Filing Week 2011: A look at who’s filed in key races as of Monday afternoon

June and the 2011 fil­ing peri­od for elect­ed office are upon us. All this week, elec­tions offi­cials around the state will be accept­ing for­mal dec­la­ra­tions of can­di­da­cy from Wash­ing­to­ni­ans who have decid­ed they want to run for office.

Through­out the week, we’ll be keep­ing watch on who has filed in key races in King Coun­ty and else­where. This post is the first in a series of Fil­ing Week reports we’ll be bring­ing you at reg­u­lar inter­vals until the close of fil­ing on Fri­day at 4:30 PM.

Coun­ty­wide

There will be two coun­ty-lev­el con­tests this year that all of King Coun­ty will weigh in on. The incum­bents for both posi­tions filed this morn­ing: Sher­ril Huff for Direc­tor of Elec­tions, and Lloyd Hara for Assessor.

Coun­ty Council

Only incum­bent Jane Hague (Dis­trict 6) has filed so far.

Port of Seattle

Dan Cald­well of Des Moines has filed to run against Repub­li­can Bill Bryant, the incum­bent. Dan is active in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty and has pre­vi­ous­ly served as a com­mis­sion­er for the High­line Water Dis­trict. He has a mas­ters degree in busi­ness, is a U.S. Army vet­er­an, and worked for Boe­ing in man­age­ment. He is unques­tion­ably a cred­i­ble can­di­date, but will have to work hard to defeat Bryant.

No can­di­dates have filed for Posi­tion 2.

Cities

In Belle­vue, Jen­nifer Robert­son has filed for reelec­tion to Posi­tion 7.

In Fed­er­al Way, Jim Fer­rell, Susan Hon­da, and Kei­th Tyler have filed for Posi­tions 1, 3, and 7, respectively.

In Kirk­land, Toby Nixon has filed to run against Jes­si­ca Green­way for Posi­tion 4. Dave Ash­er has filed for reelec­tion to Posi­tion 6.

In Red­mond, Hank Marge­son and David Car­son have filed for reelec­tion to their city coun­cil seats (Posi­tions 3 and 7).

In Seat­tle, Mau­rice Classen and Jean God­den have filed for Posi­tion 1.

In Tuk­wila, Kathy Hougardy and Macken­zie Weitzeil have filed for Posi­tion 2.

School Board

It’s unclear at this point how many con­test­ed races there are going to be. Mark Weber has filed to chal­lenge Sher­ry Carr (who has not filed) and it’s like­ly that Har­i­um-Mar­tin Mor­ris, Steve Sundquist, and Peter Maier (who have all filed) will also each have at least one chal­lenger, owing to the dis­as­trous state that Seat­tle Pub­lic Schools are in. Most school board posi­tions have no can­di­dates at this time.