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Dow Constantine

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Dow Constantine
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King County Executive
Tenure

2009 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

16

Prior offices
Washington House of Representatives
Washington State Senate
King County Council
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 2, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

University of Washington

Graduate

University of Washington

Law

University of Washington

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Dow Constantine is the King County Executive in Washington. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on January 1, 2026.

Constantine ran for re-election for King County Executive in Washington. He won in the general election on November 2, 2021.

Biography

Constantine earned his bachelor's degree, master's degree, and J.D. from the University of Washington. He worked as an attorney and legislative aide prior to his political career.[1] Constantine served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1996 to 2000. He later served in the Washington State Senate from 2000 to 2002 and the King County Council from 2002 to 2009.[1]

Elections

See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2021)

General election

General election for King County Executive

Incumbent Dow Constantine defeated Joe Nguyen in the general election for King County Executive on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dow Constantine
Dow Constantine (Nonpartisan)
 
54.7
 
312,663
Image of Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
253,609
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
4,874

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 571,146
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for King County Executive

Incumbent Dow Constantine and Joe Nguyen defeated Bill Hirt, GoodSpaceGuy, and Johnathon Crines in the primary for King County Executive on August 3, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dow Constantine
Dow Constantine (Nonpartisan)
 
51.9
 
241,478
✔
Image of Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
32.6
 
151,757
Image of Bill Hirt
Bill Hirt (Nonpartisan)
 
10.9
 
50,553
Image of GoodSpaceGuy
GoodSpaceGuy (Nonpartisan)
 
2.8
 
12,877
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Johnathon Crines (Nonpartisan)
 
1.5
 
6,884
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
2,075

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 465,624
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2017)

Incumbent Dow Constantine defeated Bill Hirt in the general election for county executive of King County.[2]

King County Executive, General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dow Constantine Incumbent 77.25% 388,266
Bill Hirt 22.75% 114,318
Total Votes 502,584
Source: King County, "November 7, 2017 General Election," November 7, 2017

Incumbent Dow Constantine and Bill Hirt defeated Goodspaceguy and Stan Lippmann in the primary election for county executive of King County.[2]

King County Executive, Primary Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dow Constantine Incumbent 76.99% 304,456
Green check mark transparent.png Bill Hirt 12.57% 49,687
Goodspaceguy 5.92% 23,427
Stan Lippmann 3.70% 14,644
Write-in votes 0.81% 3,218
Total Votes 395,432
Source: King County, "2017 election results," accessed August 1, 2017

Endorsements

General election

The following table displays group endorsements issued in King County's 2017 general election:

Candidate endorsements
Endorser Executive Sheriff Council #3 Council #9 Port #1 Port #3 Port #4
Equal Rights Washington[3] N/A Mitzi Johanknecht N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
M.L. King County Labor Council[4] Dow Constantine (i) John Urquhart (i) N/A N/A John Creighton (i) Stephanie Bowman (i) N/A
Seattle Weekly[5] Dow Constantine (i) John Urquhart (i) N/A N/A Ryan Calkins Ahmed Abdi Preeti Shridhar
The Seattle Times[6] N/A Mitzi Johanknecht Kathy Lambert (i) Reagan Dunn (i) John Creighton (i) Stephanie Bowman (i) Peter Steinbrueck
The Stranger[7] Dow Constantine (i) Mitzi Johanknecht N/A N/A Ryan Calkins Ahmed Abdi Preeti Shridhar

Primary election

Additional endorsements

Constantine received an endorsement from the Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy (CASE) prior to the primary. CASE is a political organization funded by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.[17]

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Dow Constantine did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2017

Constantine's campaign website listed the following themes for 2017:

“

Since election as County Executive in November 2009, Dow Constantine has built partnerships and championed innovation to improve the performance of county government and strengthen the economic foundation of King County.

Dow believes that, as a region united around shared goals of fairness, excellence, prosperity and sustainability, we can move beyond tired political divisions to better serve the diverse, dynamic communities and millions of residents of King County and Puget Sound.

In his first term, Dow:

  • Put King County government back on sound financial footing.
  • Created partnerships with Green River Valley cities, legislators, and federal officials to secure $44 million to rapidly repair the Howard Hanson Dam and protect the valley from flooding.
  • Worked with bus riders and businesses to win Legislative and then County Council approval of two-year funding to preserve Metro Transit service.
  • Formed a coalition to finance and build the new South Park Bridge, a critical freight corridor due to open early next year.
  • Led, with State Senator Sharon Nelson, the successful effort to secure public ownership of the proposed Maury Island gravel mine site, preserving upland forests and critical orca habitat along a mile of natural Puget Sound shoreline.
  • Saved tens of millions of dollars in employee health costs through programs that have helped King County workers get healthier—from quitting smoking to losing weight to exercising – while choosing higher quality, lower cost, prevention-focused health care.[18][19]
 ”
—Dow Constantine (2017)

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Re-elect Dow Constantine, "About Dow," accessed June 27, 2017
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 King County, Washington, "Who has filed: 2017 candidate filing," accessed May 19, 2017
    3. ↑ Equal Rights Washington, "Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2017
    4. ↑ M.L. King County Labor Council, "2017 Endorsements," August 24, 2017
    5. ↑ Seattle Weekly, "Sweep the Sweepers! Our Endorsements For the Nov. 7 Election," October 18, 2017
    6. ↑ The Seattle Times, "Seattle Times endorsements for the Nov. 7 general election," September 7, 2017
    7. ↑ The Stranger, "The Stranger's Endorsements for the November 7, 2017, General Election," October 11, 2017
    8. ↑ Teamsters Joint Council No. 28, "2017 Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
    9. ↑ The Seattle Times, "Endorsements for the Aug. 1 primary election," July 11, 2017
    10. ↑ UFCW 21, "2017 Primary Election Candidate Endorsement Recommendations," July 11, 2017
    11. ↑ UNITE HERE Local 8, "UNITE HERE Local 8's 2017 August Primary Election Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
    12. ↑ 1st District Democrats, "2017 Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
    13. ↑ 37th District Democrats, "2017 Election Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
    14. ↑ 43rd District Democrats, "2017 Endorsement Results," June 21, 2017
    15. ↑ 45th District Democrats, "Endorsements & Elections," accessed July 25, 2017
    16. ↑ 47th District Democrats, "Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
    17. ↑ Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, "CASE Announces 2017 Endorsements," May 30, 2017
    18. ↑ Re-elect Dow Constantine, "Dow's First Term," accessed June 27, 2017
    19. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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