(R=Republican, D=Democrat, N=Not Clear, i.e, no information or inconsistent information)

(Note: While the Clark County Republican Party is making no endorsements in non-partisan local elections this year, we often receive requests for information about the partisan affiliation of candidates. Below is what we know about the candidates  party affiliations based mostly on whether the candidate signed a declaration of party affiliation to vote in either party’s presidential primary last year. In some cases, the information below is based on other publicly available information where the candidate voted in neither primary or in addition to primary election voting records).

WASHOUGAL MAYOR

Stacee S. Sellers, Incumbent (R)
Sean Guard, Challenger (N)


Sellers voted in 2008 Republican Presidential Primary and she often participates in Republican events but supported Democrats for county commissioner last year. We are not aware of any public information on Guard’s party affiliation but note that he is a member of the Guard family a politically prominent east county family with generally Democrat ties.

CAMAS-WASHOUGAL PORT DISTRICT, Position 1

Gary Perman (R)
Mark Lampton (D)

Jim Carroll, the incumbent, was eliminated in the primary. Perman signed a declaration of Republican affiliation in 2008 and Lampton a Democrat one.

CAMAS-WASHOUGAL PORT DISTRICT, Position 3

Alan Hargrave, Incumbent (R)
Bill Macrae-Smith, Challenger (N)

Hargrave signed a Republican declaration in 2008 and Macrae-Smith did not participate in the 2008 presidential primary.



WASHOUGAL COUNCIL POSITION 4

Michael Delavar, Incumbent (R)
Garry H. Alexander, Challenger (N)

Delavar’s wife, Katja, is a Republican Precinct Committee Officer. Alexander is a former Washougal City Councilman who lost his seat a few years back after a shop-lifting arrest. Alexander was convicted of a felony last week and is ineligible to hold office. Michael Delavar ran for Congress against Brian Baird in 2008.

WASHOUGAL COUNCIL POSITION 6
Larry Wagoner (R)
Dave Shoemaker (R)

This seat is currently held by Lou Peterson, the 2000 Democrat nominee for the 17th District State Senate, who was eliminated in the primary after a domestic violence arrest. Both Shoemaker and Wagoner signed 2008 declarations of Republican affiliation.