The number of Edmonds and Woodway hopefuls filing for races in this fall’s election is more akin to a trickle than a flood of interest in public service through elected office.
By 5 p.m. Friday, July 29, though, at least one person had filed in every local race and several Edmonds residents are looking outside the city’s borders to positions with regional impact.
Here’s the list of those filing with the county by the July 29 deadline:
Edmonds City Council: For Position 1, small-business owner Strom Peterson and former city councilmember Lora Petso will take on incumbent Michael Plunkett.
Civic-activist Alvin Rutledge will run against incumbent Deanna Dawson in her bid for a second term on the council in Position 2. They will go directly to the November ballot.
Retired business executive Ron Wambolt and Bart Preecs, chair of the city’s volunteer technology board, will attempt to unseat incumbent Jeff Wilson for the Position 3 seat.
Just beating the filing deadline was Terry Vehrs, local businessman and arts volunteer, who filed for the Woodway mayor job. He’ll meet incumbent Carla Nichols in the general election.
Running unopposed for the Woodway council are Robert Schillberg (Position 1), Kent Saltonstall (Position 2) and William (Bill) W. Anderson (Position 3).
There were no takers for the Port of Edmonds commissioners race save incumbents Fred Gouge (District 1), Bruce Faires (District 3) and Mary Lou Block (at-large Position 5.)
In the contest for Position 4 on the Edmonds School District board incumbent Bruce Williams is being challenged by Roger (Cowboy) Wilson.
Challenger Barbara Kathol is taking on incumbent Patricia Meeker for Position 3 on the Olympic View Water board.
Lester Blume is vying with incumbent Deana Knutsen for Position 1 on the Snohomish County Hospital District No. 2 board of commissioners. Current commissioners Charles Day and Bob Meador, who were appointed to Positions 4 and 5, respectively, when the board was expanded, are unopposed.
In the crowded contest (54 candidates) for the county charter review commission, three Edmonds residents hope to get the nod as the District 3 representative: Mike Cooper, Tom Walker and D.J. Wilson.
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