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The office was established with the implementation of the Home Rule Charter for King County on November 5, 1968. [1] Previously the powers of the county executive were vested in a three-member County Commission, which with the implementation of the Home Rule Charter in 1969 ceased to exist. The county executive is elected every four years and ...
Website. Campaign website. James Dow Constantine (born November 15, 1961) is an American politician, lawyer, and urban planner in the state of Washington who is serving his third term as King County Executive, an office he has held since November 2009. He was in the state legislature and on the King County Council, chairing the latter before ...
County website. Ronald Cordell Sims (born July 5, 1948) is the former Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, having served in the position from May 8, 2009 [ 1] to July 2011. [ 2] He is also the former King County Executive. Sims ran unsuccessfully for higher office twice: United States Senator in ...
Lawyer. Timothy Henry Hill (born August 23, 1936) is an American lawyer and politician who has held numerous public offices in Washington, including two terms as King County Executive. He also served several years on the Seattle City Council, and in the Washington House of Representatives. Hill also lost numerous high-profile elections ...
In 2011, King County voters renewed the Veterans and Human Services Levy. When King County Executive's office proposed spending $6.8 million for new furniture for the new County office building, Ferguson pushed the County to buy used furniture instead, saving taxpayers more than $1 million. [17]
King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, [ 1] making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 12th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle, [ 2] also the state's most populous city . Originally named after US representative, senator, and ...
Susan Hutchison. Susan Hutchison (née Sylvester; born March 24, 1954) is an American television news journalist, educator, and politician. She served as chair of the Washington State Republican Party from 2013 to 2018 and was a candidate for the United States Senate in 2018 . Hutchison served as executive director of the Charles and Lisa ...
The King County Executive is not a member of the Council, and is a separately elected official. The Executive submits legislation to the Council for consideration. Each year in October, the Executive submits a proposed budget to the County Council for the operation of County government for the coming year.