vote-o-matic : primary endorsements
It’s that time again: tomorrow is the primary election for the local elections. You can either sit down with Penny Pennerson’s voter guide, check out the candidates websites, and think for yourself, OR you could just pick your favorite periodical and vote according to their editorial board’s preferences or according to which candidate got the most endorsements.
To help you take the easy way out, here’s a table of the picks from the two major dailies and the two major weeklies.
| the Stranger [#] |
Seattle Weekly [#] |
Seattle Times [#] |
Seattle Post Intelligencer [#] |
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| City of Seattle |
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| Mayor | Nickels | Runte | ? | ? |
| City Council #2 | Conlin | Conlin | Miller | Conlin |
| City Council #4 | Averill | Corr | Drago / Corr (split) | Drago |
| City Council #8 | Pelz | McIver | McIver | McIver |
| Seattle Monoral Project |
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| Board #8 | Peter Sherwin (w/i “”John A. Sherwin”) | Goldberg | Goldberg | ? |
| Board #9 | Stockmeyer | Nobles | Stockmeyer | Stockmeyer |
| Port of Seattle |
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| Commission #1 | Molloy | Molloy | Creighton | Molloy |
| Commission #3 | Hara | Hara | Hara | Coates |
| Commission #4 | Jolley | Jolley | Davis | Jolley |
| Seattle School Board |
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| District 5 | Bass | Fellner | Fellner | Bass |
| District 7 | Crow | Lloyd | Thompson-Black | Thompson-Black |
| King County |
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| Council #1 (D) | Ferguson | Ferguson | Edmonds | Ferguson |
| Council #9 (R) | Hammond | Dunn | ? | |
| Executive | Sims | Sims | ? | ? |
| Sheriff | Rahr | Rahr | ? | Rahr |
Note that the Stranger is likely to pull its endorsement of Nickels after his move to kill the Monorail. If you’re looking for a protest vote, why not write in Grant Cogswell?
For all of the practical details about how and where to vote, check the Secretary of State’s elections page [#].
Thanks for the useful info.
I’ve been trying to read up on the various races, but it’s hard to work up much enthusiasm for this particular primary. It looks like the Port of Seattle contests are the most significant, but I feel seriously under-educated about the issues …
A) It’s Nickels, not Nickles.
B) We haven’t pulled any endorsement yet. I think your strikethrough is premature.
If you want to vote pro-monorail, you can check out the endorsements at 2045 Seattle:
2045 Seattle Primary Election Endorsements
If anything, don’t write in Peter Sherwin like The Stranger suggests. He’s already told me he’s not interested in the job.
Thanks for spreading the “Penny Pennerson” meme!
Why do I always spell the Mayor’s name wrong? At least the non-strikethrough Nickels was spelled correctly. (The other one is fixed now, too).
Thanks.