Just 87 votes separate incumbent Edmonds City Councilmember Diane Buckshnis and her challenger Bob Wilcox, according to the latest election returns posted Wednesday. Buckshnis now has 3,241 votes, or 45 percent, to Wilcox’s 3,328 votes, or 46 percent. Initial results posted Tuesday night had Wilcox, a retired Edmonds business owner, 141 votes ahead of Buckshnis,…
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Buckshnis receives Sierra Club endorsement for Council Position 4
Incumbent Edmonds City Councilmember Diane Buckshnis announced Monday she has received the Sierra Club’s endorsement in her bid to retain council position 4. Buckshnis, a retired banker who was appointed to the council in January 2o1o following the death of Councilmember Peggy Pritchard Olson, is facing two opponents in the Aug. 16 primary: Bob Wilcox,…
Council candidate Bob Wilcox endorsed by laborers, carpenters unions
Edmonds City Council candidate Bob Wilcox announced this week that he has been endorsed by Laborers Union Local #292, Carpenters Union Local #70 and the Associated General Contractors. Earlier endorsements for Wilcox include former Snohomish County Councilmember Gary Nelson, former Edmonds Mayor Gary Haakenson, Woodway Mayor Carla Nichols, Edmonds City Councilmembers DJ Wilson and Strom…
Bob Wilcox releases statement on his bid for Edmonds City Council
Bob Wilcox, who filed on June 10 to oppose incumbent Diane Buckshnis in the race for Edmonds City Council Position 4, released the following statement Monday on his candidacy. Following my retirement as President of Wilcox Construction last year, my wife and I traveled both abroad and across our own great country, seeing an array…