Fred Obee (Port Townsend City Council Position 1, Washington, candidate 2025)
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Fred Obee ran for election to the Port Townsend City Council Position 1 in Washington. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Obee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Fred Obee provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on June 19, 2025:
- High school: Bowling Green High School
- Bachelor's: Western Washington University, 1982
- Gender: Male
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign website
Elections
General election
General election for Port Townsend City Council Position 1
Fred Obee and Dylan Quarles ran in the general election for Port Townsend City Council Position 1 on November 4, 2025.
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Port Townsend City Council Position 1
Fred Obee, Mikki Porter, and Dylan Quarles ran in the primary for Port Townsend City Council Position 1 on August 5, 2025.
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Election results
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Obee in this election.
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Fred Obee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Obee's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After leaving the Leader in 2015, I served as the Executive Director of the statewide Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, a non-profit trade association representing weekly and small daily newspapers across the state. I retired from that position in 2024.
I've been active in the community before retirement. I moderated election forums for the League of Women Voters for a decade and served on the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce board. I was president of the chamber in 2012. I was served on the board of the Washington Coalition for Open Government for 10 years.
I have a Bachelor's Degree in journalism from Western Washington University.- I believe addressing affordable housing is critically important. We do want to provide housing opportunities across all income categories, and I support changes already in place that allow for more duplexes, fourplexes, tiny homes and cottages. These adopted in 2023, are starting to produce a broader mix of housing options for residents. Other incentives can and should be explored as we learn from other communities who have developed cost effective and proven solutions.
- I oppose carving 10 acres out of the Camas Prairie Golf Park and rezoning it for housing. It is public open space given to the city for recreation and it's been a golf course for almost 100 years. The volunteers working there now are doing a great job of maintaining the property and encouraging broad community use. They've set up a disc golf course, are remodeling the clubhouse for community events, are sponsoring weekend activities, and have plans for upgrades that could include concerts, a miniature golf course and a playground. They deserve long-term support. Even the possibility of losing 10 acres in the future will derail their plans.
- I’m in favor of greater transparency in city government and clearer communications with residents. We need to work harder at collecting accurate community input and explaining the pros and cons of proposals so Port Townsend residents have a clear idea of the choices we face. If we do that, the city will develop in a way we all can endorse.
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Other survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
