Filing week: Day 5

Filing has now ended, with these candidates having filed for the following offices (previous entries once again in green):

State
Senate Dist. 14: Jim Clements [R-incumbent], Curtis King [R], Wylie Mills [D].
Senate Dist. 19: Brian Hatfield [D-incumbent].

Clark County
Vancouver City Council Pos. 4: David Kallstrom, Tim Leavitt [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 5: Larry Smith [incumbent], Charles Stemper, Donald Yingling.
Vancouver City Council Pos. 6: Pat Campbell, Dan Tonkovich [incumbent].

King County
County Council Dist. 2: Larry Gossett [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 4: Larry Phillips [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 6: Jane Hague [R-incumbent], Richard Pope [D].
County Council Dist. 8: Dow Constantine [D-incumbent], Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson [D], John Potter [R].
Assessor: Scott Noble [D-incumbent], Jim Nobles [R].
Prosecuting Attorney: Dan Satterberg [R], Keith Scully [D], Bill Sherman [D].
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 2: Jack Block Jr., Bob Edwards [incumbent], Wen Wu Lee, Thom McCann, The-Anh Nguyen, Gael Tarleton.
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 5: Bill Bryant, Alec Fisken [incumbent], Catherine Perkins, Stephen Symms.

Bellevue City Council Pos. 1: John Robert Albertson, Grant Degginger [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 3: John Chelminiak [incumbent], Valentina Kiselev.
Bellevue City Council Pos. 5: Claudia Balducci [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 7: Keri Andrews, Phil Noble [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 1: Jim Ferrell [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 3: Mike Park [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 5: Jack Dovey [incumbent], Roger Freeman.
Federal Way City Council Pos. 7: Dini Duclos, Hope Elder, Troy Smith, Eric Stavney.
Kent City Council Pos. 1: Deborah Ranniger [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 3: Les Thomas [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 5: Debbie Raplee [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 7: Mark Gagnon, Ron Harmon [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 1: Lauren Briel, Jean Godden [incumbent], Robert Sondheim, Joseph Szwaja.
Seattle City Council Pos. 3: Scott Feldman, Bruce Harrell, John E. Manning, Al Runte, Venus Velázquez.
Seattle City Council Pos. 5: Tom Rasmussen [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 7: Tim Burgess, David Della [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 9: Bob Brown III, Sally Clark [incumbent], Judy Fenton, Stan Lippmann.

Pierce County
Port Commission Pos. 3: Paul Carroll, Bill Casper, Jim Hoard, Dave Hyres, Don Johnson, David Lovell, Jerry Thorpe.
Port Commission Pos. 5: Clare Petrich [incumbent], Bernard Tuma.

Tacoma City Council Pos. 1: Spiro Manthou [incumbent], Harold G. Moss.
Tacoma City Council Pos. 3: Jack Pleasant, Donald Powell, Lauren Walker, Ronnie Allen Warren.
Tacoma City Council Pos. 7 (at-large): Julie Anderson [incumbent], Will Baker, Robert "The Traveler" Hill.
Tacoma City Council Pos. 8 (at-large): Marty Campbell, David Curry, Jonathan Phillips., Marilyn Strickland.

Snohomish County
Executive: Aaron Reardon [D-incumbent], Jack Turk [R].
County Council Dist. 2: Jean Berkey [D], William E. Cooper [R], Brian Sullivan [D].
County Council Dist. 3: Mike Cooper [D], Renee Radcliff Sinclair [R].
Assessor: Jason Marley, Cindy Portmann [incumbent].
Auditor: Carolyn Diepenbrock [incumbent].
Clerk: Bob Dantini, Sonya Kraski, Ronald Ledford.
Sheriff: Rob Beidler, Tom Greene, John Lovick.
Treasurer: Jerry Lindsley, Kirke Sievers.

Everett City Council Pos. 4: Ron Gipson [incumbent], Charlene Rawson, Jim Staniford, John Henry Williams.
Everett City Council Pos. 5: Shawna Forde, Drew Nielsen [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 6: Brenda Stonecipher [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 7: Shannon Affholter, Jackie Minchew, David Simpson.

