Port Orchard, Washington sample ballot 2026

Simonds is a real estate agent with Redfin in Kitsap County, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He previously served as a U.S. Navy nuclear missile technician aboard the USS Nebraska, per the same source. Michael Simonds appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Assessor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Cook has served as Kitsap County Assessor since 2015, per the county's official elected officials page. He previously spent nearly 25 years in real estate and property management in the county, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. Phil Cook appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Assessor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Andrews has served as Kitsap County Auditor since being elected in 2018, per the county's official elected officials page. He previously spent 29 years as an IT professional and Kitsap County data analyst, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. Paul Andrews appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Auditor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Lewis was appointed Kitsap County Clerk in 2021 and elected to the office in 2022, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He previously served as the Clerk's Office Domestic Violence Specialist and a Deputy County Clerk, per the same source. David T Lewis III appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Clerk, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Kennedy has worked as an account executive and e-commerce director for companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Smartpants Gummy Vitamins, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He has no prior elected experience, per the same source. Brien Kennedy appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Clerk, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Lombardi has worked as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Kitsap County, an Assistant Attorney General for Washington state, and a Kitsap County public defender over the past decade, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He has no prior elected experience, per the same source. Joe Lombardi appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Enright has served as Kitsap County Prosecutor since 2019, per the county's official elected officials page. He joined the office in 2008 and previously served as Chief Deputy Prosecutor for the Felony and Juvenile Division, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. Chad M. Enright appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Myers has worked at the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office for over 20 years, beginning as an Explorer Cadet before serving as a 911 dispatcher, patrol deputy and supervisor, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He currently supervises major crime and child abuse investigations for the office, per the same source. Brandon L. Myers appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Sheriff, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Kuss is a retired U.S. Navy officer and a current Kitsap County deputy sheriff trained as a mental health co-responder, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He holds a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University, per the same source. Rick Kuss appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Sheriff, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Boissonneau has served as Kitsap County Treasurer since 2023, per the county's official elected officials page. He previously worked as the county's Chief Deputy Treasurer and as an Investment and Banking Officer, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. Pete Boissonneau appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Treasurer, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Walters is the current Kitsap County Commissioner for District 3, per the county's official elected officials page. She previously served as Executive Director of Leadership Kitsap and as Marketing and Community Relations Director for the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. Katie Walters appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Commissioner District 3, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Tisdel is a business owner with 20 years of civil service experience at Seattle Public Utilities, including drainage and wastewater operations work, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. He has not previously held elected office, per the same source. Kevin Tisdel appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County Commissioner District 3, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Smith has served as a Kitsap Public Utility District Commissioner since being appointed in 2025, per the county's official voters' pamphlet. She currently works as the county's Director of Aging and Long-Term Care, per the same source. Stacey Smith appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kitsap County PUD, Commissioner District 2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Colleen Melody is the sitting justice for Washington Supreme Court Position 1, appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in January 2026, per the Washington Courts website. Before joining the court she spent 11 years as chief of the Civil Rights Division in the Washington Attorney General's Office and worked as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, per the same source. She is a University of Washington School of Law graduate who clerked for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, per her official court biography.

Scott Edwards is an attorney who has practiced constitutional, appellate, and state tax law in Washington for about three decades, per his campaign website. He has worked at Bogle & Gates, Perkins Coie, Ballard Spahr, and, since 2025, Lane Powell, and holds an economics degree from Princeton University and a law degree from the University of Washington, per the same source. This is his first run for elected office, per his campaign website.

David Stevens is a Mason County Superior Court judge, first elected in 2023 and reelected in 2024, per his campaign website. He has worked for more than two decades as a prosecutor and defense attorney in state, federal, tribal, and international courts, including as a Spokane County deputy prosecutor and a U.S. State Department rule-of-law adviser in Afghanistan, per the same source. He holds a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law and served in the U.S. Navy from 1983 to 1989, per his campaign website.

Jaime Michelle Hawk is a King County Superior Court judge, appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2022, per her campaign website. Her earlier legal career included work as a juvenile public defender in Grant County, a federal public defender for Eastern Washington and Idaho, and legal strategy director for the ACLU of Washington, per the same source. She earned her law degree from Gonzaga University in 2004 and has since taught as an adjunct professor there, per her campaign website.

Theo Angelis is the sitting justice for Washington Supreme Court Position 5, appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in March 2026, per the Washington Courts website. He spent 26 years as a partner at K&L Gates, where he led the firm's appellate practice and later its intellectual property practice, per his official court biography. He holds degrees from Claremont McKenna College, Oxford University, the London School of Economics, and Yale Law School, per the same source.

Dave Larson is a retired judge who served on the Federal Way Municipal Court from 2008 to 2026, including as presiding judge starting in 2009, per his campaign website. He worked as a civil trial lawyer for 23 years before joining the bench and has previously run for the Washington Supreme Court in 2016, 2020, and 2024 without winning a seat, per the same source. He holds a public administration degree from the University of Puget Sound and a law degree from Seattle University School of Law, per his campaign website.

Debra L. Stephens is the sitting Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, a seat she has held since 2008, per the Washington Courts website. She previously served as a Court of Appeals, Division Three judge and as an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law, and she is the first woman from Eastern Washington to reach the state's highest court, per her official court biography. A Spokane native, she also spent more than a decade as a local school board director, per the same source.

Todd A. Bloom is an attorney, certified public accountant, and financial planner who has spent more than two decades providing legal and tax services to private and public companies, per his campaign website. He served as an active-duty U.S. Navy officer from 2002 to 2013 after earlier service in the Naval Reserve, and he has worked as a FINRA arbitrator, per the same source. He holds a law degree and MBA from Tulane University and a tax law master's degree from the University of Washington, per his campaign website.