| Post: | Snohomish County Executive |
| Incumbent: | Dave Somers |
| Incumbentsince: | January 4, 2016 |
| Appointer: | Electorate Snohomish County Council (unexpired terms) |
| Termlength: | 4 years |
| Formation: | May 1, 1980 |
| Inaugural: | Willis Tucker |
| Website: | Snohomish County Executive |
The Snohomish County Executive is the head of the executive branch of Snohomish County, Washington. The position has four-year terms (with a term limit of three consecutive terms) and is a partisan office.[1]
County voters approved the adoption of a home-rule charter for Snohomish County on November 6, 1979, creating the position of a county executive and a five-member county council. Prior to the adoption, the county government was led by three commissioners elected at-large.[2] [3] The new position took effect on May 1, 1980, with Willis Tucker elected as the first executive.[4]
| Order | Executive | Party | Took office | Left office | Terms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willis Tucker | Democratic | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Bob Drewel | Democratic | 3 | |||||
| 3 | Aaron Reardon | Democratic | ||||||
| 4 | John Lovick | Democratic | ||||||
| 5 | Dave Somers | Democratic | Incumbent | 3 | ||||
| Winning candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Democratic | 13,085 | 48.74% | Republican | 11,852 | 44.15% | |||||||||||
| Independent | 1,910 | 7.11% | |||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Democratic | 54,756 | 58.28% | Republican | 39,194 | 31.72% | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Democratic | 35,222 | 51.04% | Republican | 33,782 | 48.96% | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Democratic | 69,435 | 52.93% | Republican | 61,759 | 47.07% | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Democratic | 70,921 | 55.94% | Republican | 55,676 | 43.91% | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Democratic | 90,240 | 54.95% | Republican | 73,563 | 44.80% | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Democratic | 64,068 | 51.77% | Republican | 59,433 | 48.03% | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Democratic | 104,008 | 65.02% | Republican | 55,419 | 34.65% | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Democratic | 104,710 | 55.18% | Republican | 84,400 | 44.47% | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Democratic | 111,837 | 55.52% | Republican | 89,095 | 44.23% | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Democratic | 74,492 | 56.18% | Democratic | 56,428 | 42.56% | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Democratic | 134,521 | 93.94% | 8,681 | 6.06% | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Democratic | 109,852 | 60.12% | Republican | 72,675 | 39.78% | |||||||||||