Candidates will soon be able to file their intent to run for office, in order to join the August primary and November general election ballots.
Many offices in the Valley will be decided by voters in November, including:
North Bend: Mayor and City Council positions 1, 3, 5 and 7 will all be on the ballot. Mayor Ken Hearing has announced that he will run for another term, as have council incumbents Jonathan Rosen, Position 1, Dee Williamson, Position 3 and Ryan Kolodejchuk, Position 7. David Cook, Position 5, has not indicated his intent to the Record.
Snoqualmie: City Council positions 2, 4 and 6, are all up for election. Incumbents are Chelley Patterson, Kingston Wall and Charles Peterson, respectively. Patterson and Peterson have plans to run again; Patterson’s position will be a short term, and if re-elected, she will take office immediately following the certification of election results. Wall said he will not run again.
Si View Metropolitan Park District: Two commissioner positions, 4 and 5, will be on the ballot.Incumbents Bud Raisio and Brenden Elwood have both said they will file for re-election.
Fall City Metropolitan Park District: Positions 2, 3 and 4 are up for election. Incumbents are Lee Moderow, Terri Ann Campbell and Kirk Harris; Harris has confirmed that he plans to run again.
Carnation: City Council Positions 1, 3 and 5 are up. Incumbents Fred Bereswill, Position 1, and Lee Grumman, Position 3, have confirmed that they will run again. Erin Chamberlain, Position 5, will not run again.
Duvall: City Council Positions 2, 4 and 7, held respectively by Leroy Collinwood, Becky Nixon and Jason Walker, will be on the ballot.
Snoqualmie Valley School District: Three director positions, 2, 3 and 5, are up for election. All three incumbents, Geoff Doy, Position 2, Carolyn Simpson, Position 3, and Dan Popp, Position 5, plan to run for re-election.
Riverview School District: Three director positions, held by Jodi Fletcher in District 2, Carol Van Noy in District 3 and Danny Edwards in District 4, will be on the ballot. There will also be a partial-term position on the ballot, for District 5, which Greg Bawden resigned this spring to go to work for the region’s educational service district.
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District: Three seats are up for election. They are Position 1, currently held by David Speikers, Position 3, held by Ryan Roberts and Position 5, held by Joan Young.
All candidates must file for election between Monday, May 11 and Friday, May 15, either in-person at King County elections, or online, which is preferred. Learn more at www.kingcounty.gov/elections/candidatefiling.aspx.