Spokane County
Spokane Mayor: Al French, Dennis Hession [incumbent], Robert Kroboth, Michael Noder, Mary Verner.
Spokane City Council President: Rob Crow, Barbara Lampert, Joe Shogan [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 1: Bob Apple [incumbent], Donna McKereghan, Gary Pollard, Robert Stokes Jr, Luke Tolley.
Spokane City Council Dist. 2: Karen Cannon, George McGrath, Richard Rush, Larry Splater, Brad Stark [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 3: Steve Corker, Lewis Griffin, Jeremy Huston, Dan Peck, Rod Price, John Waite.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 2: Steve Taylor [incumbent].
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 3: David Crosby, Rose Dempsey, Joseph Edwards.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 6: Bill Gothmann [incumbent].

Most notable in these last-minute filings is Bill Sherman's entry into the King County Prosecuting Attorney race, which would be a fine step-up for him after coming in 3rd for last year's open 43rd district House seat.  Jim Nobles has also apparently switched from the open Seattle City Council seat to challenging Democratic King County Assessor Scott Noble.  Also interesting is longtime Republican frequent candidate Richard Pope challenging liberal Republican incumbent Jane Hague for her King County Council seat.  Perhaps Pope is attempting to win an upset on the Democratic-trending Eastside?  In Pierce County it appears that former Pierce County Councilman Harold Moss will be challenging first-term Tacoma City Councilman Spiro Manthou, setting up a potentially-close general election matchup.

Filing week: Day 4

The following are today's new filings for the fourth day of filing week, with the previous entries once again shaded green.  Notable in today's filing is the re-emergence of Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson, who will be challenging Dow Constantine in the Democratic primary for the 8th King County Council district.  Also notable is the entry of Kirke Sievers into the open Snohomish County Treasurer race, which had previously only drawn one candidate.  I had not seen any indication from Sievers previously to show he was interested in the position.

State
Senate Dist. 14: Jim Clements [R-incumbent], Curtis King [R].
Senate Dist. 19: Brian Hatfield [D-incumbent].

Clark County
Vancouver City Council Pos. 4: Tim Leavitt [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 5: Larry Smith [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 6: Pat Campbell, Dan Tonkovich [incumbent].

King County
County Council Dist. 2: Larry Gossett [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 4: Larry Phillips [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 6: Jane Hague [R-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 8: Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson [D].
Assessor: Scott Noble [D-incumbent].
Prosecuting Attorney: Dan Satterberg [R], Keith Scully [D].
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 2: Wen Wu Lee, Thom McCann, Gael Tarleton.
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 5: Bill Bryant, Alec Fisken [incumbent], Stephen Symms.

Bellevue City Council Pos. 1: Grant Degginger [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 3: John Chelminiak [incumbent], Valentina Kiselev.
Bellevue City Council Pos. 5: Claudia Balducci [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 7: Keri Andrews, Phil Noble [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 1: Jim Ferrell [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 3: Mike Park [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 5: Jack Dovey [incumbent], Roger Freeman.
Federal Way City Council Pos. 7: Dini Duclos, Hope Elder, Eric Stavney.
Kent City Council Pos. 1: Deborah Ranniger [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 3: Les Thomas [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 5: Debbie Raplee [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 7: Ron Harmon [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 1: Jean Godden [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 3: Bruce Harrell, Al Runte, Venus Velázquez.
Seattle City Council Pos. 5: Tom Rasmussen [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 7: Tim Burgess, David Della [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 9: Sally Clark [incumbent].

Pierce County
Port Commission Pos. 3: Bill Casper, Jim Hoard, Dave Hyres, Don Johnson, David Lovell, Jerry Thorpe.
Port Commission Pos. 5: Clare Petrich [incumbent], Bernard Tuma.

Tacoma City Council Pos. 3: Donald Powell, Lauren Walker, Ronnie Allen Warren.
Tacoma City Council Pos. 7 (at-large): Julie Anderson [incumbent].
Tacoma City Council Pos. 8 (at-large): Marty Campbell, David Curry, Jonathan Phillips.

Snohomish County
Executive: Aaron Reardon [D-incumbent], Jack Turk [R].
County Council Dist. 2: Jean Berkey [D], William E. Cooper [R], Brian Sullivan [D].
County Council Dist. 3: Mike Cooper [D], Renee Radcliff Sinclair [R].
Assessor: Cindy Portmann [incumbent].
Auditor: Carolyn Diepenbrock [incumbent].
Clerk: Bob Dantini, Sonya Kraski, Ronald Ledford.
Sheriff: Rob Beidler, Tom Greene, John Lovick.
Treasurer: Jerry Lindsley, Kirke Sievers.

