Ransom holds clear lead over Lind in Ronald Wastewater District election

By Evan Smith

Former Shoreline City Councilman Bob Ransom held a close but clear lead over incumbent Ronald Wastewater District Commissioner Arne Lind in votes counted through Friday.

Ransom had 51 percent of the votes with almost 98 percent of the expected final number of votes counted.

Of 17,606 ballots cast in the Shoreline portion of the District, Ransom had 6,833 votes, Lind had 6,456 votes, 58 voters cast write-in votes, and 4,259 left the position blank.

In the tiny Snohomish County portion of the District, Ransom took the only vote.

Lind was seeking a third six-year term on the three-member board.

Ransom was a Shoreline City Council member from 1995 to 2007, the last two years as mayor. He lost a re-election bid to Councilman Terry Scott in 2007.

He was a member of the Shoreline School Board from 1983 to 1991.

Ransom ran as a Republican candidate for State representative in 2002, losing to Democrat Maralyn Chase by a 56 percent to 44 percent margin.