Franklin wins reelection as Everett mayor

EVERETT — Incumbent Cassie Franklin will serve a third term in office after she defeated former city council member Scott Murphy in the race for Everett’s mayoral seat.

Results Friday showed Franklin leading with 55.1% of the vote while Murphy trailed with 44.4% of the vote.

In the August primary, Murphy won the four-way race with a margin of just 65 votes.

Franklin will serve through 2029, after being first elected mayor in 2017. Her campaign focused on her experience in office, highlighting increases in housing construction, shelter space, new business licenses and a drop in crime rates as successes from her first two terms. She also argued that she had managed the city’s finances effectively, closing a multitude of budget gaps as the city battles an ongoing structural deficit that has persisted since before she took office.

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