Probably one of the messiest political races in Snohomish County this year, is the Everett City Council District 4 race between Niko Battle and Alan Rubio. The race isn’t messy because of jarring between candidates; it is messy because residents are very publicly witnessing Machiavellian tactics by Democrat political power players in real-time to secure their partisan influence on the non-partisan Everett City Council.
Battle, the darling of political Democrat elites, won the 2025 Primary Election handsomely. This smart and articulate Democrat Party advocate is endorsed by high Democratic Party leaders such as Sens. Marko Liias and June Robinson, and Snohomish County Council members Strom Peterson (Lynnwood and Edmonds) and Megan Dunn (Mukilteo, Everett, and Tulalip).
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