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The districts of the Seattle City Council were reorganized into geographic districts starting in the 2015 election instead of the previously used at-large districts. [1] Forty-seven candidates ran in the 2015 city council election, which was the most up to that point, and more than the twenty-nine candidates who ran in the 1997 election.
(The Center Square) – Alexis Mercedes Rinck is leading incumbent citywide Seattle City Councilmember Tanya Woo on the first night of the general election, with 57.3% of votes tallied. If votes ...
The 2023 Seattle City Council election was held on November 7, 2023, following a primary election on August 1. [1] The seven district-based seats of the nine-member Seattle City Council are up for election; the districts were modified based on the results of the 2020 census. [2] Four incumbent members of the city council did not seek reelection ...
[15] As a member of the Council's Public Safety Committee, he voted for a bill that would repeal the city's ban on police use of blast balls for crowd control. [16] During an earlier visit to a firing range where he saw a blast ball demonstrated, he asked to have a blast ball used on him directly, saying “I made the request, and the executive ...
Solomon, a crime prevention coordinator for the Seattle Police Department, joins the Seattle City Council after previously running for the District 2 seat in 2019. He lost that election to Tammy ...
The council will have 20 days to fill the vacant position, as set by the city charter. That 20-day period begins Jan. 7, 2025. That is the day after Morales’ official resignation from the council.
Kettle was first elected to a council with a majority of moderates, a switch to the previous progressive city council. [14] [15] In his first term, he was appointed chair of the Public Safety Committee, and released his "6 pillars" to address public safety in the city which included, hiring more police, additional legal tools, and collaboration between different government entities.
(The Center Square) – Alexis Mercedes Rinck has won the race to serve on the Seattle City Council's District 8 citywide position, having garnered 58% of votes as of Friday Rinck will be the ...