Filing Week 2015: A look at who’s filed in key races as of Monday afternoon

Wel­come to Fil­ing Week 2015!

Today through Fri­day, elec­tions offi­cials around the state will be accept­ing for­mal dec­la­ra­tions of can­di­da­cy from Wash­ing­to­ni­ans who have decid­ed they want to run for office at the local lev­el (and, in a cou­ple leg­isla­tive dis­tricts, the state level).

There are many impor­tant con­tests with­in King Coun­ty on the bal­lot this year,  so we’ll be keep­ing a close watch on its fil­ings. We will also look at fil­ings in oth­er key coun­ties, like Sno­homish, What­com, and Pierce.

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 five days from now.

King County

Coun­ty Level
No one has yet filed to run for office at the coun­ty level.

Port Lev­el
Ken Rogers has filed to run against Repub­li­can Bill Bryant for Posi­tion #5. Rogers has been assem­bling a cam­paign and rais­ing mon­ey since around mid-March. His web­site lists endorse­ments from the Machin­ists, King Coun­ty Coun­cil Mem­ber Dave Upthe­grove, and State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Mia Gregerson.

Cities
Only a few can­di­dates have filed to run for may­or or city coun­cil so far. Most posi­tions do not have a can­di­date yet.

May­oral can­di­dates in King Coun­ty cities so far include:

• Dave Hill in Algona
• Mary Jane Goss in Lake For­est Park
• Ken Hear­ing in North Bend
• Gary Nitschke in Pacific
• Denis Law in Renton
• Allan Ekberg in Tukwila

In Seat­tle city coun­cil races:

• Chas Red­mond and Arturo Rob­les have filed for Posi­tion #1
• Sandy Brown has filed for Posi­tion #5
• Sal­ly Bagshaw has filed for Posi­tion #7
• Alon Bas­sokhas filed for Posi­tion #9

In Shore­line, two can­di­dates have already filed for Posi­tion #2, cur­rent­ly held by Chris Eggen: Jes­si­ca Caf­fer­ty and Kei­th Scully.

In Kent, two can­di­dates have filed for Posi­tion #1: Bai­ley Sto­ber and Rich Brandau.

In Maple Val­ley, Cathy Hilde and Dana Par­nel­lo are squar­ing off for Posi­tion #6.

In Belle­vue, incum­bents John Stokes and Jen­nifer Robert­son have filed for Posi­tions #1 and #7, respec­tive­ly. In Kirk­land, Dave Ash­er and Toby Nixon have also filed for reelec­tion, to posi­tions #4 and #6.