Open or unopposed political races in county

Snohomish County

An asterisk indicates the incumbent.

Everett courts

1st – *Timothy B. O’Dell

2nd – *David C. Mitchell

City councils

Arlington

1st District – *Steve Baker

2nd – Chris Raezer

At -large – *Graham F. Smith

Bothell

3rd – Del Spivey

5th – *Jeff Merrill

7th – *Sandy Guinn

Brier

3rd – Dennis Nick

At large – Ona Gem

Darrington

1st District – *Gary E. Willis

2nd – *Sandi McCaulley

Everett

1st District – Paul Roberts

5th – *Drew Nielsen

Granite Falls

Mayor – *Lyle Romack

1st District – Kathy Ganung

2nd – *Kevin Bloomfield

4th – *Robyn Loucks

Index

Mayor – *Bruce Albert

1st District – *Karen Sample

2nd – *William M. Boardman

3rd – *Dean Johnson

4th – *Sean Horst

Lake Stevens

6th – Arnie Clark

Lynnwood

1st District – *Lisa Utter

Marysville

1st District – *Jeffrey D. Vaughan

2nd – *Donna M. Wright

3rd – *Jeff Seibert

4th – *Jon Nehring

Mill Creek

2nd – *Donna Michelson

4th – *Mary Kay Voss

6th – *Mike Todd

Monroe

Mayor – *Donetta Walser

3rd – *Mitch Ruth

Mukilteo

Mayor -Joe Marine

1st District – Kevin Stoltz

2nd -Marko Liias

3rd – Randy Lord

6th – *Lori Kaiser

Stanwood

Mayor – Dianne Warsinske-White

2nd – *Rochelle Klasse

Sultan

1st District – *Bruce A. Champeaux

3rd – Ron Wiediger

6th – Kristina Blair

Woodway

2nd – Kent Saltonstall

3rd – William Anderson

Schools

Everett, 5th District – *Kristin Dutton

Lake Stevens, 5th District *Gail Manahan

Mukilteo, 4th District – *Judy Schwab; 5th – Jeff Thorp

Edmonds, 2nd District – *Ann McMurray.

Arlington, 3rd District -*Carolyn Erickson. 5th – *Robert McClure

Marysville. 1st District – Don Hatch Jr.; 4th – Michael Kundu;

Index, 1st District – *Kim Woods, 5th – *Amy Johnson

Monroe, 1st District – *Thomas MacIntyre; 3rd – *Greg Accetturo

Snohomish, 1st District – *Tom Pendergast; 3rd – *Cyd Nourigat; 5th – *Jay Hagen

Lakewood, 1st District – *Oscar Escalante; 2nd – *Ellen Phillips; 3rd – *Ken Christiansen; 5th – *Jill Leonard.

Sultan, 1st District – Open; 2nd – *Tracy Cotterill; 5th – *Patty Fountain.

Darrington, 1st District – Open.

Granite Falls, 1st District – 1st – *Rick Short; 3rd – *Siobhan Sullivan; 5th – *Ross Londerville

Stanwood – Camano, 3rd District – *Roger Myers.

Northshore, 1st District – Sue Buske; 5th – *Cathy Swanson

Fire

District 3 Position 3: *Dean Schwartz of Monroe

District 7: Position 3: *Don Andrew; 4 – *Gunther Hausmann

District 8: Position 2: *Daniel Lorentzen

District 10 Position 3: *Leon Carder

District 15 Position 3: *Bill Dobler

District 16 Position 3: *Everett Williams

District 17 Position 3: Bill Gillam

District 18 Position 2: *Richard Bratland

District 23 Position 3: Open

District 24 Position 3: Steve Ekstrand

District 25 Position 2: Open

District 27 Position 3: John Blake

District 28 Position 3: *David Meier

Water

Alderwood, 4th District – *Larry Jones

Highland, 1st District – *Ted Stonebridge

Mukilteo, 3rd District – *Mike Johnson

*a Martin, Anne Backstrom

Startup, 1st District – *Douglas Souckman; 2nd – *Glen Eaton; 3rd – *Karen Eaton

Jordan Village, 3rd District – Open

Lake Stevens, 3rd District -*Jack Hatlen

Olympus Terrace, 3rd District – Ed Caine

Hospitals

District 1, Position 3 – *Dennis Dinkla

District 2, Position 4 – *Charles Day; 5 – *Robert Meador

District 3, Position 5 – *Timothy Cavanagh

Ports

Edmonds, District 1 – Frederick Gouge; 3 – Bruce Faires; at-large 5 – Mary Lou Block

Parks

East County, Position 1 – Joel Selling; 2 – *Leela Covey; 3 – Steve Galea

Island County

Bayview Beach Water: 1st – Open. 3rd – Open. 5th – *John Carty

Camano Vista Water: *Shirley Morgan

Cemetery District: 1st – *G. Dur Roberson. 2nd – *Janice L Ford

Central Whidbey Fire: *Paul E. Messner

Langley Council: 5th – *Robert Gilman. 2nd – *J D Allerdice. 1st – *Lorene Haynes-Neff

Oak Harbor Council: 7th – *Danilo Paggao. 6th – James M. Campbell. 5th – *Eric Gerber.

Coupeville School: 5th – *Deborah Turner. 3rd – *Kathleen B. Anderson

Crockett Lake Water: Open

Fire District: 1st – *Pat Metz. 3rd – *Robert Elliot

Freeland Water: Open

Holmes Harbor Sewer: William Smith

Juniper Beach Water: Greg Hood

Lagoon Point Water: Paul Kukuk

Ledgewood Water: William Bradkin

Long Beach Water: 1, 2, 3 all open

North Whidbey Parks: 2nd – Sally Ann Dillon, 5th – *Harvey Prosser.

North Whidbey Water 1, 2, 3 all open

Penn Cove Park Sewer: 2nd – *Maynard Hoing, 1st – Emil L. Rose

Port of Coupeville: Ann C. McDonald

Port of Mabana: Frank Kukuk

Public Hospital: 1st – *Holly Schoenknecht.

Rhodena Beach Water: Open

South Whidbey Parks: 5th – Matthew Simms. 3rd -*James R. Porter. 2nd – Linda Booth Kast

South Whidbey School: 4th – Open. 3rd – *Helen Price Johnson

Swantown Water: Open

Coupeville Council: 4th -*Dianne M. Binder.

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