Everett City Council Pos. 4: Charlene Rawson, Jim Staniford, John Henry Williams.
Everett City Council Pos. 5: Drew Nielsen [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 6: Brenda Stonecipher [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 7: Shannon Affholter, Jackie Minchew, David Simpson.

Spokane County
Spokane Mayor: Al French, Dennis Hession [incumbent], Robert Kroboth, Michael Noder.
Spokane City Council President: Rob Crow, Barbara Lampert, Joe Shogan [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 1: Donna McKereghan, Robert Stokes Jr.
Spokane City Council Dist. 2: Richard Rush, Brad Stark [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 3: Dan Peck, John Waite.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 2: Steve Taylor [incumbent].
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 3: David Crosby.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 6: Bill Gothmann [incumbent].

Filing week: Day 4

The following are today's new filings for the fourth day of filing week, with the previous entries once again shaded green.  Notable in today's filing is the re-emergence of Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson, who will be challenging Dow Constantine in the Democratic primary for the 8th King County Council district.  Also notable is the entry of Kirke Sievers into the open Snohomish County Treasurer race, which had previously only drawn one candidate.  I had not seen any indication from Sievers previously to show he was interested in the position.

State
Senate Dist. 14: Jim Clements [R-incumbent], Curtis King [R].
Senate Dist. 19: Brian Hatfield [D-incumbent].

Clark County
Vancouver City Council Pos. 4: Tim Leavitt [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 5: Larry Smith [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 6: Pat Campbell, Dan Tonkovich [incumbent].

King County
County Council Dist. 2: Larry Gossett [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 4: Larry Phillips [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 6: Jane Hague [R-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 8: Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson [D].
Assessor: Scott Noble [D-incumbent].
Prosecuting Attorney: Dan Satterberg [R], Keith Scully [D].
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 2: Wen Wu Lee, Thom McCann, Gael Tarleton.
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 5: Bill Bryant, Alec Fisken [incumbent], Stephen Symms.

Bellevue City Council Pos. 1: Grant Degginger [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 3: John Chelminiak [incumbent], Valentina Kiselev.
Bellevue City Council Pos. 5: Claudia Balducci [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 7: Keri Andrews, Phil Noble [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 1: Jim Ferrell [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 3: Mike Park [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 5: Jack Dovey [incumbent], Roger Freeman.
Federal Way City Council Pos. 7: Dini Duclos, Hope Elder, Eric Stavney.
Kent City Council Pos. 1: Deborah Ranniger [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 3: Les Thomas [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 5: Debbie Raplee [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 7: Ron Harmon [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 1: Jean Godden [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 3: Bruce Harrell, Al Runte, Venus Velázquez.
Seattle City Council Pos. 5: Tom Rasmussen [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 7: Tim Burgess, David Della [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 9: Sally Clark [incumbent].

Pierce County
Port Commission Pos. 3: Bill Casper, Jim Hoard, Dave Hyres, Don Johnson, David Lovell, Jerry Thorpe.
Port Commission Pos. 5: Clare Petrich [incumbent], Bernard Tuma.

Tacoma City Council Pos. 3: Donald Powell, Lauren Walker, Ronnie Allen Warren.
Tacoma City Council Pos. 7 (at-large): Julie Anderson [incumbent].
Tacoma City Council Pos. 8 (at-large): Marty Campbell, David Curry, Jonathan Phillips.

Snohomish County
Executive: Aaron Reardon [D-incumbent], Jack Turk [R].
County Council Dist. 2: Jean Berkey [D], William E. Cooper [R], Brian Sullivan [D].
County Council Dist. 3: Mike Cooper [D], Renee Radcliff Sinclair [R].
Assessor: Cindy Portmann [incumbent].
Auditor: Carolyn Diepenbrock [incumbent].
Clerk: Bob Dantini, Sonya Kraski, Ronald Ledford.
Sheriff: Rob Beidler, Tom Greene, John Lovick.
Treasurer: Jerry Lindsley, Kirke Sievers.

