Values vs. experience in City Council race
The ballot for city and school district officials in the November election is light. Of the seven open positions in total for the Mercer Island School District Board of Directors and the Mercer Island City Council, only one citizen has come forward to challenge the status quo.
October 18, 2011
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County elections director to seek re-election
King County Elections Director Sherril Huff, elected in 2009 following voter approval of a measure to create a nonpartisan position accountable to voters, will run for re-election this fall for a full four-year term.
January 25, 2011
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Largest county turnout ever in Nov. 2 election
The District 41 State Senator race will undergo a machine recount beginning Dec. 1. The top two candidates, Steve Litzow of Mercer Island and Randy Gordon of Bellevue, are separated by 194 votes (.32 percent), which meets state requirements for a machine recount. According to Katie Gilliam of King County Elections, the race does not qualify for a manual recount.
November 29, 2010
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State Senate race down to the wire
The race for state senator in the 41st District has narrowed significantly. The lead enjoyed earlier by Republican Steve Litzow, of Mercer Island, fell again Monday evening to just 299 votes. The incumbent, Randy Gordon a Democrat of Bellevue, appointed to the post in January, has gained more votes at each count.
As of 4:30 p.m. Monday 57,500 votes had been counted in the race. According to County Elections communications specialist Katie Gilliam, about five percent of the votes cast remained to be counted as of Tuesday at Reporter press time.
With the vote so close, King County Republicans began over the weekend to organize an effort to help validate voter signatures. An e-mail by King County Republican Chair Lori Sotelo was sent to gather volunteers for the final voter tabulation.
November 16, 2010
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Another look at liquor sales initiatives 1100 and 1105
Voters are to decide how hard liquor will be sold in Washington state — helped along, of course, by big money sponsoring campaigns both for and against each initiative.
October 26, 2010
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41st District candidates focus on jobs, schools, taxes at two voter forums
Despite ringing hundreds of doorbells across the cities of Bellevue, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Issaquah and Renton, appearing at forums, community fairs and even rehabilitation centers, the six candidates running for the privilege to represent the 41st District in Olympia seem barely winded. They all still had a lot to say at two voters forums held last week in Bellevue and on Mercer Island.
October 20, 2010
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Voters’ pamphlet in the mail
The statewide voters’ pamphlet for the 2010 general election will be delivered to mailboxes this week — about the same time that Washington voters receive their ballots. King County voters should receive theirs around Oct. 16.
That pamphlet in the mailbox will be one of 3.3 million, the vast majority of which were printed on recycled paper.
October 12, 2010
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Mercer Island physician in race for 41st state representative seat
Islander Dr. Peter Dunbar is running for state representative against incumbent Marcie Maxwell, a Democrat of Renton, for the 41st District seat in the Washington State House of Representatives. Dunbar, a Republican, is an anesthesiologist at Harborview Medical Center who works on trauma-related cases and is an associate professor at the University of Washington.
October 5, 2010
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Maxwell campaigns for second term in 41st district
Deciding on where to meet state representative Marcie Maxwell for coffee is a cinch — she practically has the address of every coffee shop in the five-city 41st Legislative District memorized. But meeting her in the new Panera Bread coffee shop in Factoria could be the place that suits her best. No one, it seems, is alone. There are large tables full of people talking. In the center is a large table with an animated group that obviously meets regularly to discuss the issues of the day. She smiles as she passes. It is apparent that Maxwell feels at home at the table.
October 5, 2010
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Mercer Island Councilman Litzow sets his sights on Olympia
Washington State Senate candidate Steve Litzow wears a pedometer as he doorbells throughout the five-city region of the 41st Legislative District. The device shows that Litzow, a two-term Mercer Island City Councilman, has walked 749 miles. He is not only a seasoned campaigner, but a thinner one. He has lost 13 pounds.
September 28, 2010
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