-My name is Erika Evans,
and I'm running to be your next Seattle city attorney.
Right now, our city is under attack
from the Trump administration.
Civil rights are being rolled back.
Reproductive freedom is threatened,
and injustice is rising.
Our most vulnerable neighbors are left unprotected
while our Republican city attorney stays silent.
I know what it means to be failed by the system.
I moved eight times before I was 12
and grew up in Section 8 housing.
Strong union jobs helped my family climb out
of poverty and thrive.
I've spent my career fighting for justice,
prosecuting violent crimes,
taking on fentanyl traffickers and hate crimes,
and protecting workers from wage theft.
Because if justice doesn't protect the most vulnerable,
it's not justice at all. I left the Department of Justice
when I was told to report on colleagues
for doing diversity work.
I refused to be part of a system dismantling civil rights
because I was trained to fight for them.
My grandfather raised his fist in the 1968 Olympic Games
to protest injustice.
And I carry that same courage every single day.
Now I'm bringing that fight home.
I'll restore community court, end delays
in domestic violence and DUI prosecutions,
and focus on rehabilitation instead of endless cycles.
Seattle does not need a savior or another politician.
We need a fighter with experience
who will not back down. I'll defend our right to belong,
our right to make decisions about our bodies,
our right to clean air and water,
and our right to live safely with dignity.
I'm proud to be endorsed
by our Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown,
King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion,
Council-member Girmay Zahilay, labor leaders,
Democratic organizations, legislators,
and civil rights champions across our state.
Our city deserves an attorney who will fight for all of us.
My name is Erika Evans, and I'm asking for your vote.
Thank you.