Election filing week closed May 15 with five candidates interested in the county executive job.

They are: incumbent John Lovick and Dave Somers, both Democrats; Republicans Robert J. Sutherland and Norm Nunnally; and James Robert Deal, who expressed no political preference.

For county council 2, incumbent Brian Sullivan will face Greg Tisdel. They are both Democrats. Incumbent Stephanie Wright – D, has no challenger.

For the open assessor spot, Linda Hjelle will take on Marty Glaser.

Auditor Carolyn Weike, Clerk Sonya Kraski, Sheriff Ty Trenary, and Treasurer Kirke Sievers are unopposed.

In the city races, Arlington Mayor Barb Tolbert will take on a challenge from Craig Christianson, while in Marysville Jon Nehring is unopposed.

There are three races for Arlington City Council: incumbent Marilyn Oertle vs. Natalie Reed; Sue Weiss vs. incumbent Randy Tendering; and Jacob Kukuk vs. Mike Hopson.

The only race for Marysville City Council is Roy Toyer vs. Clarence Shaw. Incumbents Stephen C. Miller and Kamille Norton are unopposed.

For Marysville School Board, incumbents Tom Albright, Pete Lundberg and Marina Maksimos are all unopposed.

For Arlington School Board, the incumbents also are unopposed: Jim Weiss, Kay E. Duskin and Jeff Huleatt.

Three incumbents in Lakewood’s school district will be back: Gregory R. Jensen, Catherine Sandy Gates and Larry Bean. But three newcomers will battle it out for the fourth spot: Jahna Smith, Amy Williams and Karl Fitterer.

For Hospital District 3, incumbents Margo Powell and Steve Patterson were the only filers.

Incumbents also were the only ones to file for Fire Districts 15 – Marlin Fryberg Jr.; 19 – Kevin Buhr; and 22 – Tim Bailey.

Patrick Cook was the only one to file in District 12. In Fire District 25, Steve Ramey and Don Mckinney filed for the two spots, as did Jan Iverson and Bob Magee in District 18.

In a rare battle for a fire district race, in 21 incumbent Dan Britton will be challenged by both Ed Taft and Jeffrey Edmonds.

Locals running for charter review commission are: B.J. Guillot, Bill Phillips, Raymond Miller, John Koster and Christopher Marsh in District 1 and Norm Nunnally and Marian L. Harrison in District 2.

For details go to: www.snohomishcountywa.gov/228/candidate-filing.