Wave of first-time candidates who seek Everett council posts
EVERETT — Voters will get their first chance Tuesday to decide who could represent them in newly established Everett City Council districts.
They’ll choose from a field of mostly first-time candidates, people encouraged to seek election by the formation of five geographic districts, each with around 20,000 residents.
Council positions, which are four-year terms, for Districts 3 and 5 are on the primary ballot. Neither has an incumbent.
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The seven-member City Council acts as the legislative branch of Everett’s government. Council members help shape laws and policies, approve the budget and represent Everett in regional groups. The city has over 111,000 residents and is anticipating growth in the coming decades, a squeeze already felt through home values, rents and other cost-of-living increases, longer commutes, the effects of climate change in the form of smoky summer skies and extreme temperatures, as well as unmet needs in people without health care and housing.
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