In Washington's King County elections, most people run unopposed. Here are their stories

The weekend before an election is a blur, a flurry of door-knocking, get-out-the-vote rallies, last-minute media pushes; the culmination of months, if not years, of work and millions of dollars of spending. In Seattle, with the future of the City Council on the line, TV ads show a candidate's face next to a pile of waffles. Mailers show candidates in ominous, staticky cutouts. As in so many elections, there are high stakes, there is ill will. Then there are the elections of Charlie Kellogg and Paula Dix. Both are running for obscure offices with limited mandates. There is little power, little ...