The Municipal League has been rating candidates for public office since 1911 based on four criteria: Involvement, Effectiveness, Character and Knowledge. The League ratings are widely respected and provide the only independent non-partisan, non-agenda driven evaluation of candidates.

This year our citizens have evaluated candidates for selected county, port, city and school district races in King County. Candidate interviews and ratings were completed during August and ratings are now available to help voters make the very best choice in the primary and general elections.

Results for 2005

Click on the links below for listings of candidates and ratings. For additional information, click on each candidate's name.  In most cases, you will be able to read a detailed autobiographical questionnaire filled out by the candidate.

Countywide Races

King County Executive

King County Sheriff

King County Council

Port of Seattle

City Races

Bellevue

Burien

Federal Way

Kent

Kirkland

Redmond

Renton Municipal Court

Sammamish

Seattle       Popular Monorail Authority       School District

Shoreline

View All Ratings by Candidate Last Name

About The Ratings

Q & A About Candidate Evaluations and Ratings

What is the candidate evaluation process?

A Special Thanks to our 2005 Candidate Evaluation Volunteers:

Ty Anderson - DuWayne Andrews, Jr. - Lani Andrews - Brigitte Ashley - Angela Avery

Dan Berger - Jeff Bernstein - Erica Bourget - Bill Breitenstein - Liz Carter

Richard Cole - Ralph Davis - John Denooyer - Sean Devlin - Deb Eddy

Becki Frestedt - Kiara Gill - Julie Gonzalez - Michelle Haffner - Todd Haskins

Lisa Hayward - Brian Hodder - Albert Israel - Rebecca Kenison - Tim Kenison

Tony Kuo - Pat Lanning - Richard Lewis - Eric Martin - Ellie Mazzarella

Gabriel Meyer - Jennifer Morgan - Cathy Moore - Gayle Murdock - Karen Portzer

Steve Reynolds - Miko Robertson - Nina Sanders - Reed Schuler - Norman Sigler

Tara Smith - Will Smith - Simin Wang - Stephanie Wilder - Jerri Wood

To our interns:

John Ervin - Greg Haffner - Jennifer Murdock - Erin Patterson - Kris Swigart

To our CEC Coordinator

Rebecca Cooper

To our Web site Editor:

Nicholas Williamson

A special thanks to our Sponsors

Antioch University - Bellevue Downtown Association - CH2M HILL -

Davis Wright Tremaine - Essential Baking Co. - Kent Valley Clinic

Jones Soda Co. - Safeco Insurance - Safeway Inc. Stores of King County

Seattle Public Schools - The Seattle Times Company