Seattle School Board Election Candidates Drop Out

 Looks like one candidate has withdrawn from Director Liza Rankin's race in District 1. That is Jonathan Assink. That still leaves four candidates; Rankin, Blaine Parce, Michael Christophersen and Debbie Carlsen which means there will be a primary in that race.

In Director Lisa Rivera Smith's race in District 2, candidate Janai Ray has dropped out. It leaves just two candidates - Rivera Smith and Christina Posted - so there will be no primary in that race. 

One other item of note - it turns out that the 37th Dems did have an endorsement meeting last night but since none of the school board races are within their boundaries, there were no endorsements made for the primary. Once the primary has passed and those school board races become city-wide, the 37th will then make endorsements. Only candidates who identify as Democrats can be considered for their endorsement. 

Comments

Anonymous said…
Christopherson has not withdrawn. He is listed twice but his name is misspelled once, so that was withdrawn so he could refile with the correct spelling. He is still shown as running.

-correction
5/23/23, 9:35 PM
Melissa Westbrook said…
Correction, that is so weird because I checked the King County Elections site last night and Christopherson's name had a line through both citations. I stand corrected.
5/24/23, 7:15 AM
Melissa Westbrook said…
And I misspelled the name - according to KC Elections, it's Christophersen.
5/24/23, 7:18 AM
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