on the council, led challenger Patrick Larson Jr., 2,084 to 1,782, roughly 54 percent to 46 percent.
Larson, who criticized city policies during the campaign, was arrested early on election day and booked into the city jail for investigation of a hit-and-run accident. Larson, 28, drove into some city garbage cans around 5:15 a.m. in the 8500 block of 79th Street NE and then drove off, according to a police report.
He could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Larson and King, both employed in security at the Tulalip Casino, especially opposed the city's decision to add 19,000 people east of State Avenue to Marysville without a vote.
State law allows a city to annex any area by agreement with the county if 60 percent of the area's boundary touches the city. In this case, it's 75 percent.
Wright, 69, is co-owner with her husband of Coldwell Banker Gary Wright Realty Inc. in Marysville. Seibert, 48, is an electrician for Dalton Electric in Lynnwood.
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