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-Seattle City Council. The Seattle City Council is
the legislative branch of government.
Members set the city's direction by enacting ordinances
and passing resolutions.
The Council authorizes expenditures,
adopts regulations, levies taxes,
controls the finances and property of the city,
and performs many related legislative tasks.
Of the nine city council positions, two,
Position Eight and Position Nine are at large,
representing the entire city for a term of four years.
Positions One through Seven each
represent different districts of the city.
This year, the two at large council positions
are up for election.
There is also a special election
for Seattle City Council District Two,
which covers the southeast portion of Seattle.
The candidate elected to this position
will serve the remaining two years of the term,
and be on the ballot again in 2027.
All voters in Seattle
can vote in both of the at large city council races.
Only voters in District Two can vote in the special election
for Seattle City Council District Two.
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-My name is Connor Nash
and I'm running to be your next city wide council-member
in Position Nine.
Seattle is facing a crisis of trust due to
the deeply unpopular legislation passed by this council.
Social services are cut to increase the police budget.
Laws are passed to criminalize our unhoused population
with no plans on how to help.
Even our ethics laws were under attack.
And it wasn't to help you.
When you go to the council chambers
to vocally oppose these terrible laws,
you are dismissed and ignored.
That will change if I'm lucky enough
to become your City council-member.
I'm running for city council
because the problems you're experiencing
have been most evident in my neighborhood.
I moved to Little Saigon in 2019, and in that time,
I have watched a beautiful,
historic place become one of distress
because of an out-of-control drug market caused by city neglect,
our city government has decided to launch a futile war on drugs
through a useless anti-drug zone,
building hostile architecture, and installing police cameras.
The war on drugs has never worked, and this one will fail.
Instead, we must increase funding for social services
and public defenders
while reforming our criminal justice system
with a robust drug court.
We must expand affordable housing to address the homelessness crisis.
We need community led plans,
such as Little Saigon's Pho Dep to bring stakeholders together
and address the problems in our neighborhoods,
rather than the current top down approach the city uses.
Finally, my major legislative goal is
to create a Green New Deal jobs program.
Our community is under attack by the Trump administration,
and we need a progressive plan.
The Green New Deal Jobs program will use JumpStart funds
to create well-paying union jobs that will clean our environment,
not just in downtown.
Restoration projects help our community
while supporting our economy.
We deserve a city council that listens to constituents,
not ignores them.
We deserve a council that passes popular legislation,
not one that people vehemently oppose.
I will be the council-member who listens,
supports, and fights for you.
Visit nashforseattle.com to learn more
and support my campaign.
Thank you.
-Seattle needs council leadership working
on urgent citywide priorities, not personal agendas.
I'm Dionne Foster,
and I'll bring focus and experience
to address housing affordability,
support people in crisis,
and keep our city safe and welcoming for all.
My commitment to service is rooted in my career
as a city policy analyst, philanthropic leader,
social work educator,
and from raising my family here in Seattle.
I've personally experienced the challenges facing
too many families -- working multiple jobs,
unaffordable rent, and difficulty securing childcare.
And I've seen firsthand
how government investment can create stability
for families like mine.
I've worked citywide to advance housing and climate action,
and statewide to fund affordable childcare
through a capital gains tax.
On city council, I'll fight for bold,
progressive action to build a stronger Seattle.
We need more affordable homes in Seattle.
I'll prioritize getting people indoors with shelter, treatment,
and permanent housing. I'll end council inaction
that delays needed housing construction,
and I'll promote home ownership,
prevent displacement, and back voter-approved social housing options
so all Seattleites have access to stable, affordable homes.
I've called 911 for both urgent and non-emergency situations,
and I want to ensure every call gets the right response.
I will support effective accountable policing,
advance gender equity and law enforcement,
and expand our care team.
I'll invest in youth engagement, behavioral health,
gun violence prevention,
and community driven safety solutions.
I will prioritize leadership on climate
through advancing sustainable transportation,
and I will fight for workers, including gig workers,
by supporting our unions, fair pay,
and safe workplace conditions.
I'm the only candidate for this seat endorsed
by Democratic Party organizations
Planned Parenthood,
MLK Labor, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal,
and elected leaders representing Seattle at every level.
I ask for your vote.
-Hi, I'm Sara Nelson, your citywide council-member.
I'm a 35 year Seattle resident, lifelong Democrat,
a wife, mother, and small business owner.
And I ran for office four years ago
because I saw a city in need of recovery.
People were living unhoused in parks,
on sidewalks and across our neighborhoods.
Fentanyl had become a public health emergency,
drug use was ignored,
and 911 response times were getting worse.
And all this was hitting our most vulnerable the hardest.
And I knew Seattle could do better.
As a person in recovery myself,
my belief in second chances drives everything I do
because everyone deserves the same chance
at recovery that I had.
It's why I pushed for expanded access to comprehensive,
on demand treatment
and secured major investments
in recovery services and overdose prevention,
and that's saving lives.
I brought that same urgency to housing.
We moved people inside, expanded shelters with services
and streamlined permitting to get more projects moving.
Seattle's investment in affordable housing
is now at an all time high, and I'm fighting
for more housing of all types across the city.
Under my leadership,
we've reversed the years long trend of losing more officers
than we can hire.
And more first responders means a safer, more livable city.
Bottom line -- Seattle's recovering,
but progress is fragile.
As the federal government wreaks havoc,
Seattle can't go backwards.
With your vote, I'll keep doing the work,
expanding treatment, keeping people safe,
and delivering real results for the people of Seattle.
I'm proud to be backed by Democrats, labor,
and neighbors across the city
who want to keep our momentum going.
I'm Sara Nelson, and I'd be honored to earn your vote.
-Hi, my name is Mia Jacobson,
and I am running for Seattle City Council Position Nine,
which is an all city position.
I am 37 years old, a third generation West Seattleite,
a third generation union longshoreman,
and a single mother of three.
I was born in the house that I'm raising my kids in,
a house my parents could afford with a single income,
and one that I cannot afford,
working the same job my father did.
In the last 20 years, Seattle has become almost unrecognizable.
Our lives keep getting harder
and there is nothing we can do to stop it.
We get mad. We make signs. We vote.
We call our representatives.
Everything just keeps getting worse.
We must stop acting like any of this is normal, healthy, or okay.
The people of Seattle have no measurable impact
on the daily decisions made by our government.
There is no way to protect ourselves from bad policy.
This is a serious problem for all of us,
regardless of our political differences.
We need to understand the limits of the process
we have inherited.
Public policy is drafted and voted on by people
who are most often not affected by it.
While the people who are cannot contribute to the conversation which creates it.
You can blame bad policy on somebody else,
but a healthy city is our responsibility.
In the last 20 years,
the only thing that has outstripped inflation
is our rate of technological development.
Seattleites everywhere are already using online platforms
and digital tools to educate
and organize themselves around solutions
to our modern problems.
It's time to bring that energy to City Hall.
Our elected officials need all the help they can get.
We are on the verge of a great social transformation,
as our evolution demands that we reimagine what human is, does,
and is capable of.
You might be waiting for a revolution,
but we will prepare a renaissance
as we shift our focus from the powers
that be to the powers that we have become.
With your vote, we will ask everyone in Seattle
how the city has failed to address their concerns.
And with your vision, we will build a city that does.
It's time to vote rabbit.
Vote Mia Jacobson for Position Nine.