Filing date for 2011 election ends June 10. Eight Redmond area positions remain uncontested.

UPDATED:  6/9 - Filing date for 2011 election ends  June 10.  Eight Redmond positions remain uncontested.

June 6, 2011. Eight (8) elected officials in Redmond are up for re-election in November but no one has filed to run against an of them.  The filing deadline is June 10.  A three-day filing extension is possible. 

The following incumbent positions are uncontested.  If no one files to run against them, each remain in office until the next election.   Click for the latest filing information and candidate resources.

Dave Carson for Redmond council  (incumbent) 4-year term, uncontested candidates stay in office two years until 2013 election at which time the position will be open again. 
Hank Myers for Redmond council (incumbent)
Hank Margeson for Redmond council (incumbent)
John Marchione for Redmond Mayor (incumbent)

August Kempf for Evergreen Hospital County Commission District 2  (incumbent)  6-year terms
To run you must be a resident of the Redmond/Sammamish district; stipend of $107/meeting.  *If no one files Kempf stays in office until the 2013 election.  Hospital commissioners make policy decisions on levy money allocations. Comment:  In my two meetings with Mr. Kempf, he advocated the use levy funds for debt service.  74% of the $15 million levy monies goes to debt service to finance Evergreen Medical Center growth; 26% goes to community health.

Chris Carlson for LW School District Board of Directors (incumbent) 4-year term.  To run for this office you must be a resident of the Kirkland area.  *Uncontested candidates stay in office til 2013 at which time the position will be open again. 
Jackie Pendergrass, LWSD Board of Directors (incumbent)  To run for this office you must live in the Kirkland/Juanita area.
Ravi Shahani, LWSD Board of Directors, (incumbent).  To run for this office you must live in the Redmond area.  UPDATE:  Siri Bliesner filed for Position #5.  Ravi Shahani incumbant for Pos. 5 hasn't filed as of 6/8.

As of 6/9, Carlson and Pendergrass have filed and all the City incumbents. Shahani and  Kempf haven't filed.

*Terry Buckels, Office of the Secretary of State, explains this process in detail, below:  READ MORE >>

Good Afternoon, Bob.

Thank you for your email. State law requires that if an office is open for candidates to file and no one files during the regular candidate filing period, the elections official responsible for accepting the filings must open a special three-day filing period to fill the void. That could either be the Secretary of State or County Election Official, depending on the office. If after the special filing period there are still no candidates the election lapses.

In the case of a school board position open this year, if no one were to file in either the regular or special filing periods, the person holding the office would stay in the position until 2013. School Board positions are only open for election in the odd years. At that time the position would be open again.

I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Tracy Buckles
Office of the Secretary of State
Elections Program Specialist
(360) 902-4159

Reported by Bob Yoder, 6/6

Redmond Neighborhood Blog will cover all candidates caring enough for our community to run for office in 2011.  Candidates running against incumbents will receive additional media coverage.