EVERETT, Wash. — Incumbent Snohomish County Executive John Lovick was losing to Snohomish County Council Chairman Dave Somers by a wide margin Tuesday night.
Tuesday night results showed Somers had 59 percent of the vote while Lovick was trailing with only 42 percent. Find election results here.
Somers says his top priority for the county is to restore fiscal restraint.
In September, Somers said the county in the worst financial shape it’s ever been in, and proposed an emergency hiring freeze, blaming down revenues, lawsuit settlements, expenses at the jail and the response to the landslide in Oso.
The freeze was voted down by other council members.
Lovick was adamantly against the freeze and has pointed to regional economic indicators to suggest that things are going well for the county's finances, according to the Herald.
Lovick says one of his priorities is to continue working for higher paying jobs and strong job markets.
Lovick, the former Snohomish County Sheriff, replaced Aaron Reardon in 2013 after a widely publicized sex scandal.
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