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Michael Simonds (Bremerton City Council District 3, Washington, candidate 2025)
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Michael Simonds is running for election to the Bremerton City Council District 3 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]
Simonds completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Michael Simonds provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2025:
- Birth date: February 3, 1990
- Birth place: New London, Connecticut
- High school: Chenango Valley High School
- Military service: United States Navy, 2011-2017
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Real Estate Broker
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Build a better Bremerton
Elections
General election
General election for Bremerton City Council District 3
Christy Cammarata and Michael Simonds are running in the general election for Bremerton City Council District 3 on November 4, 2025.
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Bremerton City Council District 3
Ash Black, Christy Cammarata, and Michael Simonds ran in the primary for Bremerton City Council District 3 on August 5, 2025.
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| Ash Black (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Christy Cammarata (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Michael Simonds (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Election results
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Simonds completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Simonds' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Permitting is causing our housing issue and is causing the city to lose local small business to other cities in the area. We need to modernize it and make it cheaper and more efficient.
We can use a modernized system like the one recently utilized by Kitsap County Permitting Office to not only file but also allow builders, business owners, and homeowners to track their permitting. I would also use a data analytics program so that we can track different types of permits and how long it is taking to process them. This would allow us to find roadblocks and inefficiencies that would streamline the permitting process and should eventually drive down permitting prices.
I would also like the city to adapt multiple per permitted ADUs. - Homelessness and lack of obtainable working class housing is record high in Bremerton. We need to work on multiple initiatives and grants to help make sure everyone gets shelter with dignity and safety. There is no one solution, instead we should have many different options to meet people with where they are at and what their needs and abilities are. I do not think we should house people with an active addiction disorder with people who are detoxed and sober. I think we can set up co-habitation units off major bus lines instead of creating an area of high homeless concentration that we currently have now. I look forward to having a county homelessness navigation center that also helps people who are close to experiencing homelessness.
- The City has a ton of resources that most residents do not know are free for them to use, I would like to become a mouthpiece for these services so that more people use them. The city has long provided resources but as the city has grown, many residents, new and old, have not heard about these services and therefor don't use them. Reporting issues like graffiti and potholes using the Bremerton1 app, using free pool passes for the YMCA pool, facilities that can be rented out for parties and reunions, and a wood working shop that can help you learn wood working skills are all available to our residents and yet when I talk with people, they are always surprised about these services. Using a city social media campaign would greatly assist.
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Other survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
