2019 Mercer Island Election: See Who's Running

MERCER ISLAND, WA — Candidate filing week in King County ended on Friday, which means that we now know who's is running for every local office in Mercer Island, King County, the school board, and dozens of local special districts (candidates do have until the end of the day on May 20 to withdraw, however).

Mercer Island will likely see a major change in political leadership by the end of 2019. There are five (out of seven) Council seats up for election, and two of them are open races. One of the incumbents is Lisa Anderl, who was appointed in December to replace Tom Acker.

There are also three school board seats up this year, but only one race has attracted more than one candidate.

Here's a look at all the candidates who filed for races in Mercer Island and beyond:

King County

King County Assessor

• John Wilson (I)

King County Director of Elections

• Julie Wise
• Mark Greene

County Council District 2

• Girmay Zahilay
• Stan Lippmann
• Larry Gossett (I)

County Council District 4

• Abigail Doerr
• Jeanne Kohl-Welles (I)

County Council District 6

• Bill Hirt
• Claudia Balducci (I)

County Council District 8

• Joe McDermott (I)
• Goodspaceguy
• Michael Robert Neher

King County Court Of Appeals District 1

• John H. Chun (I), Position 1
• Lori K. Smith (I), Position 2
• King County Superior Court
• David Steiner (I), Position 2
• Maureen McKee (I), Position 5
• Melinda J. Young (I), Position 6
• Averil Rothrock (I), Position 16
• Josephine Wiggs-Martin (I), Position 17
• Marshall Ferguson (I), Position 31
• Mafe Rajul, (I), Position 35
• Annette M. Messitt (I), Position 36
• Michael Ryan (I), Position 37
• Aimee Sutton (I), Position 49
• Ketu Shah (I), Position 50

King County Airport District Commissioner Positions 1 (Kaye Pierson), 2 (Will Gerrior), and 3 (Bob Therkelsen).

Port of Seattle

Commissioner Position 2

• Preeti Shridhar
• Dominic Barrera
• Grant Degginger
• Sam Cho
• Ali Scego
• Nina Martinez

Commissioner Position 5

• Fred Felleman (I)
• Jordan Lemmon
• Garth Jacobson

Bellevue

Council Position No. 1

• Holly Zhang
• John Stokes (I)

Council Position No. 3

• Jeremy Barksdale
• Stephanie Walter
• Kya Michael Aatai

Council Position No. 5

• Janice Zahn (I)
• Mark Wilson

Council Position No. 7

• Jennifer Robertson (I)
• Randy Grein
• Marguerite Ye
• James Bible

Issaquah

Council Position No. 2

• Michele Kemper
• Zach Hall

Council Position No. 3

• Tim Flood
• Sarah Perry
• Barbara de Michele

Council Position No. 4

• Lindsey Walsh (I)

Council Position No. 6

• Victoria Hunt (I)

Kirkland

Council Position No. 2

• Kelli Curtis (I)

Council Position No. 4

• Toby Nixon (I)
• David Schwartz

Council Position No. 5

• Neal Black
• Bill Henkens
• Martin Morgan

Council Position No. 6

• Amy E. Falcone
• Jory Hamilton

Lake Forest Park

Mayor

• Jeff Johnson (I)

Council Position No. 2

• Catherine Stanford (I)
• Lorri Bodi

Council Position No. 4

• Phillippa Kassover (I)
• Brett Newsham

Council Position No. 6

• Tom French (I)
• Justin Johnson

Mercer Island

Council Position No. 1

• Daniel Thompson
• Dave Rosenbaum
• Jenni Mechem

Council Position No. 3

• Wendy Weiker (I)
• Jon Hanlon

Council Position No. 4

• Lisa A. Anderl (I)
• David Brondstetter
• Patrick Allcorn

Council Position No. 5

• Craig W. Reynolds
• Heather Jordan Cartwright

Council Position No. 7

• Debbie Bertlin (I)
• Robin C. Russell
• Jake Jacobson

Redmond

Mayor

• Angela Birney
• Andrew Koeppen
• Steve Fields

Council Position No. 1

• Hank Myers (I)
• Varisha M. Khan

Council Position No. 3

• Jessica Forsythe
• Dayle 'Hank' Margeson

Council Position No. 5

• Vanessa Kritzer
• Eugene Zakhareyev

Council Position No. 7

• Shad Ansari
• David Carson (I)
• Jason Antonelli

Renton

Mayor

• Ruth Perez
• Marcie Maxwell
• Armondo Pavone
• Randy Corman

Council Position No. 3

• Valerie O'Halloran
• Max J.Heller, III
• James Alberson
• Linda M. Smith

Council Position No. 4

• Ryan McIrvin (I)

Council Position No. 5

• Ed Prince (I)

Council Position No. 7

• Kim-Khanh Van
• Thomas Trautmann

Sammamish

Council Position No. 2

• Christie Malchow
• Karen McKnight

Council Position No. 4

• Karen Howe
• Ryika Hooshangi
• Kent Treen

Council Position No. 6

• Ken Gamblin
• Rituja Indapure

Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer District Commissioner Position 2

• Frank Dorr

Shoreline

Council Position No. 2

• Keith Patrick Scully

Council Position No. 4

• David Chen
• Doris McConnell (I)
• Ginny Scantlebury

Council Position No. 6

• Betsy Robertson (I)
• Luis Berbesi

Fire Commissioner Position 2

• Kimberly Fischer (I)

Fire Commissioner Position 5

• Ken Callahan (I)

Woodinville

Council Position No. 2

• Les Rubstello (I)

Council Position No. 4

• Elaine Cook (I)

Council Position No. 6

• Al Taylor (I)
• Nicolas Duchastel

Council Position No. 7

• Gary Harris (I)
• Paul Hagen

School Board Races

Bellevue

• Position 1 - Sima Sarrafan (I)
• Position 2 - Carolyn Watson (I)
• Position 4 - Christine Chew (I)
• Position 5 - Francine Wiest (I)

Issaquah

• Position 1 - Anne Moore (I)
• Position 3 - Harlan Gallinger (I), Minal Kode Ghassemieh
• Position 4 - Sydne Mullings (I)
• Position 5 - Suzanne Weaver (I), Layna Crofts, Joe Robinson

Lake Washington School District

• Position 1 - Eric Laliberte (I)
• Position 2 - Christopher Carlson (I)
• Position 5 - Siri Bliesner (I), John Towers, Susan Wilkins

Mercer Island

• Position 1 - Dave D'Souza (I)
• Position 3 - Maggie Tai Tucker
• Position 5 - Linhui Hao, Bin Lang, Tam Dinh, John Rivera-Dirks

Northshore School District

• Position 2 - Bob Swain (I)
• Position 3 - David Cogan (I)

Renton

• Position 1 - Alisa Louie (I)
• Position 3 - Stefanie McIrvin, Jeremy Chambers, Kristen Deskin
• Position 4 - Suzette Espinoza Cruz, Gloria Hodge (I)

Seattle

• Position 1 - Liza Rankin, Eric Blumhagen, Sanaz Saadat
• Position 2 - Lisa Rivera Smith, Rebecca Wilson, Melissa Westbrook
• Position 3 - Benjamin Leis, Chandra Hampson, Rebeca Muniz
• Position 6 - Molly E. Mitchell, Leslie S. Harris (I), Crystal S. Liston

Shoreline

• Position 1 - Michael Jacobs (I), Meghan Jernigan
• Position 4 - Rebeca Rivera, Richard Nicholson (I)
• Position 5 - Joe Cunningham, Sara Betnel

To see every candidate running in 2019, including special districts, click here.