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UPCOMING EVENTS GUIDE

Tuesday, Oct. 13
Clinton Community Council Candidate Forum
6:30 to 8:30 pm, Clinton Community Hall, 6411 Central Ave.
In this first of two in-person, nonpartisan candidate forums hosted by the Clinton Community Council, audience members will hear from candidates running for 10th District legislative seats, Island County Commissioner District 3 and Island County Clerk. The second forum on Oct. 19 will feature candidates for Island County Auditor, Assessor, Sheriff and Prosecutor. The public can submit questions for the candidates to info@clintoncommunityhall.org

Wednesday, Oct. 14
Indivisible Whidbey Postcarding
10 to 11:30 am, Freeland Library, 5495 S Harbor Ave.
Help  reach out to voters in other states and here on the Island. You can work with others or get an assignment to take home. If you’re able, you can provide your own stamps, and if not, they’ll be provided.

Thursday, Oct. 15
LWV General Election Candidates Forum via Zoom
6 pm via Zoom
This is the first of two nonpartisan General Election candidate forums that the League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island is sponsoring. This first one will feature candidates for LD 10 State Representative Position 1, Robert "Chili" Hicks and Clyde Shavers; LD 10 State Representative Position 2, Tim Hazelo and Dave Paul; Island County Commissioner District 3, Grant Shaw and Matthew VanPelt, and Island County Prosecutor, Greg Banks and Andrew F. Scott. Zoom links will be shared before the event at https://whidbeyislandwa.lwv.org/forumsrecordings The LWV second forum with Island County Assessor, Auditor, Clerk and Sheriff candidates will be on Thursday, Oct.22, also at 6 pm via Zoom. Recordings of both will be available on the LWV website.

Thursday, Oct. 15
Indivisible South Whidbey Sign Making Party
6 to 7:30 pm, Langley United Methodist Church, 301 Anthes Ave.
Join Indivisible Whidbey’s regular south-end social to make signs together for the Oct. 17 No Kings Vote Early rally in Coupeville.

Friday, Oct. 16
Start of 18-day voting period; deadline for County to mail ballots.
Vote early. Use a drop box. (There’s still time to register to vote!)

Friday, Oct. 16
GOTV Sign Waving in Oak Harbor
3:30 to 5 pm (or dark), Beeksma Park on the corner of West Pioneer and Hwy 20
Join this Get Out the Vote effort to elect our Democratic office-seekers.

SATURDAY, Oct. 17
No Kings: Vote Early Rallies
11 am to 1 pm, Coupeville Overpass, State Route 20 and No. Main St.
11 am to 12:30 pm, Oak Harbor at State Route 20 and SE Pioneer Way
Join the latest nation-wide rally to support democracy, early voting and a commitment to NO KINGS in America.

ICD ENDORSEMENTS:

RICK LARSEN, CONGRESS 2nd DISTRICT

CLYDE SHAVERS, 10th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, POS. 1

DAVE PAUL, 10th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, POS. 2

GRANT SHAW, ISLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3

DOUG STULTS, ISLAND COUNTY ASSESSOR

BARBARA FULLER, ISLAND COUNTY AUDITOR

DIERDRE BUTLER, ISLAND COUNTY CLERK

TAVIER WASSER, ISLAND COUNTY SHERIFF

ICD PREFERRED CANDIDATES:

JANET ST. CLAIR, SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUD COMMISSIONER

COLLEEN MELODY, WA STATE SUPREME COURT POS. 1

JAIME HAWK, WA STATE SUPREME COURT POS. 3

IAN BIRK, WA STATE SUPREME COURT POS. 4

P‍RIMARY ELECTION RESULTS

CONGRESS 2nd DISTRICT
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen of Everett won the Democratic primary with 42.34% of the vote. He faced two Democratic challengers, Tomas Scheel and Devin Hermanson, who accounted for about 25% of the total vote between them. Larsen will be up against Republican Edwin H. Feller of Lynden in the Nov. 3 General Election. Feller got 32.8% of the total vote in the Aug. 4 primary.
Learn more/get involved/donate:
https://www.ricklarsen.org/‍ ‍

