Democratic State Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe and Democratic State Reps. Ruth Kagi, Marko Liias, Luis Moscoso, Mary Helen Roberts, Cindy Ryu and Derek Stanford all have registered their intent to seek re-election in 2012.
The seven have registered as candidates 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 for ballot positions in early June. Liias has registered with the PDC as a legislative candidate despite his announcement of a run for Congress.
New congressional district maps would put Liias’ Edmonds home in the 7th Congressional District with longtime Congressman Jim McDermott, making a run for re-election to the Legislature likely.
In the 21st Legislative District, which now will include most of Edmonds, the unincorporated areas north of Edmonds and Lynnwood, all of Mukilteo and the south outskirts of Everett, Roberts has registered as a candidate as has Liias, whose plans to run for Congress may be thwarted by the new map that would put him in the McDermott District. Liias would be able to use money in his legislative campaign account to run for re-election or to transfer money from his legislative campaign account to a federal elections commission account for a congressional campaign. He also could transfer some money raised for a congressional run to his legislative campaign account.
Democratic 21st District State Sen. Paull Shin is in the middle of a four-year term.
Also registering in the 21st District is Democrat Darrell Chapman of Edmonds, a 1994 legislative candidate and official with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Republican Andrew Funk of Mountlake Terrace, had registered with the PDC, but he told me Tuesday that he has withdrawn his candidacy and that he doubts that his Mountlake Terrace home will end up in the 21st District.
Public Disclosure Commission reports through Tuesday show that Chapman had raised $10,584, Funk had raised and spent $1,495, Roberts had raised $4,950 and spent $46 and Liias had raised $7,031 and spent $6,373, with a campaign debt of $8,150.
In the 32nd Legislative District, which now will include Lynnwood, Woodway, south Edmonds and nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County in addition to Shoreline and part of Northwest Seattle, Kagi and Ryu are the only candidates to register. Kagi’s Lake Forest Park home now will be in a different district, but she says that she plans to move to somewhere within the boundaries of the new 32nd District. Democratic Sen. Maralyn Chase is in the middle of a four-year term.
PDC records through Tuesday show that Kagi has raised $9,102 and that Ryu has raised $37,247 and spent $13,386, with a campaign debt of $1,800.
In the 1st Legislative District, which now will include Brier, Mountlake Terrace, Bothell Woodinville, Kenmore, part of Kirkland and areas of unincorporated Snohomish County east of Bothell, neither Moscoso nor Stanford has an announced opponent, but McAuliffe faces a challenge from another Democrat, Jacob Bond of Kirkland.
Neither Bond nor McAuliffe reports any fundraising or spending. Moscoso reports raising $17,607 and spending $3,058. Stanford reports raising $13,540 and spending $4,879 with a campaign debt of $3,300.
Don’t expect the fundraising totals to change during the next few months because state law prohibits legislators and other state officials from raising campaign funds until after the legislative session.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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