Veteran election worker Tien Mai moves sealed ballots from a sorting machine while working at the Snohomish County Auditor’s office on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in downtown Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Veteran election worker Tien Mai moves sealed ballots from a sorting machine while working at the Snohomish County Auditor’s office on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in downtown Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

2023 November general election results for Snohomish County

Returns for contested races and ballot measures, updated daily as mail-in ballots are counted.

EVERETT — Results from the general election of Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, for Snohomish County. These returns were updated Thursday, Nov. 9, at 5:46 p.m.

Excluded are uncontested races.

Results for jurisdictions that span multiple counties include both counties. Percentages might not add up to 100 due to write-in votes.

Error reports and questions: newstips@heraldnet.com.

Related links: Election stories | Official Snohomish County results | Official state of Washington results | County Council districts map | Ballot measure validation requirements

 

Snohomish County

County Executive

Dave Somers (D) 108,398 60.1%
Bob Hagglund (R) 71,804 39.8%

Council District 2

Megan Dunn (D) 19,875 63.1%
Georgia Fisher (R) 11,613 36.8%

County Assessor

Linda Hjelle 115,463 67.8%
Joe Wanagel 54,458 32.0%

County Auditor

Garth Fell 101,162 59.3%
Cindy L. Gobel 68,883 40.4%

County Sheriff

Adam Fortney 86,964 48.4%
Susanna Johnson 92,349 51.4%

Superior Court Judge Position 16

Brett Rogers 71,069 44.4%
Miguel M. Duran 88,499 55.3%

Superior Court Judge Position 17

Patrick M. Moriarty 88,108 54.4%
Mary C. Anderson 73,090 45.1%

 

City of Arlington

Mayor

Don Vanney 3,005 63.9%
Barb Tolbert 1,691 35.9%

Council Position 4

Michele Blythe 3,268 74.0%
Kenneth Dilbeck 1,137 25.7%

Council Position 6

Yvonne M. Gallardo-Van Ornam 3,006 68.3%
Gregory Miller 1,382 31.4%

 

City of Bothell

Council Position 2

Mason Thompson 5,500 61.8%
James McNeal 3,378 37.9%

Council Position 4

Carston Curd 5,268 58.9%
Mark Swanson 3,656 40.9%

Council Position 6

Amanda Dodd 5,657 63.2%
Thomas E. Agnew 3,287 36.7%

 

City of Brier

Council Position 4

Valerie Rosman 1,724 77.8%
Derek Hamilton 490 22.1%

Council Position 5

David Marley 1,608 72.8%
Kevin Davis 598 27.1%

Council-at-Large

Daniel Allen 1,805 84.9%
Kristin Bigoff 308 14.5%

 

City of Edmonds

Mayor

Mike Nelson 7,002 45.0%
Mike Rosen 8,531 54.8%

Council Position 1

Roger Pence 6,379 43.1%
Chris Eck 8,377 56.6%

Council Position 4

Mackey Guenther 5,297 35.5%
Michelle Dotsch 9,587 64.3%

Council Position 6

Susan Paine 8,906 59.4%
Kevin Fagerstrom 6,081 40.5%

 

City of Everett

Council-at-Large Position 6

Scott Bader 10,264 56.3%
Demi Chatters 7,926 43.5%

Council-at-Large Position 7

Judy Tuohy 10,719 60.2%
Judith Martinez 6,873 38.6%

 

City of Granite Falls

Council Position 5

Matt Hartman 633 75.0%
Justin Thoreson 207 24.5%

 

City of Lake Stevens

Council Position 4

Gloria Ngezaho 3,654 45.0%
Kymm Shipman 4,447 54.8%

 

City of Lynnwood

Council Position 4

Nick Coelho 4,366 63.1%
Jim Smith 2,531 36.6%

Council Position 5

Julieta Altamirano Crosby 4,276 62.9%
Robert Leutwyler 2,479 36.5%

Council Position 7

David Parshall 5,211 78.3%
Derek Hanusch 1,410 21.2%

 

