City of Snohomish

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.

Former mayor Karen Guzak is running for the new strong mayor position. Earlier this year, she resigned from her 7 years as mayor when Snohomish voted to move to a "strong mayor" form of governemnt. This will be the first strong mayor election, which means that the mayor will be directly elected by voters instead of the city manager role of a "weak mayor" chosen by fellow members of the city council. If she is not elected to the mayor position, she will remain on the city council. Guzak owns a local yoga studio and also works with the local Committee for Strategic Planning, Snohomish County Tomorrow, the Snohomish Womens’ Network and Snohomish Giving Circle.

Guzak is running against Elizabeth Larsen and John Kartak. Larsen is a senior environmental planner with the Snohomish County Public Works. She supports the creation of neighborhood committees, town hall meetings, and addressing climate change locally. Kartak is a construction worker and a Proposition 2 supporter (which moved Snohomish from a weak mayor system to a strong one). He is not running a competitive campaign. Guzak is the best choice in this race

Meagan Gray, a hair stylist and board member of the Snohomish Historical Society, is running for Position 7. She supports town halls as a way to have conversation about city issues, instead of during city council meetings. As an Open Government Committee member, her campaign has emphasized governmen transparency as well as affordable housing.

Gray is running against Trump suporter Steve Dana, and former Snohomish Rotary Club president Lisa Caldwell, who has not presented a serious campaign platform. Gray is the best choice in this race.