King County Executive

Description

The county executive is the chief executive officer of the county and has all the executive powers of the county which are not expressly vested in other specific elective officers by the county charter; supervises all administrative offices and executive departments established by the county charter or created by the county council; is the chief peace officer of the county and executes and enforces all ordinances and state statutes within the county; serves on all boards and commissions on which a county commissioner was required to serve prior to the adoption of the county charter; presents to the county council an annual statement of the financial and governmental affairs of the county and any other report which he/she may deem necessary; prepares and presents to the county council budgets and a budget message setting forth the programs which he/she proposes for the county during the next fiscal year; and prepares and presents to the county council comprehensive plans including capital improvement plans for the present and future development of the county.

Application Guidelines

The filing window for this position begins the Monday two weeks prior to Memorial Day and ends on the Friday of that week (5 days). Candidacy filing papers can be acquired at and are submitted to either the county elections office or the Secretary of State’s Office in Olympia. For non-partisan offices, if there is only two candidates filed for a position they will run against each other in the November election. If more than two candidates file for a non-partisan office, than the non-partisan office will go through the August primary and the top two vote getters will advance to the November election for the seat. For a partisan office, the candidates will run in the August primary even if only two people are participating. This may create scenarios where the same candidates participate for the same seat in the August primary and November election. For any further questions, the King County Elections office can be reached at (206) 296-1565 or [email protected], and the Secretary of State’s Office can be reached at (360) 902-4151 or [email protected]. ***Washington is one of the only states with online filing for candidacy. For more information regarding filing online, please see here: http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/for-candidates/online-candidate-filing.aspx

Submit application to:
King County-WA, King County Elections, Renton, WA, 98057, US