2025 King County, Washington Executive election

2025 King County, Washington Executive election
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Incumbent County Executive

Dow Constantine


The 2025 King County Executive election will be held in King County, Washington during the 2025 United States general election. Incumbent County Executive Dow Constantine announced in November 2024 that he would not seek re-election.

Background

The election will be held in 2025, and it will be the last King County Executive election to be held in an odd-numbered year. In 2022, a King County charter amendment was passed that moved elections of several offices, including county executive, to even-numbered years. This means that starting after this election, the Executive will be elected in even-numbered years, starting in 2028. Therefore, this election will be to serve out a three year term instead of the normal four year term.[1][2][3]

Incumbent Dow Constantine was first elected in 2009 and has served four terms since. He announced on November 12, 2024 that he would not seek re-election.[4]

Candidates

Declared

Potential

Declined

  • Joe Nguyen, state senator and runner-up for County Executive in 2021[9]

References

  1. ^ Browning, Paige (2022-11-10). "King County officials will get shorter terms next election cycle". KUOW. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  2. ^ "King County Elections". King County government. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  3. ^ "November 08, 2022 Official Final Election Results" (PDF). King County government. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. ^ Gutman, David (12 November 2024). "Dow Constantine will not seek reelection as King County executive". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  5. ^ Gutman, David (13 November 2024). "Claudia Balducci launches campaign for King County executive". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  6. ^ Gutman, David (18 November 2024). "King County Assessor John Wilson announces campaign for county executive". Archived from the original on 18 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  7. ^ Beekman, Daniel (2 December 2024). "Girmay Zahilay launches campaign for King County executive". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d "Let's have a competitive race for King County Executive". The Seattle Times. 20 November 2024. Archived from the original on 21 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  9. ^ "POLITICS: Past candidate for King County Executive won't try again even though it's open". West Seattle Blog. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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