Kirkland resident and former Redmond Mayor, Doreen Marchione, has filed to run for Kirkland City Council position No. 7, currently held by incumbent Tom Hodgson.

“I wanted to chose a position that I had a good chance of winning,” said Marchione. “I have been dismayed by some of his decisions.”

The 70-year-old Marchione is a board member of the Kirkland Performance Center and was mayor of Redmond from 1984-1991. Marchione was mayor when Microsoft moved to Redmond.

“I won’t have a steep learning curve,” said Marchione. “Redmond and Kirkland deal with different issues. But my experience helping Microsoft come to Redmond and my background in economic development will be a benefit for drawing businesses to Kirkland and I have followed the council for a long time.”

Doreen’s son John Marchione is currently the Mayor of Redmond.

The former Redmond Mayor moved to Kirkland 17 years ago.

“I saw this condo and I knew I always wanted to live in Kirkland,” said Marchione.

She was also the president and CEO of Hopelink from 1992-2006.

“They had budget defects and we got them turned around,” said Marchione, adding that Kirkland has economic development challenges that need to be solved.