Two challengers have declared their candidacy to run against incumbent Democrats in the 1st Legislative District.
A third challenger, noted in a recent post, had accidentally filed with the state Public Disclosure Commission as a candidate in the 1st District rather than in her home District.
The two 1st District challengers, both Republicans, are Ed Barton, who has registered with the Public Disclosure Commission as a challenger to Democratic State Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, and Brian Travis, who has registered his intent to run against incumbent Democratic State Rep. Derek Stanford. No one has declared as the candidate against Democratic State Rep. Luis Moscoso.
The 1st Legislative District includes most of Mountlake Terrace, all of Brier and Bothell, unincorporated areas of Snohomish County north and east of Bothell, north Kirkland, and unincorporated areas of King County between Bothell and Kirkland.
Republican Barton, who says he plans to run against McAuliffe in 2016, lost to Moscoso by a 54 percent to 46 percent margin in 2014. Barton now is serving a one-year term on the Snohomish County charter-review commission.
Travis, who says he plans to run against Stanford, lost a bid for the same position in 2012, when he placed third in the primary behind Stanford and Republican Sandy Guinn, who lost to Stanford in the general election. Travis ran unsuccessfully in 2015 for a place on the county charter-review commission. He twice has run unsuccessfully for positions on the Alderwood Water and Wastewater District board.
Both of the Republican challengers start the campaign well behind the Democratic incumbents in fundraising.
Travis has reported no fundraising or spending, while Stanford already has reported raising $20,580 and spending $249.
Barton has reported giving his own campaign $250. McAuliffe has reported $67,232 raised and $60,432 spent, most of it from previous campaigns.
Stanford seeking a fourth two-year term in the State House of Representatives, as is Moscoso, while McAuliffe could be headed for a sixth four-year term in the Senate.
Barton, McAuliffe, Stanford, Travis and Moscoso have registered with the state Public Disclosure Commission, a step that allows them to raise and spend money for the August primary and November general election. Candidates file May 16-20 for ballot positions.
State law prevents incumbent legislators from fundraising until a after the legislative session.
All candidates for partisan offices run in the Aug. 2 primary, with the top two primary vote getters for each position qualifying for the Nov. 8 general-election ballot.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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