Here are the projected winners of today’s election. Details to come shortly.
Sammamish City Council:
King County District 3:
Kathy Lambert
45th Legislative District:
Manka Dhingra
This is the final weekend before the Nov. 7 City Council election on Tuesday.
Voting has been underway since Oct. 20. We’re reposting links to endorsements, recommendations, candidate questionnaires and evaluations by various groups.
Sammamish Comment will be working Election Night, posting initial results as soon as possible after King County Elections posts (advertised for about 8:15pm, but it’s not unusual to be late).
The County updates the results daily, except weekends and Thanksgiving. So will The Comment, as long as any results are too close to call. We will post the final results Nov. 28 and follow up with a precinct analysis.
Typically, Election Night results are within a point or two of the final tally. Also typically, the vote spreads are enough to project winners on Election Night.
Sammamish Comment recommends John Murphy for election to King County Council District 3, which includes Sammamish, Issaquah and adjacent unincorporated areas.
Lambert has been the District 3 Council Member for 16 years. Before that, she was a state legislator.
As a matter of preference, The Comment would rather see new blood come in after four terms. This has been true on the Sammamish City Council level and for other elective positions.
John Murphy
Candidate Questionnaire, King County Council District 3
Candidate Name
John Murphy
Your Current Occupation, and the duration in this position:
Attorney at law, Murphy Law Group (2002–Present)
Vice President, M2 Consulting & Resource Group (2002–Present)
Distance Learning Instructor—Fire and Emergency Services, University of Florida (2014–Present)
Distance Learning Instructor, National Emergency Training Center (2013–Present)
Physician Assistant, Multiple Washington State Locations (1977–Present)
Your Campaign Website:
Your Campaign Email:
info (at) electjohnmurphy.com
General Questions
Filings for candidates for the November election ended Friday. There are races other than those for Sammamish City Council of local interest.
King County Council
Kathy Lambert
As expected, incumbent Kathy Lambert filed for reelection to the District 3 seat of the King County Council. Sammamish is part of District 3.
Former Sammamish Mayor Tom Vance in March filed the necessary paperwork with the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) to challenge Lambert, but in the end, he did not file the required documents to become a candidate.
Instead, John Murphy of North Bend filed to challenge Lambert. Continue reading
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