Snohomish County Executive

Snohomish County Executive
Incumbent Dave Somers since January 4, 2016
Appointer	Electorate Snohomish County Council (unexpired terms)
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Willis Tucker
Formation	May 1, 1980
Website	Snohomish County Executive

The Snohomish County Executive is the head of the executive branch of Snohomish County, Washington. The position has four-year terms (with a term limit of three consecutive terms) and is a partisan office. ^[1]

History

County voters approved the adoption of a home-rule charter for Snohomish County on November 6, 1979, creating the position of a county executive and a five-member county council. Prior to the adoption, the county government was led by three commissioners elected at-large. ^{[2] [3]} The new position took effect on May 1, 1980, with Willis Tucker elected as the first executive. ^[4]

List of executives

Order	Executive		Party		Took office	Left office	Terms
1	Willis Tucker			Democratic	May 1, 1980	January 2, 1992	3
2	Bob Drewel			Democratic	January 2, 1992	January 5, 2004	3
3	Aaron Reardon			Democratic	January 5, 2004	May 31, 2013	2+1⁄2 [a]
4	John Lovick			Democratic	June 3, 2013	January 4, 2016	1⁄2 [b]
5	Dave Somers			Democratic	January 4, 2016	Incumbent	3 [c]

List of elections

Snohomish County Executive general election results, 1980–present ^[7]

Year	Winning candidate	Party	Votes	Pct	Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct
1980	Willis Tucker	Democratic	13,085	48.74%	Gary A. Nelson	Republican	11,852	44.15%
					Louise A. Saluteen	Independent	1,910	7.11%
1983	Willis Tucker (incumbent)	Democratic	54,756	58.28%	Larry E. Countryman	Republican	39,194	31.72%
1987	Willis Tucker (incumbent)	Democratic	35,222	51.04%	Michael Glanz	Republican	33,782	48.96%
1991	Bob Drewel	Democratic	69,435	52.93%	Cliff Bailey	Republican	61,759	47.07%
1995	Bob Drewel (incumbent)	Democratic	70,921	55.94%	Douglas Smith	Republican	55,676	43.91%
1999	Bob Drewel (incumbent)	Democratic	90,240	54.95%	Lew Moore	Republican	73,563	44.80%
2003	Aaron Reardon	Democratic	64,068	51.77%	Dave Earling	Republican	59,433	48.03%
2007	Aaron Reardon (incumbent)	Democratic	104,008	65.02%	Jack Turk	Republican	55,419	34.65%
2011	Aaron Reardon (incumbent)	Democratic	104,710	55.18%	Mike Hope	Republican	84,400	44.47%
2014 [d]	John Lovick (incumbent)	Democratic	111,837	55.52%	Carolyn Eslick	Republican	89,095	44.23%
2015	Dave Somers	Democratic	74,492	56.18%	John Lovick (incumbent)	Democratic	56,428	42.56%
2019	Dave Somers (incumbent)	Democratic	134,521	93.94%	Write-in [e]		8,681	6.06%
2023	Dave Somers	Democratic	109,852	60.12%	Bob Hagglund	Republican	72,675	39.78%

See also

• King County Executive
• Pierce County Executive
• Whatcom County Executive

References

Notes

1. Resigned before end of third term. ^[5]
2. Appointed to finish Reardon's term. ^[6]
3. Executive Somers's third and final term expires in January 2028.
4. Special election after resignation of Aaron Reardon to elect an executive to a one-year term.
5. Somers ran unopposed for his second term.

Citations

1. "2015 Election Information Guide". Snohomish County Auditor. June 16, 2015. p. 15. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
2. Suffia, David (November 7, 1979). "Voters approve home-rule charter". The Seattle Times . p. H1.
3. Suffia, David (November 14, 1979). "Candidates surface for county posts". The Seattle Times. p. H1.
4. Suffia, David (April 30, 1980). "Snohomish County ready to make historic switch". The Seattle Times. p. G6.
5. Heffter, Emily; Sullivan, Jennifer (February 21, 2013). "Reardon resigns as Snohomish County executive". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
6. Haglund, Noah; North, Scott (June 3, 2013). "Lovick replaces Reardon as county executive". The Everett Herald . Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
7. "Get Current and Past Election Results and Statistics". Snohomish County Elections. November 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

External links

• Snohomish County Executive