Mayor, council and school board positions and more are up for election this year

There is no shortage of ways to get involved in making an impact in your community this year as there are 20 local positions up for reelection including the position of mayor of Ferndale and 5 of the 7 seats on the Ferndale City Council.

	Office/Term	Incumbent	Filing fee
Whatcom County
	Executive 4-year	Jack Louws	$1,724.02
	Assessor 4-year	Keith Willnauer	$1,085.19
	Auditor 4-year	Debbie Adelstein	$1,085.19
	Sheriff 4-year	Bill Elfo	$1,420.00
	Treasurer 4-year	Steven Oliver	$1,085.19
	Council – District 4 4-year	open	$318.67
	Council – District 5 4-year	open	$318.67
	Council – At-large B 4-year	Carol Frazey	$318.67
Port of Bellingham
	Commissioner – District 3 4-year	Robert (Bobby) Briscoe	$84.00
City of Ferndale
	Council – Pos. 1 4-years	Rebecca Xczar	$72.00
	Council – Pos. 2 4-years	Greg Hansen	$72.00
	Council – Pos. 3 4-years	Keith Olson	$72.00
	Council – Pos. 4 4-years	Teresa Taylor	$72.00
	Council – Pos. 7 2-years	Fred Kennedy	$72.00
	Mayor 4-years	Jon Mutchler	$213.72
Ferndale School District
	Director – District 1 4-years	Kevin Erickson	$0.00
	Director – District 2 4-years	Candice Wilson	$0.00
	Director – District 3 4-years	Hugh Foulke	$0.00
Fire Protection District 7
	Commissioner – Pos. 1 2-year	Kendra Cristelli	$0.00
	Commissioner – Pos. 3 6-year	Mike Murphy	$0.00

Persons interested in running for any of these offices should visit the Whatcom County auditor’s website for additional information.

Editor’s note – while some people have made announcements expressing their intentions to run or not to run for some of the above positions, MFN does not typically report on such announcements until they are confirmed by an accepted declaration of candidacy as reported by the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office by May 17th.