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The Seattle Redistricting Commission approved a new map for the city council districts on November 8, 2022. The 2023 election cycle was the fourth to use Seattle's democracy voucher program. [6] At least 16,000 people utilized the democracy voucher program during this election.
Campaign. Lorena González, who was first elected in the 2015 election and was selected to serve as president of the city council in 2020, announced on February 3, 2021, that she would run in the mayoral election. [22] Nikkita Oliver, who had run in the 2017 mayoral election, announced that they would run for city council on March 10. [23]
The Seattle City Council is the legislative body of the city of Seattle, Washington. The Council consists of nine members serving four-year terms, seven of which are elected by electoral districts and two of which are elected in citywide at-large positions; all elections are non-partisan. It has the sole responsibility of approving the city's ...
SEATTLE - Voting results from Wednesday show the gap widening between incumbent Tanya Woo and her challenger Alexis Mercedes Rinck for Seattle City Council Position 8. "We've done the hard work of ...
FOX 13 Seattle Digital Team. August 7, 2024 at 12:34 AM. SEATTLE - Seattle City Councilmember Tanya Woo and challenger Alexis Mercedes Rinck lead early in early election results for the only open ...
The 2019 Seattle City Council election was held on November 5, 2019. Seven seats of the nine-member Seattle City Council were up for election. Four incumbent members of the city council did not run for reelection, while the remaining three incumbents all won reelection. Sally Bagshaw, Bruce Harrell, Rob Johnson, and Mike O'Brien all announced ...
Voters in Seattle have retained socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, the controversial lawmaker and long-time foe of hometown tech giant Amazon. Sawant had faced a recall effort.
Kshama Sawant ( / kʃʌmɑː sɑːˈwʌnt /; born October 17, 1973) [1] [2] is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. Until May 2024 she was a member of Socialist Alternative, the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office. A former software engineer ...