Everett City Council Pos. 4: Charlene Rawson, Jim Staniford, John Henry Williams.
Everett City Council Pos. 5: Drew Nielsen [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 6: Brenda Stonecipher [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 7: Shannon Affholter, Jackie Minchew, David Simpson.

Spokane County
Spokane Mayor: Al French, Dennis Hession [incumbent], Robert Kroboth, Michael Noder.
Spokane City Council President: Rob Crow, Barbara Lampert, Joe Shogan [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 1: Donna McKereghan, Robert Stokes Jr.
Spokane City Council Dist. 2: Richard Rush, Brad Stark [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 3: Dan Peck, John Waite.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 2: Steve Taylor [incumbent].
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 3: David Crosby.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 6: Bill Gothmann [incumbent].

Filing week: Day 3

Here's day three's filings, with previously filed candidates in green once again.

State
Senate Dist. 14: Jim Clements [R-incumbent], Curtis King [R].
Senate Dist. 19: Brian Hatfield [D-incumbent].

Clark County
Vancouver City Council Pos. 4: Tim Leavitt [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 5: Larry Smith [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 6: Pat Campbell, Dan Tonkovich [incumbent].

King County
County Council Dist. 2: Larry Gossett [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 4: Larry Phillips [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 6: Jane Hague [R-incumbent].
Assessor: Scott Noble [D-incumbent].
Prosecuting Attorney: Dan Satterberg [R], Keith Scully [D].
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 2: Thom McCann, Gael Tarleton.
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 5: Alec Fisken [incumbent], Stephen Symms.

Bellevue City Council Pos. 1: Grant Degginger [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 3: John Chelminiak [incumbent], Valentina Kiselev.
Bellevue City Council Pos. 5: Claudia Balducci [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 7: Keri Andrews, Phil Noble [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 1: Jim Ferrell [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 3: Mike Park [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 5: Jack Dovey [incumbent], Roger Freeman.
Federal Way City Council Pos. 7: Dini Duclos, Hope Elder, Eric Stavney.
Kent City Council Pos. 1: Deborah Ranniger [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 3: Les Thomas [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 5: Debbie Raplee [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 7: Ron Harmon [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 1: Jean Godden [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 3: Bruce Harrell, Al Runte, Venus Velázquez.
Seattle City Council Pos. 5: Tom Rasmussen [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 7: Tim Burgess.
Seattle City Council Pos. 9: Sally Clark [incumbent].

Pierce County
Port Commission Pos. 3: Bill Casper, Dave Hyres, David Lovell, Jerry Thorpe.
Port Commission Pos. 5: Clare Petrich [incumbent], Bernard Tuma.

Tacoma City Council Pos. 3: Donald Powell, Lauren Walker, Ronnie Allen Warren.
Tacoma City Council Pos. 8 (at-large): David Curry, Jonathan Phillips.

Snohomish County
Executive: Aaron Reardon [D-incumbent], Jack Turk [R].
County Council Dist. 2: Jean Berkey [D], Brian Sullivan [D].
County Council Dist. 3: Mike Cooper [D], Renee Radcliff Sinclair [R].
Assessor: Cindy Portmann [incumbent].
Auditor: Carolyn Diepenbrock [incumbent].
Clerk: Bob Dantini, Sonya Kraski, Ronald Ledford.
Sheriff: Rob Beidler, Tom Greene, John Lovick.
Treasurer: Jerry Lindsley.

Everett City Council Pos. 4: Charlene Rawson, Jim Staniford, John Henry Williams.
Everett City Council Pos. 5: Drew Nielsen [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 6: Brenda Stonecipher [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 7: Shannon Affholter, Jackie Minchew, David Simpson.

Spokane County
Spokane Mayor: Al French, Dennis Hession [incumbent], Robert Kroboth, Michael Noder.
Spokane City Council President: Joe Shogan [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 1: Donna McKereghan, Robert Stokes Jr.
Spokane City Council Dist. 2: Richard Rush, Brad Stark [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 3: John Waite.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 2: Steve Taylor [incumbent].
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 3: David Crosby.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 6: Bill Gothmann [incumbent].

Filing week: Day 2

Here's day two's filings, with previously filed candidates in green.

State
Senate Dist. 14: Jim Clements [R-incumbent], Curtis King [R].
Senate Dist. 19: Brian Hatfield [D-incumbent].

