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This was the first recall election held in Seattle since the one held against Mayor Wesley C. Uhlman in 1975, and the first for a city councilor in the city's history. Ernie Lou filed a complaint against Sawant on August 18, 2020, to the King County Elections Office to start the recall campaign against her.
The Washington state Republican Party filed a lawsuit against King County elections to challenge the results of the August primary election. Republicans allege in their complaint that King County ...
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. [26] Nikkita Oliver, who had run in the 2017 mayoral election, announced that they would run for city council on March 10. [27]
A 2022 investigation by KING-TV found that the likelihood of being charged for voter fraud in Washington state varied depending on the county; King County, with a voting population of 1.3 million, had charged 9 cases of voter fraud since 2007, while the much smaller Lewis County had charged 8 (at least 3 of which were dismissed). [453]
(The Center Square) – King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci is running for county executive with the intention of connecting the county's transit system, addressing juvenile crime rates ...
The Republican Party of Orange County has forcefully swatted down unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2024 election, debunking allegations that went viral after Democrats flipped a hotly ...
In September 2021, the King County Elections Office set the recall election date for December 7. [73] Sawant's strategy for the recall election focused on driving up turnout among young voters, one of her core constituencies. [74] It was the first recall election held in Seattle since the 1975 recall election against Mayor Wesley C. Uhlman. [75]
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.