Thirteen Sammamish residents filed to run for positions on the City Council and four have filed for the Lake Washington School board, according to the King County Elections website as of the May 19 filing deadline. Additionally, there are two seats up for election on both of Sammamish’s local water districts.
Three of the four City Council positions up for election — positions 3, 5 and 7 — and one school board position — District 3 — will see a primary in August to narrow the field to two each before the November general election.
None of the sitting City Council members will run for re-election. This is also the first time residents from the Klahanie neighborhood, which was annexed by the city of Sammamish in 2016, can run for local office.
City Council
Jason Ritchie and Mark Baughman will run for City Council Position 1. Miki Mullor withdrew after the filing deadline. Councilmember Kathleen Huckabay currently holds the position, but she announced earlier this year that she will not seek re-election.
Minal Kode Ghassemieh, Karen Moran and Karen N. Howe will run for City Council Position 3. Deputy Mayor Bob Keller currently holds the position, but he will not seek re-election.
Rituja Indapure, Chris Ross and Ryika Hooshangi will run for City Council Position 5. Mayor Don Gerend currently holds the position, but he will not seek re-election.
John Robinson, Melanie Curtright, Pam Stuart and Roger Chapanis will run for City Council Position 7. Councilmember Tom Odell currently holds the seat, but he will not seek re-election.
School board
Christian Cahua, Anita Damjanovic and Cassandra Sage will run for Lake Washington School District Director District 3. Board member Nancy Bernard currently holds the position but will not seek re-election.
Incumbent Mark Stuart, Director District 4, will seek re-election unopposed.
Water districts
Incumbents Tom Harman, Sammamish Plateau Water commissioner Position 1, and Lloyd Warren, Sammamish Plateau Water commissioner Position 4, will seek re-election unopposed.
Incumbents Paul J. Robinett, Northeast Sammamish Sewer & Water District commissioner Position 1, and Wayne DeMeester, Northeast Sammamish Sewer & Water commissioner position 2, will seek re-election unopposed.
The primary election will be held on Aug. 1, and the general election will take place on Nov. 7. For more, seewww.kingcounty.gov/elections.