Clark County
Vancouver City Council Pos. 4: Tim Leavitt [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 5: Larry Smith [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 6: Pat Campbell, Dan Tonkovich [incumbent].

King County
County Council Dist. 2: Larry Gossett [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 6: Jane Hague [R-incumbent].
Assessor: Scott Noble [D-incumbent].
Prosecuting Attorney: Dan Satterberg [R].
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 2: Thom McCann.
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 5: Alec Fisken [incumbent].

Bellevue City Council Pos. 1: Grant Degginger [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 3: John Chelminiak [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 5: Claudia Balducci [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 7: Phil Noble [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 1: Jim Ferrell [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 3: Mike Park [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 5: Jack Dovey [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 7: Dini Duclos, Hope Elder, Eric Stavney.
Kent City Council Pos. 1: Deborah Ranniger [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 3: Les Thomas [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 5: Debbie Raplee [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 7: Ron Harmon [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 1: Jean Godden [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 3: Al Runte.
Seattle City Council Pos. 5: Tom Rasmussen [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 7: Tim Burgess.
Seattle City Council Pos. 9: Sally Clark [incumbent].

Pierce County
Port Commission Pos. 3: Bill Casper, David Lovell.
Port Commission Pos. 5: Clare Petrich [incumbent], Bernard Tuma.

Tacoma City Council Pos. 3: Donald Powell, Ronnie Allen Warren.
Tacoma City Council Pos. 8 (at-large): David Curry, Jonathan Phillips.

Snohomish County
Executive: Aaron Reardon [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 2: Jean Berkey [D], Brian Sullivan [D].
County Council Dist. 3: Mike Cooper [D].
Assessor: Cindy Portmann [incumbent].
Auditor: Carolyn Diepenbrock [incumbent].
Clerk: Bob Dantini, Sonya Kraski, Ronald Ledford.
Sheriff: Rob Beidler, Tom Greene, John Lovick.
Treasurer: Jerry Lindsley.

Everett City Council Pos. 4: Charlene Rawson, Jim Staniford, John Henry Williams.
Everett City Council Pos. 5: Drew Nielsen [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 6: Brenda Stonecipher [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 7: Shannon Affholter, Jackie Minchew, David Simpson.

Spokane County
Spokane Mayor: Dennis Hession [incumbent], Robert Kroboth, Michael Noder.
Spokane City Council President: Joe Shogan [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 1: Robert Stokes Jr.
Spokane City Council Dist. 2: Richard Rush, Brad Stark [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 3: John Waite.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 2: Steve Taylor [incumbent].
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 3: David Crosby.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 6: Bill Gothmann [incumbent].

Filing week: Day 1

Today marks the beginning of filing week, where local races across the state will begin to take shape. Each day I intend to post recent candidate filings for specific races I've been monitoring, though at least for today I had to wait until several hours after the daily deadline due to work. Here are the entries:

State
Senate Dist. 14: Jim Clements [R-incumbent], Curtis King [R].

Clark County
Vancouver City Council Pos. 4: Tim Leavitt [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 5: Larry Smith [incumbent].
Vancouver City Council Pos. 6: Pat Campbell, Dan Tonkovich [incumbent].

King County
County Council Dist. 6: Jane Hague [R-incumbent].
Assessor: Scott Noble [D-incumbent].
Prosecuting Attorney: Dan Satterberg [R].
Seattle Port Commission Pos. 5: Alec Fisken [incumbent].

Bellevue City Council Pos. 1: Grant Degginger [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 3: John Chelminiak [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 5: Claudia Balducci [incumbent].
Bellevue City Council Pos. 7: Phil Noble [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 1: Jim Ferrell [incumbent].
Federal Way City Council Pos. 5: Jack Dovey [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 5: Debbie Raplee [incumbent].
Kent City Council Pos. 7: Ron Harmon [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 1: Jean Godden [incumbent].
Seattle City Council Pos. 7: Tim Burgess.
Seattle City Council Pos. 9: Sally Clark [incumbent].

Pierce County
Port Commission Pos. 3: David Lovell.
Port Commission Pos. 5: Clare Petrich [incumbent], Bernard Tuma.

Tacoma City Council Pos. 3: Ronnie Allen Warren.
Tacoma City Council Pos. 8 (at-large): David Curry, Jonathan Phillips.

