2009 King County Executive election
The2009 King County Executive election took place on November 3, 2009, following a primary on August 18, 2009. County ExecutiveRon Sims resigned on May 8, 2009, to become theDeputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development , and designated his chief of staff, Kurt Triplett, as his temporary successor.[ 1] He was subsequently selected by the County Council to serve as interim County Executive until the November election.[ 2] Triplett did not run in the election for a full term.
Following the passage of an amendment to the King County Charter in 2008,[ 3] the election was conducted with anonpartisan primary . Eight candidates ran in the election, with former news anchorSusan Hutchison finishing first in the primary with 33 percent of the vote, and County Council ChairmanDow Constantine finishing second with 27 percent. In the general election, Constantine, a Democrat, defeated Hutchison, a Republican, by a wide margin, receiving 59 percent of the vote to Hutchison's 41 percent.
Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[ a] Margin of error Dow Constantine Larry Phillips Fred Jarrett Susan Hutchison Ross Hunter Stan Lippmann Alan Lobdell Goodspaceguy Undecided SurveyUSA [ 11] June 3–4, 2009 515 (LV) ± 4.4% 8% 9% 5% 34% 5% – – – 39% SurveyUSA [ 12] June 20–22, 2009 508 (LV) ± 4.4% 12% 7% 4% 41% 6% 2% 2% 3% 23% SurveyUSA [ 13] July 11–13, 2009 504 (LV) ± 4.5% 12% 8% 7% 39% 6% 1% 2% 2% 22% SurveyUSA [ 14] August 1–3, 2009 606 (LV) ± 4.1% 13% 6% 8% 39% 8% 2% 2% 2% 20% SurveyUSA [ 15] August 10–11, 2009 649 (LV) ± 3.9% 20% 8% 6% 37% 8% 2% 2% 2% 15%
Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[ a] Margin of error Dow Constantine Susan Hutchison Undecided SurveyUSA [ 17] September 1–3, 2009 557 (LV) ± 4.2% 44% 47% 10% SurveyUSA [ 18] September 19–21, 2009 537 (LV) ± 4.3% 44% 47% 10% SurveyUSA [ 19] October 10–12, 2009 523 (LV) ± 4.4% 42% 47% 11% SurveyUSA [ 20] October 29 – November 1, 2009 614 (LV) ± 4.0% 53% 43% 5%
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