City of Mill Creek

Council Position 5

Tannis Golebiewski 2,356 49.1%
Vincent J. Cavaleri 2,434 50.8%

 

City of Monroe

Council Position 4

Heather K. Fulcher 2,453 66.0%
Melanie Lockhart 1,246 33.5%

Council Position 5

Junelle Lewis 1,694 44.9%
Jacob Walker 2,069 54.9%

 

Monroe Transportation Benefit District

Proposition No. 1

Approved 2,185 57.8%
Rejected 1,598 42.2%

 

City of Mukilteo

Council Position 4

Richard Emery 3,873 61.5%
Ashvin Sanghvi 2,413 38.3%

Council Position 5

Riaz Khan 2,497 39.9%
Michael (Mike) Dixon 3,745 59.9%

Council Position 6

Dode Carlson 2,630 42.9%
Donna Vago 3,487 56.9%

 

City of Snohomish

Council-at-Large Position 1

Maygen Hetherington 1,545 52.7%
John T. Kartak 1,383 47.2%

 

City of Stanwood

Council Position 3

Chloe A. Pennington 236 13.1%
Darren Robb 1,558 86.7%

Council Position 4

Robert (Chili) Hicks 1,267 70.4%
Brian Kemp 525 29.2%

Proposition No. 1

Yes 1,134 58.3%
No 810 41.7%

 

City of Sultan

Council Position 7

Jeffrey Allen Beeler, Sr 857 75.0%
Winnthrop E. Maass 278 24.3%

 

City of Index

Council Position 4

Scott MacDonald 43 55.1%
Chad Walker 35 44.9%

 

Arlington School District No. 16

Director District 1

Joy Johnson 3,037 37.7%
Matthew Dimond 4,975 61.8%

Director District 4

Sam Ostap 3,191 39.5%
Mary Levesque 4,867 60.2%

 

Edmonds School District No. 15

Director District 1

Carin Chase 26,876 70.7%
Nicholas Logan 11,049 29.1%

Director District 5

Nancy Katims 26,528 69.6%
Nicholas Jenkins 11,532 30.2%

 

Everett School District No. 2

Director-at-Large Position 2

Jennifer (Jen) Hirman 23,779 88.2%
Charles Mister, Jr. 3,046 11.3%

Director-at-Large Position 5

Charles Adkins 14,217 51.9%
Ryne Rohla 13,112 47.8%

 

Index School District No. 63

Director-at-Large Position 3

Troy Bender 58 35.6%
Chelsea Estep-Armstrong 105 64.4%

Director-at-Large Position 4

Kim Elias 90 55.6%
Mallory Sullivan 72 44.4%

 

Lake Stevens School District No. 4

Director District 2

Paul Lund 7,430 71.9%
Shawn Schrader 2,879 27.9%

Director District 3

Colin Kreiger 1,609 16.7%
Mari Taylor 7,920 82.1%

 

Lakewood School District No. 306

Director District 4

Dawn Taylor 2,561 76.2%
Peter J. Nigro 785 23.3%

 

Marysville School District No. 25

Director District 2

Tiffani V. Mondares-Riggs 6,687 47.4%
Eliza Davis 7,342 52.1%

Director District 3

Beth Hoiby 8,216 58.7%
Sherryl Kenney 5,668 40.5%

 

Monroe School District No. 103

Director District 1

Jeremiah Campbell 6,279 65.3%
Tiana Armstrong 3,242 33.7%

Director District 2

Melanie Ryan 4,779 48.3%
Chuck Whitfield 5,089 51.5%

Director District 5

Jennifer Bumpus 7,367 76.3%
Andrew Fegler 2,256 23.4%

 

Northshore School District No. 417

Director District 3

Han Tran 15,677 55.9%
Myriam Juritz 12,278 43.8%

 

Snohomish School District No. 201

Director District 2

Tabitha Baty 7,025 44.4%
Rob Serviss 8,773 55.4%

Director District 4

Sherri Larkin 7,960 50.3%
Sarah Adams 7,829 49.5%

 

