UDPATE: Smith on Politics: Candidates Set For State And Local Races

UPDATE: CORRECTIONS: No Primary for Sheriff; Top two doesn’t apply to judges

In my column item Wednesday listing candidates on the primary ballot, I said that those candidates’ names will appear on the Aug. 7 primary ballot with the top two vote getters for each office advancing to the Nov. 6 general-election ballot.

That’s true for all of the partisan offices, but it’s not true for King County sheriff or for judicial positions.

The sheriff’s position will not appear on the primary ballot. It will go straight to the November general election because it has only two candidates. We skip the primary for local, non-partisan offices with only one or two candidates.

The top-two rule doesn’t apply to judicial elections.

State Supreme Court and court of appeals races appear on the primary ballot whatever the number of candidates, with any candidate who gets a majority of the primary vote appearing alone on the general-election ballot, a likelihood in the one Supreme Court position with only two candidates and the two appeals court position having only one candidate each.

Superior Court candidates who get a majority in the primary win election without appearing on the November ballot.

Original story:

Democratic 32nd District State Rep. Ruth Kagi has two challengers and Rep. Cindy Ryu has one. One of Kagi’s challengers is Robert Reedy of Mountlake Terrace, who entered the race on the second day of last week’s filing period with a party preference of "GOP." Then, as the filing week neared its end Friday afternoon, Eric R. Alvey of Seattle filed with the "GOP" designation, and Reedy changed his party preference to "Republican."

Kagi will seek an eighth two-year term in the legislature.

Reedy was an unsuccessful candidate for Mountlake Terrace City Council last year.

Kagi and the two challengers will run in the Aug. 7 primary, with the top two vote getters advancing to the Nov. 6 general election, regardless of party. Ryu’s Republican opponent is Randy Hayden of Edmonds, who owns a construction business and a mini-storage business and is a member of the Snohomish County Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board and an applicant for a vacancy on the Edmonds City Council.

The two will have their names on the primary ballot, which will be little more than a popularity contest.

The District includes Shoreline, part of northwest Seattle, Lynnwood, part of Mountlake Terrace, south Edmonds, Woodway and nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County.

Familiar names on Primary Ballot

You’ll see several familiar names on the August primary ballot.

One is Stan Lippmann, who is running for 46th District State representative with a party preference of “Democratic-Repub.”

Lippmann was a Republican precinct committee officer when he ran as a Democrat for 32nd District State representative in 2010 and got 8 percent of the primary vote against Democrat Kagi and Republican challenger Gary Gagliardi. He has run for other offices with Reform Party and Natural Law Party labels. He ran for Lake Forest Park mayor in the primary last year but got less than 3 percent of the vote.

He is running for the position that retiring State Rep. Phyllis Kenney now holds. Other candidates are Democrats Jessyn Farrell, Dusty Hoerler, Shelly Crocker and Sarajane Siegfriedt, and Republican Scott Hodges.

The District includes Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and northeast Seattle.

Another familiar candidate is Republican James Watkins, who lost a 2010 Congressional race to Democrat Jay Inslee and is now a candidate for State auditor, a position being vacated by Democrat Brian Sonntag.

Another is Republican Clint Didier, who is running against Peter Goldmark for Commissioner of Public Lands. Didier finished behind Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Republican Dino Rossi in the 2010 primary.

And, former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is back, running for the open position of secretary of state three years after his run for a third term as mayor ended in the 2009 primary.

Finally, Mike the Mover is running for the U.S. Senate but as a Republican rather than a Democrat, and Goodspaceguy is running for the House of Representatives.

Complete list of candidates on the Primary Ballot

Here are the candidates whose names will appear on the Aug. 7 primary ballot with the top two vote getters for each office advancing to the Nov. 6 general-election ballot:

U.S. Senator 

Michael Baumgartner (Prefers Republican Party)

Will Baker (Prefers Reform Party),

Chuck Jackson (Prefers Republican Party)

Timmy (Doc) Wilson (Prefers Democratic Party)

Art Coday (Prefers Republican Party)

Maria Cantwell (Prefers Democratic Party)

Mike the Mover (Prefers Republican Party)

Glen (Stocky) R. Stockwell (Prefers Republican Party)

U.S. Representative Congressional District No. 7

Ron Bemis (Prefers Republican Party)

Don Rivers (Prefers Democratic Party)

Jim McDermott (Prefers Democratic Party)

Goodspaceguy (Prefers Employmentwealth Party)

Andrew Hughes (Prefers Democratic Party)

Scott Sutherland (Prefers G.O.P. Party)

Charles Allen (Prefers Democratic Party)

U.S. Rep. Congressional Dist. 1, 1-month short term

Darshan Rauniyar (Prefers Democratic Party)

John Koster (Prefers Republican Party)

Steven J. Gerdes (Prefers Republican Party)

