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-Metropolitan King County Council.
As the legislative branch of county government,
The Metropolitan King County Council sets the policies,
enacts the laws, and adopts the budgets that guide
the largest jurisdiction in Washington state.
Its mission is to protect public health and safety, enhance
quality of life, and ensure public trust.
This is a nonpartisan position.
Members are elected by geographic district
to four-year terms.
This year, four of the nine council seats
are up for election.
Only two of those four seats will appear on
the primary ballot: District 2 and District 8.
If you live in one of those two districts, you will be able
to cast a vote in the primary.
The top two vote-getters in those two districts
will advance to the general election in November.
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-People across our district are tired of hearing promises
made but not seeing them kept.
The cost of living keeps climbing.
Housing, childcare, and groceries are too expensive.
Our communities pay the price for lack of state support
as local governments are left underfunded and overstretched.
Our district deserves investments and outcomes.
People deserve to live in communities that they love.
The moment for courage and change is now.
This fight is personal.
I'm raising my children on Beacon
Hill in the same home my grandparents bought after being
released from Japanese American concentration camps.
I've watched neighbors have to leave because politicians
don't understand the consequences of their votes.
We deserve better.
Under Governor Jay Inslee, I led a state agency where we
fought for economic development, directed vital resources to
local small businesses, and delivered aid to communities
facing health care crises.
At King County's Office of Law Enforcement Oversight,
I led critical reforms to advance police accountability
and establish the grassroots, community-driven solutions
needed to prevent gun violence.
As Port Commissioner, I'm delivering on affordability
by creating a child care center and securing good
union jobs with real benefits.
As your County Councilmember, I'll build affordable housing,
promote safe and reliable public transit, protect renters,
and expand child care access.
I'll fully fund mental health systems and invest in
community-led strategies that stop gun violence before it
tears another family apart.
And I'll bring real accountability and oversight
to our county and champion progressive funding
options so that the ultra-wealthy pay their share.
City Attorney Erika Evans, Councilmembers
Alexis Mercedes Rinck and Eddie Lin, former
Governor Jay Inslee, legislators, labor unions,
Democratic organizations, and over 100 progressive
leaders in District 2 endorse me because they've
seen me deliver on what I promise.
Let's choose a better future.
-I'm Rebecca Saldaña and I'm running for
King County Council District 2 because working people
deserve a county we can actually afford to live in.
Right now too many people are struggling with rising
rents, childcare costs, health care bills and long
commutes while the wealthiest corporations and the ultra-rich
continue to profit.
I'm running to build more housing that's
affordable at every income level, raise wages,
improve transit, expand behavioral health care,
and make child care more accessible for working
families. As a daughter of a Mexican immigrant
farm worker who later became a machinist, I know what
economic insecurity looks like, and I know how transformative
good union jobs and vibrant communities can be.
That's what has shaped my life and my work.
Before elected office, I organized alongside
janitors and farmworkers fighting for dignity
and fair wages.
In the state Senate, I've spent the last decade delivering
real progressive change, helping pass the capital
gains and millionaire's tax so the wealthiest
pay more towards the services we all rely on,
passing one of the strongest paid family medical and leave
programs in the country, and sponsoring the Domestic
Workers Bill of Rights to protect care workers and
immigrant workers too often excluded from labor protections.
I've also fought for major investments in affordable
housing, transit, climate justice, and safer,
healthier communities.
Now, I'm ready to bring that proven leadership to the
King County Council because meeting this moment will
require leaders willing to stand up to powerful interests
and fight unapologetically for working people.
I'm honored to have the sole endorsement of the King
County Democrats as well as endorsements of King County
Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry, Claudia Balducci,
and many more progressive labor unions and community leaders.
I'd be honored to earn your support.