Here’s our highlight of the Edmonds City Council portion of Monday night’s candidates’ forum sponsored by the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce, which drew a full house to the Council Chambers. We will have summaries of comments from candidates from the Edmonds School District Board of Directors and the Edmonds Port Commission in coming days. Edmonds…
My Edmonds News continues its series of Vote 2017 video interviews that Publisher Teresa Wippel conducted in recent weeks with candidates for Edmonds Port Commission, City Council and School Board appearing on the November 2017 election ballot. Today, we are posting candidates for Edmonds City Council Position 3: Incumbent Adrienne Fraley-Monillas and challenger Alvin Rutledge.
Candidates for local office are preparing to participate in two candidate forums set for Edmonds Oct. 9 and Oct. 16. The first forum will be sponsored by the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Oct. 9 in the City of Edmonds Council Chambers, 250 5th Ave. N. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the public…
My Edmonds News continues its series of Vote 2017 video interviews that Publisher Teresa Wippel conducted in recent weeks with candidates for Edmonds Port Commission, City Council and School Board appearing on the November 2017 election ballot. Today, we are posting candidates for Edmonds Port Commission District 3: Incumbent Bruce Faires and challenger Lora Petso….
My Edmonds News continues its series of Vote 2017 video interviews that Publisher Teresa Wippel conducted in recent weeks with candidates for Edmonds Port Commission, City Council and School Board appearing on the November 2017 election ballot. Today, we are posting candidates for Edmonds City Council Position 1: Incumbent Kristiana Johnson and challenger Josh Thompson….
My Edmonds News presents the second in a series of Vote 2017 video interviews that Publisher Teresa Wippel conducted in recent weeks with candidates for Edmonds Port Commission, City Council and School Board appearing on the November 2017 election ballot. Today, we are posting candidates for Edmonds School District Board of Directors District 2: incumbent…
My Edmonds News presents the first in a series of Vote 2017 video interviews that Publisher Teresa Wippel conducted in recent weeks with candidates for Edmonds Port Commission, City Council and School Board appearing on the November 2017 election ballot. Today, we are posting candidates for Edmonds Port Commission District 1: incumbent Fred Gouge and…
Oct. 9 deadline to register online or by mail Monday, Oct. 9, is the deadline to register online or by mail to vote in the Nov. 7 general election or for previously registered Washington voters to file a change of address. New Washington voters can register through Oct. 30, but after Monday, Oct. 9, they…
With a little over a month until the Nov. 7 general election, candidates for local office are preparing to participate in two candidate forums set for Edmonds Oct. 9 and Oct. 16. The first forum will be sponsored by the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Oct. 9 in the City of Edmonds Council Chambers,…
Introductory statements from Edmonds Port Commission incumbent and challenger Incumbent Edmonds Port Commissioner Stephen Johnston and former Edmonds School Board member Susan Paine are running in the Nov. 7 general election for the port position that Johnson holds by appointment. It is one of three port district positions on the November ballot. The port district…
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The fourth Tuesday of September each year is designated as National Voter Registration Day, and League of Women Voters of Snohomish County encourages all to register at local libraries on Sept. 26. League members will be assisted at some locations by members of the AAUW (American Association of University Women), and the NAACP. Have you…
An incumbent county councilmember, an Edmonds judge and the Lynnwood mayor lead local candidates in fundraising for the Nov. 7 general election. Incumbent Democratic Snohomish County Councilmember Terry Ryan leads all south Snohomish County candidates with $81,793 raised and $21,361 spent. He reports a $1,500 campaign debt. Ryan’s Republican opponent, Marcus Barton, has reported raising…
The Edmonds Neighborhood Action Coalition (ENAC) and Indivisible Edmonds are co-hosting a local candidate meet and greet on Sunday, Aug. 27 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave. N. The public is invited to meet candidates running for Edmonds City Council, Edmonds School Board, and Port of Edmonds positions. Light refreshments will be provided. “We want…
A hand recount in the race for an open position on the Edmonds School Board is scheduled to start Tuesday morning, Aug. 22. The recount is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. at the Snohomish County Elections Processing Center, 1818 Pacific Ave. in Everett. Anyone can watch the recount. Final results of the Aug. 1…
Election results for the Aug. 1 primary are now certified. The Edmonds School District Director Position 4 vote will be recounted, as candidates Cathy Baylor and Cindy Sackett are within 0.50 percent of the total vote. Official results show Baylor ahead of Sackett by seven votes. They are neck-and-neck for the second position on the…
Snohomish County elections officials are already planning for a recount in the race for an Edmonds School District board position on the Aug. 1 primary election ballot. Edmonds School Board candidates Cathy Baylor and Cindy Sackett were within 11 votes of each other in the Wednesday, Aug. 9 count of ballots. State law requires a…
Edmonds School Board candidates Cathy Baylor and Cindy Sackett appear to be headed for a recount for a chance to face Deborah Kilgore in November for an open position on the Edmonds School District 15 board. Returns posted Friday showed Kilgore with 44.12 percent of district votes to 27.65 percent for Baylor and 27.63 percent…
The race for the second spot on the general election ballot for Edmonds School District Director Position 4 continues to narrow between candidates Cindy Sackett and Cathy Baylor. With Thursday’s update, Baylor had 6,086 votes while Sackett had 6,097, meaning Sackett holds the lead by 11 votes. Sackett led by 118 after Wednesday’s election update, and 166 votes…
Edmonds School Board candidate Cathy Baylor was the leader in fundraising for Edmonds School District Board of Directors Position 4, with $9,886 raised, $7,019 spent and a campaign debt of $5,873. State public disclosure records showed that Position 4 candidate Deborah Kilgore raised $4,408 and spent $3,571. Candidate Cindy Sackett, meanwhile, is using the state’s…
While Deborah Kilgore is maintaining her lead in primary balloting for Edmonds School District Director Position 4, it’s not clear yet whom she will face in the Nov. 7 general election. In the latest election returns released by the Snohomish County Elections Office Wednesday, Aug. 2, candidate Cathy Baylor was within 118 votes of Cindy…
Election results Tuesday night show the South Snohomish County Fire and Rescue proposition with a slight lead at 54.40 percent of the vote. South Snohomish County Fire and Rescue is the name of a proposed Regional Fire Authority (RFA) between Snohomish County Fire District 1 and the Lynnwood Fire Department. Lynnwood and Fire District 1…
Here’s a reminder from Snohomish County Elections to return your primary ballot. For Edmonds, the only race on the ballot is for Position 4 on the Edmonds School Board. You can read a summary of our candidate coffee for that race here. Unincorporated areas, such as Esperance, will be voting on whether to approve a…
Issue statements from school-board candidates in primary Edmonds School Board candidates Deborah Kilgore, Cindy Sackett and Cathy Baylor recently sent statements about what they think are the most important issues in this year’s school board election. The three are running on the Aug. 1 primary ballot for the position on the Edmonds School District 15…
Now that ballots for the Aug. 1 primary election have arrived in voters’ mailboxes, we are reposting this summary of the July 6 candidate coffee as a reminder of candidates’ positions for Edmonds School Board. — Teresa Wippel, Publisher Aloha Cafe in Lynnwood was filled with interested community members on Thursday evening, July 6, to…
My Edmonds News, Lynnwood Today and MLTnews are sponsoring a meet-the-candidates coffee Thursday, July 6 for those candidates who will appear on the Aug. 1 primary election ballot. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The event will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. at the Aloha Cafe, 6808 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood. The three candidates for…
