Montesano, WA – As the final day of Filing Week arrived, 33 offices in Grays Harbor were left unfiled for, and 20 were without a candidate in Pacific County.

Filing for local office officially lasts until 4pm on Friday of Filing Week, although if no candidates step forward and place their name on the ballot, a special filing period would open up for these seats.

Notable omissions, as of Friday morning, were seats on the Aberdeen, Hoquiam, and Cosmopolis City Councils, as well as school board seats throughout the county.

Seats also remained on fire, water, sewer, and cemetery districts.

Changes to the filings as the final day approached include 3 people vieng for a seat on the Grays Harbor Public Hospital District #2 board, with Scott Dilley and Bill Simpson filing for Melanie Sturgeon’s seat. Sturgeon also filed for re-election.

2 people are in the race for Jeff Cook’s seat on the Aberdeen City Council, and neither of them are Cook. Kati Kachman and Dave Deakin both filed. For Margo Shortt’s seat, the incumbent filed Thursday morning, but Deborah Ross and Tara Mareth are also both in for the position.

3 people are now in the race for Cosmopolis Mayor as Kyle Pauley, Steve Davis, and Mark Collett have all filed.

Filing fees are required for a number of offices, equaling 1% of the annual salaries.

The vast majority of offices are for full terms, while many positions are for unexpired or short and full terms. This includes the Port of Grays Harbor seats left open following the retirement of Chuck Caldwell and the passing of Jack Thompson.

File Here Monday, May 13 at 9am to Friday, May 17 at 4pm

The Grays Harbor County Auditor’s website has more information on what it takes to file for office, and what it means when you do; https://wei.sos.wa.gov/county/graysharbor/en/olf/Pages/OnlineCandidateFilingStart.aspx

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Grays Harbot Offices Open as of Friday Morning
	Office (Term)	Incumbent	File With	Filing Fee
Aberdeen Council Ward 5	Grays Harbor
	Position 9 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Pete Schave	Grays Harbor	47.22
City of Cosmopolis	Grays Harbor
	Council Position 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Jim Ancich	Grays Harbor	18
Hoquiam Council Ward 3	Grays Harbor
	Position 5 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Shannon Patterson	Grays Harbor	30
Hoquiam Council Ward 4	Grays Harbor
	Position 8 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Benjamin R. Winkelman	Grays Harbor	30
Hoquiam Council Ward 6	Grays Harbor
	Position 12 (2-year unexpired term, Nonpartisan)	Mary Stinchfield	Grays Harbor	31.2
Sch Dist 28 – Hoquiam	Grays Harbor
	School 28 Position 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Kathy Eddy	Grays Harbor	0
Sch Dist 64 – N. Beach	Grays Harbor
	School 64 Director District 1 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Jeff Wilson	Grays Harbor	0
	School 64 Director District 3 (2-year unexpired term, Nonpartisan)	Jane Harnagy	Grays Harbor	0
	School 64 Director District 5 (2-year unexpired term, Nonpartisan)	Catherine Wright	Grays Harbor	0
Sch Dist 65 – McCleary	Grays Harbor, Mason
	School 65 Director District 4 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Teneille Carpenter	Grays Harbor	0
Sch Dist 97 – Quinault	Grays Harbor
	School 97 Director District 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	David Hughes	Grays Harbor	0
	School 97 Director District 4 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Brenda Sansom	Grays Harbor	0
Sch Dist 104 – Satsop	Grays Harbor
	School 104 Position 1 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Kimberly Russell	Grays Harbor	0
	School 104 Position 2 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Vacant	Grays Harbor	0
	School 104 Position 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Jason Olsen	Grays Harbor	0
Sch Dist 117 – Wishkah	Grays Harbor
	School 117 Director District 4 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Duane Olson	Grays Harbor	0
Sch Dist 300 – N River	Grays Harbor, Pacific
	Director Position 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	James Banas	Pacific	0
	Director Position 4 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Robin Gumaelius	Pacific	0
	Director Position 5 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Bethany Mizushima	Pacific	0
Sch Dist 400 – Oakville	Grays Harbor, Lewis
	School 400 Director District 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Joe Reed	Grays Harbor	0
	School 400 Director District 4 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	John Shortman Jr	Grays Harbor	0
	School 400 Director District 5 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Tamra Ruymann	Grays Harbor	0
Sch Dist 61 – Rochester	Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston
	School Board Director, District No. 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Ben Elkins	Thurston	0
	School Board Director, District No. 4 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Connie Smejkal	Thurston	0
Fire District 4	Grays Harbor
	Fire 4 Position 2 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Kenneth W. Carlyle	Grays Harbor	0
Fire District 6	Grays Harbor
	Fire 6 Position 5 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Steve Enquist	Grays Harbor	0
Fire District 11	Grays Harbor
	Fire 11 Position 2 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Betty Singer	Grays Harbor	0
Fire District 12	Grays Harbor
	Fire 12 Position 2 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Peter B McMillin	Grays Harbor	0
Fire District 16	Grays Harbor
	Fire 16 Position 3 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Greg Mills	Grays Harbor	0
Park District 1	Grays Harbor, Pacific
	Parks Position 2 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Mike Reichenberger	Grays Harbor	0
	Parks Position 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Julie Smith	Grays Harbor	0
Cemetery District 1	Grays Harbor
	Commissioner 2 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Bruce Lutz	Grays Harbor	10
Water District 8	Grays Harbor
	Water 8 Position 3 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Floyd (Dave) Davis	Grays Harbor	0

