Evan Smith: No port commission election on primary ballot

By Evan Smith

ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

Voters in Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and the rest of King County won’t be choosing candidates for port commission on the August 16 primary-election ballot.

That’s because candidate withdrawals during the June 13-16 withdrawal period left only two candidates for each of the two Seattle-Port-Commission positions that expire this year.

After four candidates filed for one position and three for another during the June 6-10 filing period, both positions appeared to be headed for primary contests to determine positions on the November 8 general-election ballot, but the withdrawals left only two candidates for each position, meaning that both will appear only on the November ballot.