Ruth Morrison (Prefers Democrat Party)

Bob Champion (Prefers Independent Party)

Brian Berry (Prefers Democratic Party)

Suzan DelBene (Prefers Democratic Party)

Brian Sullivan (Prefers Democratic Party)

J. Byron Holcomb (Prefers Democratic Party)

Darcy Burner (Prefers Democratic Party)

Laura Ruderman (Prefers Democratic Party)

Governor

Christian Joubert (States No Party Preference)

James White (Prefers Independent Party)

Javier O. Lopez (Prefers Republican Party)

Rob Hill (Prefers Democratic Party)

Max Sampson (Prefers Republican Party)

L. Dale Sorgen (Prefers Independent Party)

Jay Inslee (Prefers Democratic Party)

Shahram Hadian (Prefers Republican Party)

Rob McKenna (Prefers Republican Party)

Lieutenant Governor

Dave T. Sumner, IV (Prefers Neopopulist Party)

Bill Finkbeiner (Prefers Republican Party)

Brad Owen (Prefers Democrat Party)

James Robert Deal (States No Party Preference)

Glenn Anderson (Prefers Indep Republican Party)

Mark Greene (Prefers Democracy Indep. Party)

Secretary of State

Kathleen Drew (Prefers Democratic Party)

Karen Murray (Prefers Constitution Party)

Kim Wyman (Prefers Republican Party)

Jim Kastama (Prefers Democratic Party)

Greg Nickels (Prefers Democratic Party)

Sam Wright (Prefers The Human Rights Party)

David J. Anderson (States No Party Preference)

State Treasurer

Jim McIntire (Prefers Democratic Party)

State Auditor

Craig Pridemore (Prefers Democratic Party)

Troy Kelley (Prefers Democratic Party)

Mark Miloscia (Prefers Democratic Party)

James Watkins (Prefers Republican Party)

Attorney General

Stephen Pidgeon (Prefers Republican Party)

Bob Ferguson (Prefers Democratic Party)

Reagan Dunn (Prefers Republican Party)

Commissioner of Public Lands

Clint Didier (Prefers Republican Party)

Peter J. Goldmark (Prefers Democratic Party)

Superintendent of Public Instruction

John Patterson Blair

James Bauckman

Don Hansler

Randy I. Dorn

Ronald L. (Ron) Higgins

Insurance Commissioner

Brian C. Berend (Prefers Independent Party)

John R. Adams (Prefers Republican Party)

Scott Reilly (Prefers Republican Party)

Mike Kreidler (Prefers Democratic Party)

Legislative Dist. 32- State Rep. - Position 1

Randy J. Hayden (Prefers Republican Party)

Cindy Ryu (Prefers Democratic Party)

Legislative Dist. 32- State Rep. Position 2

Eric R. Alvey (Prefers Gop Party)

Robert Reedy (Prefers Republican Party)

Ruth Kagi (Prefers Democratic Party)

Leg. Dist. 46- State Senator, unexpired 2-year term

David Frockt (Prefers Democratic Party)

Leg. Dist. 46- State Rep. Pos.1, short and full term

Sylvester Cann (Prefers Democratic Party)

Gerry Pollet (Prefers Democratic Party)

Legislative Dist. 46, State Representative Position 2

Jessyn Farrell (Prefers Democratic Party)

Dusty Hoerler (Prefers Democratic Party)

Scott M. Hodges (Prefers Republican Party)

Shelly Crocker (Prefers Democratic Party)

Sarajane Siegfriedt (Prefers Democratic Party)

Stan Lippmann (Prefers Democratic-Repub Party)

Sheriff, unexpired 1-year term

Steve Strachan

John Urquhart

State Supreme Court Justice Position No. 2

Douglas W. McQuaid

Susan Owens

Scott Stafne

State Supreme Court Justice Position No. 8

Bruce O. Danielson

Steve Gonzalez

State Supreme Court Justice Position No. 9

Bruce Hilyer

Sheryl Gordon McCloud

Richard B. Sanders

John W. Ladenburg

Court of Appeals, Division No. 1, District No. 1 Pos. 4

Ronald E. Cox

Court of Appeals, Division No. 1, District No. 1 Pos. 7

Marlin Appelwick

King County Superior Court Judge Position No. 25

Elizabeth Berns

Roger Davidheiser

Eric Schmidt

King County Superior Court Judge Position No. 29

Sean O’Donnell

Hong Tran

King County Superior Court Judge Position No. 30

Doug North

Kimberly Allen

King County Superior Court Judge Position No. 42

Sue Parisien

Marianne Jones

David Ruzumna

Christopher A. Washington

King County Superior Court Judge Position No. 46

Gary Ernsdorff

Judy Ramseyer

About this column: Journalist and Shoreline resident Evan Smith has covered local issues for nearly two decades. His politics column appears on Patch every other week.