1991 Snohomish County Executive election

Last updated

1991 Snohomish County Executive election
←  1987 November 5, 1991 1995  →
  3x4.svg 3x4.svg
Nominee Bob Drewel Cliff Bailey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote69,43561,759
Percentage52.93%47.07%
County Executive before election

Willis Tucker
Democratic

Elected County Executive

Bob Drewel
Democratic

The 1991 Snohomish County Executive election took place on November 5, 1991, to elect the county executive of Snohomish County, Washington. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Willis Tucker declined to run for re-election to a fourth term. [1]

Contents

Four candidates ran to succeed Tucker: Democrats Bob Drewel, the President of Everett Community College, and farmer Bill Patrick, and Republicans Cliff Bailey, a State Senator, and Doug Smith, an attorney. In the blanket primary election, Drewel and Bailey won their parties' nominations by wide margins. Drewel received 34 percent of the vote to Patrick's 12 percent, and Bailey won 33 percent to Smith's 21 percent. [2] However, the relatively even totals for Democratic and Republican candidates forecasted a close general election. [3]

In the general election, Drewel significantly outraised Bailey, in part supported by campaign contributions from local developers. [4] Drewel ultimately defeated Bailey, winning 53 percent of the vote. [5]

Primary election

Candidates

Declined

Results

Blanket primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Drewel 15,584 33.73%
Republican Cliff Bailey 15,246 33.00%
Republican Doug Smith9,65820.90%
Democratic Bill (Hardware) Patrick5,71312.37%
Total votes46,201 100.00%

General election

Results

1991 Snohomish County Executive election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Drewel 69,435 52.93%
Republican Cliff Bailey61,75947.07%
Total votes131,194 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 Muhlstein, Jim (December 16, 1991). "Time to go for Tucker". The Everett Herald . p. 1A. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Muhlstein, Jim (September 18, 1991). "Drewel, Bailey top executive race". The Everett Herald . p. 1A. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Muhlstein, Jim (September 22, 1991). "Executive race accelerating". The Everett Herald . p. 1B. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Muhlstein, Jim; North, Scott (November 3, 1991). "Developer money goes to Drewel". The Everett Herald . p. 1A. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Muhlstein, Jim (November 6, 1991). "Executive race goes to Drewel". The Everett Herald . p. 1A. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Muhlstein, Jim (April 24, 1991). "EvCC president Bob Drewel says he'll run for county executive post". The Everett Herald . p. 2B. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Muhlstein, Jim (April 30, 1991). "It's official: Bailey wants county exec job". The Everett Herald . p. 2B. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Area lawyer to run for executive". The Everett Herald . July 18, 1991. p. 2B. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Muhlstein, Jim (September 9, 1991). "Bill Patrick says he's more than a gadfly for the county". The Everett Herald . p. 1B. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Muhlstein, Jim (June 1, 1990). "Brubaker won't run for executive". The Everett Herald . p. 3B. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "FINAL OFFICIAL ELECTION CANVASS". Snohomish County Auditor. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  12. ↑ "SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WA - GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 3, 1991". Snohomish County Auditor. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.