Mark W. Stuart
Mark W. Stuart is a member of the Lake Washington School District School Board, representing District 4. He assumed office in 2013. His current term ends in 2025.
Stuart ran for re-election to the Lake Washington School District School Board to represent District 4. He lost in the primary on August 5, 2025.
Biography
Stuart's professional experience includes working as a media relations director for the American Medical Association and Premera Blue Cross and starting his own public relations consultancy. He also served as a delegate to the 2008 Washington State Democratic Convention and on the Transportation Commission in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He earned a B.A. in journalism from the University of Oklahoma in 1979.[1][2]
Elections
2025
See also: Lake Washington School District, Washington, elections (2025)
General election
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General election for Lake Washington School District school board District 4
Aspen Richter is running in the general election for Lake Washington School District school board District 4 on November 4, 2025.
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Lake Washington School District school board District 4
Aspen Richter defeated Kim Martin and incumbent Mark W. Stuart in the primary for Lake Washington School District school board District 4 on August 5, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Aspen Richter (Nonpartisan) | 63.0 | 24,567 | |
| Kim Martin (Nonpartisan) | 18.8 | 7,350 | ||
 | Mark W. Stuart (Nonpartisan) | 17.7 | 6,909 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 176 | ||
| Total votes: 39,002 | |||
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Endorsements
Stuart received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
- State Sen. Derek Stanford (D)
- State Rep. Roger Goodman (D)
- State Rep. Lisa Wellman (D)
- Mayor of Sammamish Karen Howe
- Mayor of Kirkland Joan McBride (D)
- Sammamish City Council Kali Clark (Nonpartisan)
- Bellevue City Council Dave Hamilton
- Deputy Mayor of Sammamish Amy Lam
- Sammamish City Council Roisin O’Farrell
- Superintendent of WA OSPI Chris Reykdal (Nonpartisan)
- Frmr. Redmond City Council Memb. Byron Schutz
- Sammamish City Council Pam Stuart
- Snoqualmie Valley School Board Dir. Ram Dutt Vedullapalli (Nonpartisan)
- Gina Madaya - Kirkland City Council Cand.
- Lin Yang (Nonpartisan) - Sammamish City Council Cand.
- Frmr. Pres. of Lake Washington Education Association Howard Mawhinney
- Frmr. Pres. of Lake Washington School District Board of Directors Jackie Pendergrass
- Frmr. Dir. of Eastside Native American Education Program Mary Wilber
- Teamsters Local 763
2017
Two of the five seats on the Lake Washington School District school board in Washington were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held for District 3 on August 1, 2017, because more than two candidates filed for the seat.
District 3 candidates Anita Damjanovic and Cassandra Sage moved on to the general by defeating third challenger Christian Cahua in the primary. Sage ultimately won the general. In District 4, board member Mark W. Stuart filed for re-election and ran unopposed, winning another term.[3]
Results
| Lake Washington School District, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mark W. Stuart Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 32,578 |
| Total Votes | 32,578 | |
| Source: King County, "November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed November 30, 2017 | ||
Funding
Stuart had opted for mini reporting in this election as of July 18, 2017, according to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission.[4] Candidates who opted for this had to keep a record of their contributors and expenditures, but were not required to report them. If they raised and spent more than $5,000 in aggregate or received more than $500 from any one contributor, including themselves, they would have had to switch their filing status from mini to full reporting.[5]
Endorsements
Stuart received an official endorsement from the Washington Education Association.[6]
2013
Stuart sought election to the board without opposition on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Lake Washington School Board, District 4, Four-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark W. Stuart |
98.9% | 26,789 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.1% | 298 | |
| Total Votes | 27,087 | |||
| Source: King County Elections, "Results," November 25, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Stuart reported no contributions or expenditures to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission in this election.[7]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Other survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Lake Washington School District school board District 4 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Sammamish Review, "Mark Stuart to join Lake Washington School Board," June 2, 2013
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Mark W. Stuart," accessed September 30, 2013
- ↑ King County, "Who Has Filed," accessed May 22, 2017
- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Local Candidates," accessed July 18, 2017
- ↑ Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, "New Candidates," accessed June 22, 2017
- ↑ Washington Education Association, "2017 WEA-PAC Election Endorsements," accessed November 6, 2017
- ↑ Washington Public Disclosure Commission, "Local Candidates," accessed December 17, 2013
