Filing week has officially come and gone, and many Kitsap candidates submitted their names for the numerous local seats up for grabs in this year’s election cycle.

Open positions this year include a state senate seat, mayor races in Bremerton and Poulsbo, along with a plethora of city council and school board seats across the county. Some incumbents did not file for re-election, including Bainbridge Island City Councilmember John Quitslund, BI Parks Commissioner Dawn Janow (filed for BI City Council), Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson (retiring), Poulsbo City Councilmember Ed Stern (filed for Poulsbo Mayor), North Kitsap School Boardmember Breane Martinez, Bremerton City Councilmembers Jeff Coughlin (filed for Bremerton Mayor) and Eric Younger, and Bremerton School Boardmember Alyson Rotter.

Kitsap Regional Library’s board previously approved a “levy lid lift,” which will appear on the August primary ballot. If approved, the measure would raise the levy from $0.27 per $1,000 in property valuation to $0.39, to be collected in 2026. Funding would go toward sustaining public library operations and services.

Candidates will compete in the August primary election. The top two candidates for each race will move on to the general election in November.

Below is a list of candidates who filed for Kitsap elected positions (terms are four years unless otherwise noted)

State Senate – 23rd Legislative District (1-year term): Deb Krishnadasan (Democrat, current appointed senator) and Michelle Caldier (Republican, current 26th District rep.)

Bainbridge Island

City Council – District 3: Dawn Janow (current BI parks commissioner), Sarah Blossom (current BI planning commissioner) and Mike Nelson

City Council – District 5: Clarence Moriwaki (incumbent) and Peter Raffa

City Council – District 7: Joe Deets (incumbent) and Lara Lant

School Board – District 2: Erika Borg (current appointed schoolboard member)

School Board – District 5: Jill Anderson (current appointed schoolboard member)

Fire Commissioner – Position 2 (6-year term): Bruce Alward (incumbent)

Fire Commissioner – Position 3: John De Lanoy (incumbent)

Fire Commissioner – Position 4 (6-year term): Fritz von Ibsch (incumbent)

Metropolitan Park & Recreation District – Position 1 (6-year term): Melissa Timme and Rachel Pritchett

Metropolitan Park & Recreation District – Position 3 (6-year term): Tom Swolgaard (incumbent)

Kitsap County Sewer District – Position 1: Alicia Arter (incumbent)

Poulsbo

Mayor: Ed Stern (current Poulsbo City Councilmember) and Dan Weedin

City Council – Position 5: Michael Fitzpatrick and Kevin Sheen

City Council – Position 6: Doug Taber (current appointed councilmember)

City Council – Position 7: Gary McVey (incumbent)

Fire Commissioner – Position 2 (6-year term): Bill Whitely (incumbent)

Fire Commissioner – Position 5 (6-year term): Darryl Milton (incumbent)

Port of Poulsbo – Position 1 (6-year term): Jeff Pfeil (incumbent)

North Kitsap

School Board – District 1: Seth Hartmann, Leighton Thomas and Debra Strawhun

School Board – District 3: Miranda Smallwood and Timothy Rovik

Fire Commissioner- Position 2 (6-year term): Patrick Pearson (incumbent)

Fire Commissioner – Position 3: Chelsea Tate (incumbent)

Port of Kingston – District 1 (6-year term): Steve Heacock (incumbent)

Port of Keyport – Position 1 (6-year term): John Enriquez

Port of Keyport – Position 2: Ellen Ross-Cardosa (incumbent)

Village Green Metropolitan Park District – Position 2 (6-year term): Tracy Harris (incumbent)

Village Green Metropolitan Park District – Position 5 (6-year term): David Traylor (incumbent)

Port Orchard/South Kitsap

City Council – Position 2: John Morrissey (current at-large city councilmember)

City Council – Position 3: Scott Diener (incumbent)

City Council – Position 6: Fred Chang (incumbent) and Shirah Dedman

City Council – At-Large (2-year term): Jay Rosapepe (current position 2 councilmember) and Kimberly Shaw

School Board – District 3: Brian Pickard (incumbent)

School Board – District 4: Andy Brandon (current appointed schoolboard member)

Fire Commissioner – Position 2 (6-year term): Dusty Wiley (incumbent) and Terry Lerma

Fire Commissioner – Position 5 (6-year term): Paul Golnik (incumbent) and Chad Stanley

Port of Manchester – Position 2: Paul Drotz (incumbent) and Alexis Pappas

Port of Manchester – Position 3: Kevin Holst

Port of Waterman – District 2: Jeffrey Acoba (incumbent)

Manchester Water District – Position 1 (6-year term): Robert Ballard (incumbent)

West Sound Utility District – Position 1 (6-year term): James Hart (incumbent)

Bremerton

Mayor: Greg Wheeler (incumbent), Jeff Coughlin (current city councilmember) and Marwan Cameron

City Council – District 1: Jennifer Chamberlin (incumbent)

City Council – District 3: Christy Cammarata, Ash Black and Michael Simonds

City Council – District 5: Michael Goodnow (incumbent)

City Council – District 7: Rick Tift (current planning commissioner) and Matthew Baptiste-Cerra

Municipal Court Judge: Steve King and Tom Weaver

School Board – Position 4: Chris Warthen, Jenny Farley, and Shannon Turner

School Board – Position 5: Ben Anderson (current appointed schoolboard member), Linda Simpson and Mary Devery

Port of Bremerton – District 2 (6-year term): Gary Anderson (incumbent)

North Perry Water District – Position 1 (6-year term): Stephanie Marone (incumbent)

Central Kitsap

School Board – District 1: Denise Tracy (incumbent) and Robin Martin

School Board – District 2 (2-year term): Mark Gaines

School Board – District 5: Eric Greene (incumbent) and Darin Veach

Fire Commissioner – Position 2 (6-year term): Guy Earle (incumbent)

Fire Commissioner – Position 4 (6-year term): David Fergus and Christie Scheffer

Port of Silverdale – District 1 (6-year term): Caleb Reese (incumbent) and Marcus Hoffman

Port of Tracyton – District 3 (6-year term): Adam McCourt

Port of Illahee – Position 3 (6-year term): Bradlee Tenbrink

Silverdale Water District – Position 2 (6-year term): John Poppe (incumbent)