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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Candidate filings underway in Washington

The first few days of June are filing week in Washington State this year, thanks to a new and much needed law that moved the primary from September to August for the first time this year. In King County, the major races are for Port Commission, County Council, Prosecutor, and a host of city and special district positions.

The elections division is maintaining a running list of who has filed here. At the county level, those who have already filed include:
  • Scott Noble, Assessor (incumbent/Democrat)
  • Alec Fisken, Port Commission Position #5 (incumbent/progressive)
  • Dan Satterberg, Prosecutor (open position/Republican)
  • Jane Hague, County Council (Position #6, incumbent/Republican)
Filing ends this Friday, June 8th.

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