During last week, May 16th to Friday, May 20th, candidates could file for political positions scheduled to appear on the November 2022 General Election ballots in Whatcom County. And they had until 4:30pm today, Monday, May 23rd, to withdraw.
The following positions are open for election this year. Incumbents listed (denoted with “i”) have chosen to run for reelection.
District Office Term Candidates Statewide US Senator 6-year regular term, partisan Henry Clay Dennison
Mohammad Hassan Said
John Guenther
Tiffany Smiley
Dan Phan Doan
Dr Pano Churchill
Dave Saulibio
Sam Cusmir
Bill Hirt
Jon Butler
Bryan Solstin
Martin D. Hash
Patty Murray (i)
Thor Amundson
Charlie (Chuck) Jackson
Naz Paul
Ravin Pierre
Leon LawsonIsland, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish,
Whatcom Counties – Congressional District 2US Representative 2-year regular term, partisan Cody Hart
Dan Matthews
Doug “Yoshe” Revelle
Bill Wheeler
Jon Welch
Brandon Lee Stalnaker
Jason Call
Leif Johnson
Carrie R. Kennedy
Rick Larsen (i)Statewide Secretary of State 2-year unexpired term, partisan Bob Hagglund
Kurtis Engle
Marquez Tiggs
Tamborine Borrelli
Steve Hobbs (i)
Keith L. Wagoner
Mark Miloscia
Julie AndersonSan Juan, Skagit, Whatcom Counties – District 40 State Representative Pos. 1 2-year regular term, partisan Debra Lekanoff (i) San Juan, Skagit, Whatcom Counties – District 40 State Representative Pos. 2 2-year regular term, partisan Alex Ramel (i)
Trevor SmithWhatcom County – District 42 State Senator 4-year short & full term, partisan Sharon Shewmake
Ben Elenbaas
Simon Sefzik (i)Whatcom County – District 42 State Representative Pos. 1 2-year regular term, partisan Alicia Rule (i)
Kamal Bhachu
Tawsha (Dykstra) ThompsonWhatcom County – District 42 State Representative Pos. 2 2-year regular term, partisan Kyle Christensen
Joe Timmons
Richard May
Dan JohnsonState Supreme Court Justice Position 1 6-year regular term, nonpartisan Mary I. Yu (i) State Supreme Court Justice Position 5 6-year regular term, nonpartisan Barbara Madsen (i) State Supreme Court Justice Position 6 6-year regular term, nonpartisan G. Helen Whitener (i) Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney 4-year regular term, nonpartisan Eric Richey (i) Whatcom County District Court Judge Position 1 4-year short & full term, nonpartisan Angela Anderson (i) Whatcom County District Court Judge Position 2 4-year regular term, nonpartisan Jonathan Rands
Gordon M. Jenkins
David NelsonWhatcom Public Utility District #1 Commissioner Dist. 5 6-year regular term, nonpartisan Jaime Arnett
Eric Davidson
Those positions with 3 or more candidates will appear on the August 2nd, 2022, Washington State Primary Election ballots. The top 2 candidates with the most votes in the Primary Election will advance to the 2022 General Election on November 8th.
For additional information, contact County Auditor Diana Bradrick at (360) 778-5105.