10th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
Both Democratic incumbents in the 10th Legislative District outpaced the Republicans they will face in November.
‍Position 1 State Rep.Clyde Shavers of Whidbey Island will face Stanwood Republican Robert (Chili) Hicks. Shavers got 58.08% of the vote in the primary while Hicks took 41.84%.
‍Position 2 State Rep.Dave Paul of Oak Harbor got 58.68% of the primary vote and will face Republican Tim Hazelo of Oak Harbor in November. Hazelo received 21.95% of the vote while Republican Carrie Kennedy took 19.25%.
Learn more/get involved/donate:
https://electclydeshavers.com/
https://votedavepaul.com/‍ ‍

DISTRICT 3 ISLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Democrat Grant Shaw finished ahead of Satin Arnett to win the Democratic nomination for the open seat on the Island County Commission created by Commissioner Janet St. Clair’s decision to not seek re-election. Shaw got 28.46% of the vote to Arnett’s 26.78%. Shaw will face Republican Matthew Van Pelt, who received 44.7% of the vote, in November.
Learn more/get involved/donate:
https://www.electgrantshaw.com/‍

ISLAND COUNTY ASSESSOR
Democrat Doug Stults of Oak Harbor, who works in the Assessor’s office, came out ahead of his boss, incumbent Assessor Kelly Mauck of Camano Island. Stults took 52.67% of the primary vote to Mauck’s 47.06%. Mauck filed for re-election without stating a party preference. In 2022 he ran as a Republican.
Learn more/get involved/donate:
https://www.dougstultsforassessor.com/‍

ISLAND COUNTY AUDITOR
Four candidates filed for the Auditor post, including incumbent Sheilah Crider. Of the two Democrats running, Barbara Fuller of Coupeville won 28.04% of the vote ahead of Andrea Downs with 18.38%. Crider filed for re-election as an Independent this year though she had run as a Republican her four previous campaigns. She received 39.68% of the total vote. Terry Lacey, who stated no party preference, finished with 13.62%.
Learn more/get involved/donate:
https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraFullerforIslandCountyAuditor‍ ‍

ISLAND COUNTY CLERK
Democrat Dierdre Butler of Coupeville led the four-way race for the open County Clerk seat, garnering 33.58% of the total vote. Democrat Amber Sewell finished with 25.66%. In November, Butler will face Republican Maria Hazelo, who got 26.3% of the primary vote. Republican Toni Adams finished at 14.37%.
Learn more/get involved/donate:
https://votedierdre.com/

ISLAND COUNTY SHERIFF
Langley Police Chief Tavier Wasser of Clinton, a Democrat, had a strong showing against the current Sheriff Rick Felici of Coupeville, who filed for re-election this year as an Independent. He has previously run as a Republican. Wasser got 48.1% of the primary vote; Felici finished with 51.72%. They will face each other again in November.
Learn more/get involved/donate:
https://www.wasserforsheriff.com/‍ ‍

ISLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR
Longtime County Prosecutor Greg Banks ran unopposed, but a write-in campaign by Democrat Andrew Scott of Freeland earned enough votes for him to appear with Banks on the November General Election ballot. Banks, who stated no party presence when he filed for re-election this year, has previously run as a Democrat and as an Independent. He received 98.28% of the primary vote
Learn more/get involved/donate:
https://www.scottforprosecutor.org/

SNO-ISLE LIBRARY DISTRICT PROPOSITION 1
The library district’s levy lid lift request was approved with 59.53% yes votes to 40.27% voting no.

SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUD
Democrat Janet St. Clair of Camano Island, who has served eight years as an Island County Commissioner, is not seeking re-election to that post, instead joining the race for the District 1 seat on the Snohomish PUD board. She received 43.07% of the vote in the non-partisan contest to advance to the general election. Incumbent Sid Logan got 39.63% and Bruce King 17.03%.

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