As of today's close of business, no one has filed to run for the new Port Commissioner seat for District 5, which covers most of the city of Lacey and areas north of its boundaries.
Otherwise, 85 individuals have filed documents to run for 57 of the 58 positions on various ballots throughout Thurston County this August and November.
School board seats are the most consistently contested, especially in Olympia, where four candidates have filed for the District 2 and three for the District 1 seats.
Positions in which three or more candidates are running will appear on ballots for the August 1 Primary Election.
More than half of the seats up this year, 32, show only one candidate running. These include all 10 fire commissioner seats in six fire districts. The 22 other candidates running unopposed include:
| Thurston County Commissioner | Commissioner, District No. 5 | Terry S. Ballard |
| Thurston Superior Court | Judge Position 6 | Anne Egeler |
| Port Commissioner | Port Commissioner, District No. 1 | Bill McGregor |
| Town of Bucoda | Mayor | Robert F. Gordon |
| Town of Bucoda | Town Council, Position No. 5 | Kiersten Presley |
| City of Lacey | City Council, Position No. 1 | Malcolm Miller |
| City of Olympia | Mayor | Dontae Payne |
| City of Rainier | City Council, Position No. 4 | Ron Kemp |
| City of Tumwater | City Council, Position No. 1 | Leatta Dahlhoff |
| City of Tumwater | City Council, Position No. 3 | Laurie Sale |
| City of Tumwater | City Council, Position No. 7 | Kelly Von Holtz |
| City of Yelm | City Council, Position No. 1 | Tracey Wood |
| Centralia School District No. 401 | Director Position 2 | Maritza Bravo |
| Centralia School District No. 401 | Director Position 4 | Mandi McDougall |
| Griffin School District No. 324 | School Board Director, Position No. 2 | Emma Rose |
| North Thurston Public Schools | School Board Director, District No. 1 | Gretchen Maliska |
| Rochester School District No. 401 | School Board Director, District No. 2 | Wava Garza |
| Tenino School District No. 402 | School Board Director, District No. 3 | Adam Barr |
| Tumwater School District No. 033 | School Board Director, District No. 1 | Jill Tokarczyk Adams |
| Tumwater School District No. 033 | School Board Director, District No. 2 | Casey Taylor |
| Tumwater School District No. 033 | School Board Director, District No. 3 | Scott Killough |
| Tanglewilde Parks & Recreation District No. 1 | Parks & Recreation Commissioner, Position No. 1 | Dayv Lowry |
The 22 candidates shown above and the ten candidates for fire commissioner will appear unopposed on November 7 General Election ballots unless more individuals file to run for office.
If no one runs for the new Port Commissioner District 5 position, an individual will be appointed by the other four port commissioners next year.
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JW
Until the county commissioners are not elected at large the rural areas will continue to be dominated by the urban center of the county.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 Report this
AugieH
"If no one runs for the new Port Commissioner District 5 position, an individual will be appointed by the other four port commissioners next year."
What if the person appointed turns down the honor? Heaven forbid!
Friday, May 19, 2023 Report this