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Snohomish County, Washington

Public Utility District No. 1, Commissioner District 1

2 candidates are tracked for Public Utility District No. 1, Commissioner District 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Sid Logan and Janet St Clair. Candidate information follows official Snohomish County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

About this race

The only contested countywide race on Snohomish County's 2026 ballot. Washington's August 4, 2026 top-two primary sent the two leading candidates to the November 3 ballot regardless of party; the field shown is the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election list.

What this office does

Public utility district commissioner. A public utility district is a locally owned utility that provides electricity, water, sewer or broadband. Commissioners set rates, approve the budget and capital projects, hire the general manager and decide on power supply and infrastructure investments.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. The sitting officeholder, Sid Logan, is on the ballot.

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Sid Logan

Nonpartisan Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Finishing the utility's smart meter deployment and holding power costs down
  • Requiring large data center customers to pay for the infrastructure and energy they need rather than shifting those costs to other ratepayers
  • Funding tree trimming and infrastructure investment for Camano Island and Stanwood

Per the Everett Herald.

Biography

President of the Snohomish County PUD board and its sitting District 1 commissioner, per the utility's own commission page, appointed to the board in March 2017 and elected to a six-year term in 2020, per the Everett Herald. He worked eight years as executive director of operations for the Arlington School District and holds a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Alaska, per the PUD commission page, after an earlier career as an engineer and consultant in the oil and gas industry, per the Herald.

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Janet St Clair

Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Keeping rates low and energy reliable for households facing rising costs
  • Planning energy conservation and grid reliability on a 20 year horizon and pursuing local renewable options
  • Keeping the cost of very large electricity users from being shifted onto residential ratepayers

Per the campaign site.

Biography

A sitting Island County commissioner of eight years, now completing a second term, who worked previously as a teacher and a social worker, per the Everett Herald and SC News. She describes the utility as core infrastructure that can be managed well with long range planning, per the Herald, and argues on her campaign site that households already stretched by higher prices for gas, groceries, health care and housing should not face energy costs as one more pressure.

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Questions about this race

Who is running for Public Utility District No. 1, Commissioner District 1 in 2026?

2 candidates are tracked for Public Utility District No. 1, Commissioner District 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Sid Logan and Janet St Clair. Candidate information follows official Snohomish County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

When is the Public Utility District No. 1, Commissioner District 1 election in Washington?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Washington are on the Washington election hub at theballotbrief.com.

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