Bellevue Residents Chosen As Finalists For Open Council Seat

BELLEVUE, WA - The Bellevue City Council has chosen eight residents as finalists to fill a seat left vacant when Vandana Slatter resigned last month to serve in the state House.

The Council chose the finalists during a meeting held Monday night. A total of 43 city residents applied for the open seat. Next, the eight candidates will be interviewed on Feb. 13 during a Council meeting, and a final selection will be made by the end of February.

Here are the eight candidates:

• Grant Degginger
• John deVadoss
• Aaron Laing
• Scott Lampe
• Jared Nieuwenhuis
• Ernie Simas
• Stephanie Walter
• Janice Zahn

Slatter resigned from the Council in January after being selected to fill the vacant state House seat left by Patty Kuderer. Kuderer was selected to fill the state Senate seat left by Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib, who was elected Lieutenant Governor in November.

The new member of Council will serve until November. The replacement, however, can run for election this year to serve the remainder of Slatter's term, which ends Dec. 31, 2019. All of the candidates selected by the Council are registered to vote in the city, and have lived here for at least one year.

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