Mark Lundsten - Skagit County Commissioner, D1 (D)

Background / qualifying experiences

My wife Teru and I married 42 years ago, raised a family and live in a house we built in Skagit County. As a commercial fisherman for decades, I successfully helped solve difficult issues, including a quota system for overcrowded Alaskan fisheries and a bycatch-deterrent for an endangered seabird. From my three years serving on the county’s Planning Commission, I know that Skagit County has the same kind of issues: environmental, economic and social.

Handling the pandemic through 2021

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