 

Pacific County Offices Open as of Friday Morning
	Office (Term)	Incumbent	File With	Filing Fee
Port Of Chinook	Pacific
	Commissioner District 2 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Gary Kobes	Pacific	0
Port Of Peninsula	Pacific
	Commissioner District 1 (6-year short and full term, Nonpartisan)	William Derion	Pacific	0
City of Ilwaco	Pacific
	City Council Member 1 (2-year unexpired term, Nonpartisan)		Pacific	24
	City Council Member 3 (2-year unexpired term, Nonpartisan)	Kenneth Sprague	Pacific	24
	City Council Member 5 (4-year short and full term, Nonpartisan)	Kristen Mathison	Pacific	24
City Of Raymond	Pacific
	City Council Member 7 (4-year short and full term, Nonpartisan)	Pam Nogueira	Pacific	29.71
City Of South Bend	Pacific
	City Council Member 1 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Daryle Buchanan	Pacific	14.4
	City Council Member 2 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Clarence D Williams	Pacific	14.4
School District #101	Pacific
	Director District 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Don Zuern	Pacific	0
School District #160	Pacific
	Director District 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Eric Clements	Pacific	0
	Director Position 4 At Large 4 (2-year term, Nonpartisan)		Pacific	0
School District #172	Grays Harbor, Pacific
	School 172 Director District 1 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Greg Miller	Grays Harbor	0
	School 172 Director District 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Duane W. Pegg	Grays Harbor	0
	School 172 Position 5 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Deborah Carter-Bowhay	Grays Harbor	0
School District #200	Grays Harbor, Pacific
	Director Position 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	James Banas	Pacific	0
	Director Position 4 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Robin Gumaelius	Pacific	0
	Director Position 5 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Bethany Mizushima	Pacific	0
Fire District #2	Pacific
	Commissioner Position 2 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Leslie A. Colvin	Pacific	0
Fire District #7	Pacific
	Commissioner Position 2 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Nancy Robinson	Pacific	0
Fire District #8	Pacific
	Commissioner Position 2 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Vacant	Pacific	0
Park District	Grays Harbor, Pacific
	Parks Position 2 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Mike Reichenberger	Grays Harbor	0
	Parks Position 3 (4-year term, Nonpartisan)	Julie Smith	Grays Harbor	0
Water District NB	Pacific
	Commissioner Position 3 (6-year term, Nonpartisan)	Glenn Ripley	Pacific	0

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