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Henry A. Atkins. Formation. December 2, 1869. Website. Official website. The Mayor of Seattle is the head of the executive branch of the city government of Seattle, Washington. The mayor is authorized by the city charter to enforce laws enacted by the Seattle City Council, as well as direct subordinate officers in city departments. [1] [2] (The ...
Bruce Harrell. Bruce Allen Harrell (born October 10, 1958) [ 1] is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle, Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020, he was president of the city council. [ 2] He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18 ...
The 2021 Seattle mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the Mayor of Seattle.It was won by former Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell, who defeated then-current President Lorena González; both candidates had advanced from a nonpartisan primary election on August 3.
University of Notre Dame ( BA) University of Washington ( JD) Jenny Anne Durkan (born May 19, 1958) is an American attorney, former federal prosecutor, and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Seattle, Washington. She is the daughter of Martin Durkan. Durkan is a member of the Democratic Party. After earning her Juris Doctor from ...
Charter. 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 ...
The Mayor of Seattle is head of the executive branch of city government, and the Seattle City Council, led by a Council President, is the legislative branch. The mayor of Seattle and two of the nine members of the Seattle City Council are elected at large, rather than by geographic subdivisions. The remaining seven council positions are elected ...
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 ...
A shocking video shown to the Seattle City Council’s Public Safety Committee depicts an area plagued by prostitution and multiple nights of gunfights.. Seattle City Councilmember Cathy Moore is ...