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Metropolitan King
County Council.

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The Metropolitan King County
Council is the legislative

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branch of county government.

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The council enacts laws,
sets policy, and adopts the

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county's operating budget.

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The operating budget
includes spending for

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areas such as public
health and human services,

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Metro Transit, wastewater
treatment, the criminal

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justice system, and regional
parks and open space.

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The Metropolitan King County
Council has nine members,

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each representing a different
geographic district.

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Voters select from the
candidates representing

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their voting district.

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Positions 2, 4, 6, and 8
will appear on the General

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Election ballot this year.

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-I'm Teresa Mosqueda, and
I'm running for re-election

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to the King County Council
to keep fighting for

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every family in District 8.

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From Vashon Island to the
Chinatown International

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District, from Burien
up to Belltown,

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I want our district to
have the opportunity to be

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healthy, housed, and to be
able to make ends meet.

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What I've done on King County
Council so far is delivered.

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I chair the Board of Health
and the Health, Housing, and

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Human Services Committee.

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I've used those roles to make
sure that we're investing

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in caring for all residents.

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That means making sure
our public health

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clinics remain open and
accessible to all residents,

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including immigrants
and refugees.

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I've secured stable funding
for domestic violence and

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sexual assault survivors.

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I've championed workforce
housing investments, wage parity

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for human service workers, and
helped pass the King County

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Parks Levy to make sure we're
investing in climate resilience

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strategies. My priorities
going forward are

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very clear.

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I want to expand access
to affordable housing.

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I want to prevent displacement
for working families.

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I want to improve
community safety

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through behavioral health
investments and reduce gun violence.

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I want to invest in what 
workers need every day,

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accessible around-the-clock
transit, affordable child-

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care, and good union wage jobs.

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I am proud to have been able
to represent District 8, and I

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ask for your additional support
going into this election.

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I am thankful to have the
support of Congresswoman

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Jayapal, Governor Ferguson,
Attorney General Nick Brown, MLK

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Labor, SEIU, UFCW, the building
trades, and every labor union

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that has endorsed
has endorsed my election.

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I have support from
environmental groups,

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housing, and health champions.

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I hope to earn your
support for another term

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on King County Council.

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I believe King County works best
when we lead with compassion,

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accountability, and a commitment
to opportunity for all.

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I ask for your support
going into this election

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so I can keep serving you
on King County Council

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and building a county where
every person can be healthy,

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housed, and resilient.

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Thank you.

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-My name is Nick Duda.

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I'm a West Seattle resident,
a husband, the father of two

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young kids, and someone
deeply worried about the

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direction we're headed.

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I got into this race
because King County needs

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a new voice in this seat.

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My opponent has, in many
ways, created the problems

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that we're all dealing with.

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Public safety is the number
one issue in the region.

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My opponent has voted against
consequences for open-air

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drug use, allowing Chinatown
and Little Saigon to suffer

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under this weight, and has been
unserious in efforts to curb sex

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trafficking on Aurora,
where we're the second

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worst region in the country.

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We also have serious gun
violence issues that we've

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done far too little to address.

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Public health is also a
serious challenge, as we have

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both one of the highest
rates of overdose deaths

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and chronic homelessness,
and this is all while my

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opponent has chaired the
Board of Public Health.

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Affordability is another
challenge, and yet

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she's voted to increase
regressive sales taxes,

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utility rates, and sponsored
other taxes that have pushed

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businesses out of our region,
contributing to one of

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the highest unemployment
rates in the country.

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We should be operating
differently.

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We should focus on our
core responsibilities

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of safe communities and
healthy neighborhoods

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for our kids.

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We should create an environment
that the industries of

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the future can thrive here.

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Areas like space, fusion,
and clean energy.

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Combining our region's
incredible manufacturing

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and software skills.

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And most importantly, we should
have accountable government that

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takes seriously how we spend
our money and leaders willing

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to admit when they were wrong.

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I'm a liberal who believes
we should have a strong

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social safety net and a
strong local economy.

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That doesn't mean government
can solve all our problems,

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and it also doesn't mean it's
the source of all our problems.

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But our unwillingness to
address many of the hard,

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thorny issues is causing
us to govern unseriously,

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unsustainably, and will lead
us to a place where our kids

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simply cannot thrive here.

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If you share my concerns
about the way we're governed,

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I'm the choice for you.