Snohomish County
Executive: Aaron Reardon [D-incumbent].
County Council Dist. 2: Jean Berkey [D].
County Council Dist. 3: Mike Cooper [D].

Everett City Council Pos. 4: Charlene Rawson.
Everett City Council Pos. 5: Drew Nielsen [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 6: Brenda Stonecipher [incumbent].
Everett City Council Pos. 7: David Simpson.
*For some unknown reason, other county offices besides the executive and council were not listed with the others on the last update. I recall seeing Carolyn Diepenbrock having filed for auditor and John Lovick having filed for sheriff earlier in the day.

Spokane County
Spokane Mayor: Dennis Hession [incumbent], Robert Kroboth, Michael Noder.
Spokane City Council President: Joe Shogan [incumbent].
Spokane City Council Dist. 1: Robert Stokes Jr.
Spokane City Council Dist. 2: Richard Rush.
Spokane City Council Dist. 3: John Waite.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 2: Steve Taylor [incumbent].
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 3: David Crosby.
Spokane Valley City Council Pos. 6: Bill Gothmann [incumbent].

Ferguson likely to run for Maleng position

King County Councilman Bob Ferguson apparently has his eyes set on the Democratic nomination for the open county prosecuting attorney race, according to party officials. He says he has yet to decide, but the Democratic Party is already beginning to get behind him as their candidate. On the GOP side, acting incumbent Dan Satterberg says he will be running for the GOP, and the two most potentially-attractive possible GOP candidates, Reagan Dunn and John McKay, immediately endorsed him for the nomination. Former Seattle City Attorney Mark Sidran is also reported to be considering running for the Democratic nomination, but the party seems to be moving firmly towards Ferguson. That's quite a rarity for him, considering that he's had to run against candidates favoured by party bosses in both his county council runs so far.

A Ferguson-Satterberg matchup would pit two very different resumés against each other, as laid out in the linked article. Ferguson worked several years in law but was never a prosecutor, yet has had a short but spectacular political career. Satterberg, in contrast, has extensive prosecutorial experience through his ~15 year career as Maleng's chief of staff, but has never run for office. In an election, though, I'm afraid Ferguson has a certain upper hand.

Satterberg named interim prosecutor

Not surprisingly, Norm Maleng's chief of staff Dan Satterberg was named interim prosecuting attorney today. He'll act in the position until the King County Council makes an appointment to serve until a special election this fall dictates who will serve out the remaining three years of his term. Patrick at Respectfully Republican has the scoop that the county GOP will be meeting June 2 to choose which three candidates to send to the Council for the appointment. If Satterberg will choose to pursue the job further, we will soon find out.

Rare open seat could become local race of the year

Although everybody is hesitant to say anything remotely resembling considering running for the King County Prosecuting Attorney office for fear of looking politically-ambitious while people are still coping with the passing of decades-long prosecutor Norm Maleng, the P-I recently ran an article highlighting how this rare opening could provide a marquee matchup this fall. While county council races have yet to draw opponents and even when they do we can expect all incumbents to be retained, the appointment of a successor and subsequent special election will almost certainly be amongst the most entertaining races of the 2007 off-year election cycle.

Here's the scoop: the county council (which, of course, is 5-4 Democratic) has to appoint a new prosecutor of the same party as the Republican Maleng. However, the deadline for the appointment is 60 days within Maleng's passing, and that will almost certainly make it occur after filing ends for this year's primary. In the meantime, the county council will pick a Maleng staffer to act as interim prosecutor until they make the genuine appointment.

As for speculated candidates, the P-I does a superb job. They list multiple candidates for each party that would make the special election exciting as hell for nerds like myself, including some of the most powerful politicians in King County. The opening also potentially gives ousted US Atty John McKay a high-profile office to seek, but aside from him the listed candidates are:

-Dow Constantine [D], county councilman
-Reagan Dunn [R], county councilman and ex-assistant US attorney
-Jenny Durkan [D], attorney and Gregoire's bestest friend
-Luke Esser [R], ousted senator and current state GOP chair
-Bob Ferguson [D], county councilman
-Jim Ferrell [R], Federal Way city councilman
-Mike McKay [R], John's older brother and US attorney in the previous Bush Administration
-Dan Satterberg [R], Maleng's chief of staff
-Mark Sidran [D], 2004 attorney general candidate and ex-Seattle city attorney
-Phil Talmadge [D], 2004 gubernatorial candidate, ex-senator and Supreme Court justice
-Diane Tebelius [R], former disastrous state GOP chair

