City of Everett

Kristin Kelly is the former Snohomish County Program Director at Futurewise, a land use and conservation advocacy organization, and is currently working as the Smart Growth Executive Director for the Pilchuck Audubon Society. She is also a former Snohomish County Charter Review Commissioner for District 5. Kelly is focused on environmental protections issues; she serves on the Executive Committee of the Sustainable Lands Strategy, which restores wildlife and salmon habitats along the Skykomish, Snohomish, and Stillaguamish River basins and estuaries. She supports living wage jobs, preserving farmland, housing for all income levels, a fully funded public health budget, and using tourism money instead of timber sales to fund schools.

Kelly is running against conservative Samuel Low and activist Tara Schumacher. Schumacher founded the Maltby Citizens Coalition, and has volunteered with numerous nonprofits. She wants to develop more transit than what's planned through Sound Transit 3 and develop non-criminal rehabilitation responses to homelessness and addiction.

We believe Kelly is the best choice in this race because of her broad progressive support and experience with public policy.

Cassie Franklin is running for mayor with a history of community service, especially on homelessness issues. An Everett City Council member since 2015, she serves on Everett's Streets Initiative Task Force for chronically homeless people. She supports upgrades to the city's water and wastewater systems, ensuring that businesses are responsible for environmental cleanup, increasing homeownership rates, and creating a Small Business Advisory Council. In addition to her roles in local government, Franklin has worked with organizations like the Puget Sound Runaway and Homeless Youth Collaboration, the Families Matter Vision Council for United Way of Snohomish County, and the Statewide Coordinating Committee on Human Trafficking.

Also running in this race is Everett City Council President Judy Tuohy and Shean Nasin, who is not running a competitive campaign. Sullivan is the best choice in this race because of his strong support from our Progressive Voters Guide partner organizations.

Paul Roberts is running for his fourth term on the Everett City Council. He serves as Chair of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency board and on the Sound Transit board. Roberts has worked to expand Everett's naval and Boeing job opportunities, update the city's master shoreline plan, protect the estuaries of the Snohomish River, and work with the Association of Washington Cities Center for Quality Communities to build up green jobs in the city. Roberts is the best choice for Everett City Council Position 2.

Alex Lark is a running for Everett City Council Position 2. Lark has worked for Senator Patty Murray as well as former Congressman Brian Baird. Currently he is an Everett Planning Commissioner and the philanthropy manager for Housing Hope, a nonprofit that provides services to help the homeless and make affordable housing a reality. Central to Lark's campaign is his desire to increase affordable housing. He has outlined a plan to encourage diverse housing stock in Everett, develop a sweat equity homeownership program, and create a nonprofit land trust to decrease mortgage costs. He also supports expanding the embedded social worker program and fully staffing the fire department.

His opponent, Jeff Moore, has served on the Everett City Council since 2009 and is currently the Everett School District Executive Finance Director. He voted yes in favor of the controversial aggressive begging ordinance, which makes panhandling a misdemeanor that could result in jail time.

Jordan Marsh, the other candidate in this race, is not running a competitive campaign. Lark is the best choice in this race.

Jonathan Peebles works in Shoreline Community College's Global Affairs Center. His campaign is centered on bringing more union jobs to Everett, affordable housing, and crime prevention. He also wants to increase job training opportunities for young people and invest more in programs to reduce homelessness in Everett.

He is running against Libertarian Jennifer Hesse and conservative incumbent Scott Murphy. Hesse holds some progressive viewpoints, such as police accountability, supporting LGBTQ rights, and advancing sustainable solutions like solar panels, but she is opposed to some investments in our community and is not running a viable campaign.

Peebles is the best choice in this race.