2019 Snohomish County Executive election

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2019 Snohomish County Executive election
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  2015 November 5, 2019 2023  
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Nominee Dave Somers
Party Democratic
Popular vote134,521
Percentage93.94%

County Executive before election

Dave Somers
Democratic

Elected County Executive

Dave Somers
Democratic

The 2019 Snohomish County Executive election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the county executive of Snohomish County, Washington. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Dave Somers ran for re-election to a second term. [1]

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However, no candidate announced a campaign against Somers by the candidate filing deadline, and he was re-elected unopposed. [2] Though several elected Republicans in the county were interested in running for County Executive in the future, the chairwoman of the county Republican Party said that "[t]here wasn't anybody who wanted to run" against Somers in his bid for a second term. [3]

Somers ultimately received 93 percent of the vote in the primary election, [4] and 94 percent in the general election. [5]

Primary election

Candidates

Declined

  • Sam Low, County Councilman (Republican) [3]
  • Nate Nehring, County Councilman (Republican) [3]

Results

Blanket primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dave Somers (inc.) 85,546 93.01%
Write-in 6,4266.99%
Total votes91,972 100.00%

General election

Results

2019 Snohomish County Executive election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dave Somers (inc.) 134,521 93.94%
Write-in 8,6816.06%
Total votes143,202 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 "Snohomish County executive seeks re-election". The Everett Herald . January 31, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  2. Haglund, Noah; Cornfield, Jerry (May 18, 2019). "Candidates line up to fill county's ballots". The Everett Herald . p. A1, A2. Retrieved August 1, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 Cornfield, Jerry (May 30, 2019). "With Palumbo out, capital gains tax gets real". The Everett Herald . p. A3, A4. Retrieved August 1, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 "Official Results - Snohomish County, Primary 2019, Aug 06, 2019". Snohomish County Auditor. August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Summary Report - Snohomish County, 2019 General, Nov 05, 2019". Snohomish County Auditor. November 26, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2025.