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4 candidates are tracked for Pierce County Council, District 7 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Chuck West, Brenda Lykins, Mike Solan and Ann E. Jolie. Candidate information follows official Pierce County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Open seat: sitting District 7 councilmember Robyn Denson is not on the certified filing list, per the county's official council roster. Washington runs a top-two primary on August 4, 2026: every candidate for an office appears on one ballot, any voter may participate regardless of party, and the two highest vote-getters advance to November 3. Council districts appear only on the ballots of voters who live in them, so confirm your district with Pierce County Elections.
A retired Key Peninsula Fire Department battalion chief with 34 years of service in Pierce County, a small business owner and a two-term Peninsula School Board director who co-founded the Key Free Clinic, per his campaign site. He argues rural residents are overlooked by the current council and has proposed satellite county permitting offices in rural communities, per Gig Harbor Now, which also reports he sought this same seat in 2022.
2026 priorities
- Opposing tax increases voters do not get to approve, arguing the county has a spending problem rather than a revenue problem, per Gig Harbor Now
- Funding jail and court staffing alongside law enforcement, per Gig Harbor Now
- Directing growth to urban growth areas while protecting rural character, per Gig Harbor Now
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-07-31.
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A neonatal nurse practitioner and 45-year Pierce County resident who served on the Gig Harbor City Council, including a term as mayor pro tempore, and represented the city on the Pierce County Regional Council, per her campaign site. She now sits on the Pierce County Charter Review Commission representing District 7, per her campaign site and Gig Harbor Now, and has proposed an independent ombuds office to provide outside oversight of the sheriff's office, per KNKX.
2026 priorities
- Supporting the proposed 0.1 percent public safety sales tax to fund law enforcement, per Gig Harbor Now
- Behavioral health and crisis response programs, per KNKX
- Directing growth toward urban areas and protecting shorelines, forests, wetlands and wildlife habitat, per Gig Harbor Now
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-07-31.
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A Seattle police officer and the former president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, which he led for six years, per Gig Harbor Now and KNKX. He moved to Pierce County about five years ago and was initially disqualified from the ballot over a residency requirement before a court challenge restored his candidacy, per Gig Harbor Now. He has called for an emergency audit of the county budget and better contracts for sheriff's deputies, citing the county's low deputy-to-resident ratio, per KNKX.
2026 priorities
- Public safety, so families feel safe in their homes, neighborhoods, schools and businesses, per his campaign site
- Fiscal integrity and accountability for every dollar the county spends, per his campaign site
- Responsible growth and infrastructure that strengthens communities, per his campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-07-31.
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Gig Harbor Now reports Jolie is not actively campaigning for this seat and is urging voters to support Mike Solan, although her name prints on the August 4 ballot. She personally funded a paid advertising campaign pressing the county to raise sheriff's deputy pay and started the advocacy site PierceCountySafe.com to organize support on deputy staffing, per KOMO News, which reports she began the effort after her daughter got no police response to a non-emergency call because of staffing shortages.
2026 priorities
- Raising Pierce County sheriff's deputy pay and filling vacancies, per KOMO News
- Increased sheriff's office staffing in the Peninsula Detachment, per Gig Harbor Now
