Jared Mead (Snohomish County Council District 4, Washington, candidate 2025)

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Jared Mead
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Candidate, Snohomish County Council District 4

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 5, 2025

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Jared Mead (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Snohomish County Council District 4 in Washington. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source] He was on the ballot in the primary on August 5, 2025.[source]

Mead completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

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Biography

Jared Mead provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on June 26, 2025:

  • Birth date: June 23, 1991
  • High school: Henry M Jackson
  • Bachelor's: University of Washington, Bothell, 2014
  • Gender: Male
  • Prior offices held:
    • Snohomish County Council (2020)
    • Washington State Representative, 44th District (2019-2020)
    • City Councilmember, Mill Creek (2017-2019)
  • Incumbent officeholder: Yes
  • Campaign website
  • Campaign endorsements

Elections

General election

General election for Snohomish County Council District 4

Jared Mead is running in the general election for Snohomish County Council District 4 on November 4, 2025.

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Snohomish County Council District 4

Jared Mead ran in the primary for Snohomish County Council District 4 on August 5, 2025.

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Election results

Endorsements

Mead received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Mead's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. To send us additional endorsements, click here.

  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 751

Campaign themes

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Jared Mead completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mead's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Elected Experience: Jared has served on the Snohomish County Council since 2020, including two years as Chair. He previously served in the State Legislature, Mill Creek City Council and Planning Commission.

Other Professional Experience: Before entering public service, Jared worked in local finance. His wife is a public-school teacher at Heatherwood Middle School in Everett.

Education: Jared graduated from Jackson High School and holds degrees in International Studies and Business from UW Bothell.

Community Service: Jared serves on the YMCA of Snohomish County Board of Directors and co-founded The Building Bridges Project, a nonprofit launched in 2023 that teaches students civic engagement and civil political discourse.

Statement: It has been an honor to serve my community on the Snohomish County Council for the past five years. As a Councilmember, lifelong County resident and a dad raising four young kids, I know how important it is that we build a county that’s affordable, safe, and built to last—for families today and the next generation.
As a father of four young children I’m passionate about building a community that they can thrive in as future adults. I want them to be able to afford to live in the same community I was raised in and am now raising them in.
Represent the will and of the voters we serve. A county Councilmember’s core responsibilities are managing a 3 billion dollar bi-annual budget, creating policy and making land use decisions
I want to leave the world a little better than I found it
Line cook at Taco Bell for four years from 16-20 years old

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Other survey responses

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