Just looking at the list, I'd love to see many of these candidates run. As everyone ought to know by now, I have a political crush on Bob Ferguson and while I doubt he'd enter I think he'd be an incredibly strong candidate for the Democrats. Ever since Mark Sidran's narrow loss to Deb Senn in the 2004 Democratic AG primary I've been hoping he'd run for another office soon, so I'd be pleased to see him run as well. The thought of either Esser or Tebelius disgusts me as either would almost assuredly hand an easy election to the Democrats, but Dunn clearly stands out as a potentially-strong Republican candidate -- and he wouldn't even have to give up his current seat as it isn't up until 2009. And, of course, a potential candidacy of John McKay is the sort of stuff that makes maintaining a weblog like this worthwhile.

Spotlight on Federal Way

This fall, four of Federal Way's seven city council districts are up for election, with only one incumbent thus far filing for reelection. However, as far as I know, only Councilman Dean McColgan has announced he will not be running for another term, and two moderately-known Republican women are thus far pursuing the opening. Renee Maher, who lost a race last fall to Senator Tracey Eide, recently announced a run at the seat. Also running is Dini Duclos, who got thumped by Councilman Eric Faison in 2005 despite easily winning the fundraising game. I assume there will be at least one more decently-known candidate to enter this race (presumably a Democrat), but for now I suspect Maher will have an edge over Duclos.

In the other races, incumbents Jim Ferrell, Michael Park, and Jack Dovey are thus far unopposed, though Ferrell is the only one filed.

Rep. Lovick to run for sheriff

As speculated prior to the recently-finished legislative session, Democratic Rep. John Lovick has announced a run for the open Snohomish County Sheriff position, being vacated by a term-limited Rick Bart. The position already had several candidates in the race, but presumably the entry of Lovick will make him a heavy favourite. He has represented the 44th district since being elected in 1998, and has served as Frank Chopp's speaker pro-tempore the past four years.

Spotlight on Tacoma

Tacoma-hater though I am, I figured the time was nigh to say something about how their local races are developing for this fall, given that I've been spending most of my few-and-far-between posts on Seattle, Spokane, and Snohomish County races. I received an email yesterday from David Hyres, who has recently kicked off his campaign to replace Jack Fabulich on the Port of Tacoma Commission. Fabulich has served on the Port for multiple terms and is retiring, and thus far Hyres and David Lovell have filed for his seat. The other Port incumbent up this year, Clare Petrich, will likely get a free ride with all the focus diverted to the open seat.

Thus far in Tacoma's City Council races, all three incumbents are unopposed. The fourth seat, an at-large position being vacated by Bill Evans, has four candidates thus far who have filed. Of these, only Marilyn Strickland appears to have had any success at early fundraising, and I'm not familiar enough with Marty Campbell, David Curry, or Jonathan Phillips in order to gauge who might have some success down the road.

Reardon foe drops out

In a somewhat surprising move, Snohomish County Sheriff Rick Bart, who was the assumed Republican nominee for county executive against incumbent Aaron Reardon, has dropped out of the race citing fundraising issues most prominently. His intent to run had been well-known for months, yet had only raised about $20,000 compared to over $220,000 for Reardon, according to the News Herald. Considering that Reardon is a fiscally-conservative centrist sitting on a ton of money, the GOP will have a tough time finding a candidate who can still have a shot at winning. This article mentions John Koster as a potential candidate, one who would provide the GOP a strong nominee, but I have a difficult time seeing him entering the race at this late stage.

Block Jr. in for Port

According to a recent Public Disclosure Commission filing, Jack Block Jr. is running for Seattle Port Commission against incumbent Bob Edwards. If the name sounds familiar, it should, as Jack Block Sr. served on the Port Commission prior to being defeated by Lawrence Molloy in 2001. Block Jr. has served as a member of the Burien City Council since 2003, and is a Democrat (the office is nonpartisan, however).

Just about all I know about Block is contained in this post, so at this point it's difficult to judge how serious a challenge he can pose to the Republican Edwards. However, given his family ties and that he is currently a municipal officeholder, it seems to me he could represent a solid challenge.