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  King County Executive - NP Primary
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Parents > United States > Washington > WA Counties > King > Metropolitan King County Executive
OfficeCounty Executive
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 09:00pm
Polls Open August 18, 2009 - 06:00am
Polls Close August 18, 2009 - 10:00pm
Term Start November 24, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2014 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRalphie November 06, 2009 03:12am
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionConsistent with a 2008 charter amendment all countywide offices are now nonpartisan.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/08/2005
NameRon Sims Votes293,777 (55.62%)
Term01/03/2006 - 05/08/2009 Margin84,756 (+16.05%)
KEY RACE? 7.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Susan Hutchison
Safe 2
Strong 1
Slight 3
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

04/28/2009 08/11/2009

CANDIDATES
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Name Susan Hutchison County Council Dow Constantine St. Sen. Fred Jarrett County Council Larry Phillips St. Rep. Ross Hunter Alan E. Lobdell Goodspaceguy
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Votes110,052 (33.05%) 89,833 (26.98%) 40,527 (12.17%) 40,295 (12.10%) 36,259 (10.89%) 7,991 (2.40%) 3,884 (1.17%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -20,219 (-6.07%) -69,525 (-20.88%) -69,757 (-20.95%) -73,793 (-22.16%) -102,061 (-30.65%) -106,168 (-31.88%)
Predict Avg.53.00% 15.00% 9.00% 11.00% 8.00% 0.00% 2.00%
Finances$94,966.19 $154,278.21 $2,605.17 $203,329.53 $105,315.31 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Strategies 360 
08/11-08/11
31.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+0.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
08/10-08/11
37.00% (-2.0) 20.00% (+7.0) 6.00% (-2.0) 8.00% (+2.0) 8.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
08/01-08/03
39.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (+1.0) 8.00% (+1.0) 6.00% (-2.0) 8.00% (+2.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
07/11-07/14
39.00% (-2.0) 12.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+3.0) 8.00% (+1.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (-1.0)
Survey USA 
06/20-06/22
41.00% (+7.0) 12.00% (+4.0) 4.00% (-1.0) 7.00% (-2.0) 6.00% (+1.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
06/03-06/04
34.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R T. Slade Gorton III [L]
  Washington 46th District Republicans
D Brian Sonntag [L]
D Don L. Bonker [L]
  The Stranger
  Washington 46th District Democrats
  Washington 45th District Democrats
D Ashley
  Seattle Times
  Washington 45th District Democrats
I smm
I McCord 2014
  Washington 5th District Democrats
  Washington 46th District Democrats
  Washington 45th District Democrats
  Washington 11th District Democrats
  Seattle Times
  Washington 48th District Democrats
  Washington 45th District Democrats
  Washington 11th District Democrats
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Stan Lippmann (W) Write-In
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan
Votes3,598 (1.08%) 572 (0.17%)
Margin-106,454 (-31.97%) -109,480 (-32.88%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Strategies 360 
08/11-08/11
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
08/10-08/11
2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
08/01-08/03
2.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
07/11-07/14
1.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
06/20-06/22
2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
06/03-06/04
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jun 16, 2009 02:25am Blog Entry Hutchison calls King County anti-business; Hunter says she should run for the Legislature  Article Ralphie 
May 06, 2009 07:00am Interview A Stranger Q&A with King County Executive candidate Ross Hunter  Article Ralphie 
Mar 17, 2009 02:00pm Announcement State Sen. Fred Jarrett seeks King County executive job  Article Ralphie 
Jun 23, 2008 08:00pm Blog Entry Councilman moves to challenge Sims  Article Ralphie 
Nov 30, 2006 01:30am Blog Entry King County Executive D Primary 2009  Article Penguin 

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