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This marks the week where candidates for office in Everett can file in person or online for this fall’s election. On the Everett City Council, Position #7 is up. Rich Anderson was appointed to the seat back in November after Shannon Affholter resigned to take a position with the Master Builders Association of King and […]

I am asking for your support for my re-election to Everett City Council. To compete for businesses and good jobs, Everett must be a desirable place to work and live. That takes fiscal management and good policies. Everett is in strong financial shape, with 20% budget reserves, even in the face of our national economic […]

Brenda Stonecipher – Everett City Council, Position 6 Candidate Statement In my two terms on Everett City Council, I have been an independent voice, asking detailed questions to ensure that I understand all the issues before taking action. I do not come to the Council meeting with my mind made up — I am there […]

On August 28th we gave you an update on fundraising for the Everett City Council races and at that time 3 of the 4 challengers had raised more than the incumbents. That is now down to 2 out of 4. With actual voting a week away, it’s probably time for another Everett City Council campaign […]

Filing for Elected Office in Snohomish County Closed at 4:00pm this afternoon. There were some expected announcements such as the face off between Aaron Reardon and Mike Hope for Snohomish County Executive. A bit of a surprise that Incumbent County Assessor Cindy Portmann has two challengers while the Sheriff, Auditor, Treasurer and Clerk have no challengers. Both […]

Still no challenger for Everett City Council President Shannon Affholter in this fall’s election. Affholter, who earlier this year said he wasn’t going to run, changed his mind last month and filed for re-election. The three other incumbents on the Everett City Council are facing challengers. Nothing new in the Snohomish County races as all […]

You have until 5pm Friday to File The first day of filing for office in Snohomish County left a couple of questions. First, Where’s Aaron Reardon? Where’s Mike Hope? I know that candidates have until 5pm Friday to file but I found it unusual that neither Reardon or Mike Hope filed on the first day. […]

Filing for office begins this morning and runs thru Friday at the Snohomish County Auditor’s Office in downtown Everett. It looks like there won’t be any open positions in Everett as all incumbents for Everett City Council and the spots on the County wide races that affect Everett will all have incumbents on the ballot. […]