Stanwood-Camano School District No. 401

Director District 3

Brittney Trammell 4,427 39.7%
Miranda Evans 6,639 59.5%

Director District 4

Stephen Hendrickson 5,227 46.3%
Betsy Foster 5,989 53.0%

Director-at-Large Position 5

Steve King 6,067 54.3%
Phil Snider 5,008 44.9%

 

Sultan School District No. 311

Director District 1

Ron R. Powers 1,720 55.5%
Jody F. Kerr 1,365 44.0%

Director District 3

Lisa Hoesel Finley 1,425 47.1%
Dave Shepherd 1,583 52.3%

Director District 4

Marianne Naslund 2,007 64.7%
Mary Cameron Perillo 1,081 34.8%

 

Fire District 4

Commissioner Position 2

Jill Gleason 2,551 30.5%
Craig Erickson 5,803 69.4%

Commissioner Position 3

Richard E. Flath 3,222 38.9%
Brian E. Mills 5,046 60.9%

 

Fire District 5

Commissioner Position 3

Kelly Geiger 1,532 72.4%
Dave Moon 584 27.6%

Proposition No. 1

Approved 1,285 58.7%
Rejected 903 41.3%

 

Fire District 17

Commissioner Position 3

James E. Glover 2,632 83.3%
Ron Stephenson 517 16.4%

Proposition No. 1

Approved 2,035 60.0%
Rejected 1,356 40.0%

 

Fire District 26

Commissioner Position 3

Jose Vargas 285 28.7%
Jason Lavinsky 696 70.0%

 

Fire District 27

Commissioner Position 2

Brad Tinius 33 53.2%
Mike Worthy 29 46.8%

Commissioner Position 3

Duan Tinius 14 21.9%
Steve Slawson 50 78.1%

 

North County Regional Fire Authority

Commissioner-at-Large Position 6

Debora Nelson 4,836 46.1%
Albert Schreiber 5,644 53.7%

Commissioner-at-Large Position 7

Rob Johnson 5,816 56.4%
Steve Maisch 4,478 43.4%

 

Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue

Commissioner Position 7

Troy Elmore 14,765 49.8%
Bill Wirtz 14,799 50.0%

Proposition No. 1

Approved 18,909 59.3%
Rejected 12,996 40.7%

 

South Sno. Co. Fire & Rescue RFA

Commissioner District 2

Mike Fearnehough 25,904 63.1%
Carol McMahon 14,875 36.2%

Commissioner-at-Large Position 6

Derek Daniels 20,220 49.1%
Edward C. Widdis 20,897 50.7%

 

Alderwood Water and Wastewater District

Commissioner Position 3

Jack Broyles, Jr. 25,750 66.6%
Mike Pivec 12,809 33.1%

Commissioner Position 4

Larry Dean Jones 21,227 55.9%
Pat Peck 16,612 43.7%

 

Olympic View Water District

Commissioner Position 3

Judi Gladstone 2,828 64.9%
Maralyn Chase 1,524 35.0%

 

Silver Lake Water and Sewer District

Commissioner Position 3

Anne Backstrom 9,427 85.7%
Kathleen Strong 1,551 14.1%

 

Lake Stevens Sewer District

Commissioner Position 2

Chris Vallo 2,447 33.1%
Andrea Wright 4,924 66.7%

 

Hospital District 1

Commissioner-at-Large Position 3

Gregory Accetturo 8,023 29.1%
Dee Bender 19,473 70.6%

 

Hospital District 2

Commissioner Position 1

Deana Knutsen 27,129 68.7%
Bob Meador 12,281 31.1%

Commissioner Position 4

Mark Laurence 11,573 29.4%
Karianna Wilson 27,726 70.4%

 

Port of Everett

Commissioner District 2

Tom Stiger 12,424 62.1%
Bob Champion 7,520 37.6%

 

Bothell Urban EMS District

Proposition No. 1

Yes 3,148 73.0%
No 1,162 27.0%
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