2019 Snohomish County Executive election

2019 Snohomish County Executive election

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Nominee Dave Somers Party Democratic Popular vote 134,521 Percentage 93.94%

County Executive before election Dave Somers Democratic Elected County Executive Dave Somers Democratic

The 2019 Snohomish County Executive election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the county executive of Snohomish County, Washington. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Dave Somers ran for re-election to a second term.^[1]

However, no candidate announced a campaign against Somers by the candidate filing deadline, and he was re-elected unopposed.^[2] Though several elected Republicans in the county were interested in running for County Executive in the future, the chairwoman of the county Republican Party said that "[t]here wasn't anybody who wanted to run" against Somers in his bid for a second term.^[3]

Somers ultimately received 93 percent of the vote in the primary election,^[4] and 94 percent in the general election.^[5]

Primary election

Candidates

• Dave Somers, incumbent County Executive (Democratic)^[1]

Declined

• Sam Low, County Councilman (Republican)^[3]
• Nate Nehring, County Councilman (Republican)^[3]

Results

Blanket primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Somers (inc.)	85,546	93.01%
	Write-in		6,426	6.99%
Total votes			91,972	100.00%

General election

Results

2019 Snohomish County Executive election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Somers (inc.)	134,521	93.94%
	Write-in		8,681	6.06%
Total votes			143,202	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

1. "Snohomish County executive seeks re-election". The Everett Herald. January 31, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
2. Haglund, Noah; Cornfield, Jerry (May 18, 2019). "Candidates line up to fill county's ballots". The Everett Herald. p. A1, A2. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Cornfield, Jerry (May 30, 2019). "With Palumbo out, capital gains tax gets real". The Everett Herald. p. A3, A4. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Official Results - Snohomish County, Primary 2019, Aug 06, 2019". Snohomish County Auditor. August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
5. "Summary Report - Snohomish County, 2019 General, Nov 05, 2019". Snohomish County Auditor. November 26, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2025.