The general election is just a month away. We’ve whittled down our choices for City Council from 47 (!) to 18 candidates, but only nine will make the cut — seven serving districts across the city and two serving the city at-large. We took the time to sit down with each
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council Candidates. In October, we will release our general election endorsements. Deborah Zech-Artis is running for Council in District 7 against incumbent Sally Bagshaw. A lifelong Seattleite, she works for Boeing as a
Seattle is on the cusp of a major election that will change the face of the Seattle City Council and perhaps city politics altogether. In 2016, we will see the results of district elections. Seven City Council positions will be elected at the district level and two positions will be
Over the past four weeks, we have profiled a huge list of candidates running for the City of Seattle’s nine coveted council positions, all of which are up for election this year. The City’s council elections are seeing a big change with the introduction of districts. Of the
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Abel Pacheco (aged 28) is one of the two youngest candidates running for Seattle City Council with hopes of capturing a position in the
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. John Roderick is running for Position 8. Roderick is a professional musician and has been politically engaged as an advocate for the Seattle music
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Lorena González is running city-wide in District 9. She grew in central Washington as a migrant farmworker, earning her first paycheck at age 8.
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council Candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Alon Bassok is running as a candidate for Position 9, one of the two citywide council positions. He has lived in the city for
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Kshama Sawant is the incumbent candidate running in District 3. She has a PhD in economics from North Carolina State University and was a
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Sally Bagshaw is an incumbent Seattle City Council member running in the new district 7. She was first elected in 2009 and is now
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Catherine Weatbrook is a Seattle native running in District 6, covering Fremont, Ballard, and Greenlake. She’s passionate about capitalizing on the City’s
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Debora Juarez is running for Seattle City Council in District 5, where she has lived for the past 25 years. Juarez grew up on
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Bill Bradburd retired from a career in technology and moved to Seattle where he lives in the Central District. Â He is a dad, a
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Gus Hartmann is a Google engineer and political newcomer, running for the first time in District 7. He’s lived in the district for
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Halei Watkins is a community organizer with Planned Parenthood and previously worked on the marriage equality campaign. She is also a renter, living in
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Sandy Brown is running for Seattle City Council in District 5. Brown has been a leader in the faith community for 30 years, and
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Brianna Thomas is running for Seattle City Council in District 1. She is the Field Director for the Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund and
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Mike O’Brien is an incumbent member of the Seattle City Council running in the new District 6, which encompasses the neighborhoods of Ballard,
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Rod Hearne is a long-time politico making his first run for elected office. He first became active in politics through his interest and passion
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Morgan Beach is running for Seattle City Council in District 3. She works for the American Red Cross and lives in the Portage Bay
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Michael Maddux billed himself as the absolute, right fit for District 4. As a single parent, a renter, and a member of the middle
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Tim Burgess is running for a third term on the Council in Position 8, an at-large seat. Currently serving at the Council President, he
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Jon Grant is running for the at-large position 8 seat on the Seattle City Council. He was recently the Executive Director at the Tenants
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Rob Johnson is running for Seattle City Council in District 4. He is the Executive Director at Transportation Choices Coalition, a statewide organization aiming
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Lisa Herbold has been a resident of West Seattle for 15 years and Nick Licata’s legislative aide for 17. She got her start
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Shannon Braddock vies to represent District 1 in this first year of Seattle City Council District elections. Braddock is the Chief of Staff for
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Pamela Banks is a political newcomer, running in central Seattle’s District 3. She hopes to unseat sitting Councilmember Kshama Sawant with her own
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Tammy Morales is running for District 2 in southern Seattle. She is a principal at Urban Food Link, a national firm that works on
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Bruce Harrell (incumbent) is running for the Council District 2 position in Southeast Seattle. In 2007, he ran for the the citywide Position 3