2023 Seattle City Council election Seattle City Council
The2023 Seattle City Council election was held on November 7, 2023, following a primary election on August 1.[ 1] Seattle City Council are up for election; the districts were modified based on the results of the2020 census .[ 2] [ 3]
All seven contests in the general election were between a more moderate candidate endorsed byThe Seattle Times The Stranger [ 4] Seattle Times endorsees won 5 of the 7 races, marking a significant shift from the2019 Seattle City Council election , in which more progressiveStranger -endorsed candidates won 6 of the 7 contested seats.
The Seattle Redistricting Commission approved a new map for the city council districts on November 8, 2022.[ 5] democracy voucher program.[ 6] [ 7]
District 1 ← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →
Precinct resultsSaka: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Costa: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Tie: 50%
Incumbent councilorLisa Herbold , first elected in the2015 election , announced on December 9, 2022, that she would not seek reelection. She stated that she did not want the election in the 1st district to repeat the2021 Seattle City Attorney election in whichAnn Davison , aRepublican , was elected against a divided progressive field.[ 8] [ 9]
Preston Anderson, a social worker and unsuccessful candidate in the 2019Pierce County Council election, and Maren Costa, a leader of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice thatNational Labor Relations Board ruled to be illegally fired byAmazon , announced their campaigns in January 2023.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Meta Platforms who was a member of the King County Districting Committee and the committee that selected Seattle Police ChiefAdrian Z. Diaz , announced his campaign on February 14.[ 13] [ 14]
Phil Tavel, anadministrative law judge who unsuccessful ran against Herbold in 2019, announced his candidacy on February 28.[ 15] [ 16] Black Lives Matter ,George Floyd protests , andCHOP occupancy ".[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[ 6]
Brown's significant usage of billboards, which cost $1,000 per week, and mailers placed him above the $93,750 fundraising threshold for the democracy vouchers program. Brown told the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission that the advertisements were meant for his business and not his campaign. Costa and Saka also exceeded the fundraising limit, but the SEEC lifted their limit. Elliott Bay Neighbors Committee has spent $40,000 in support of Saka.[ 21]
Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent COH L&D Preston Anderson[ 22] $50,758.05 $44,711.48 $6,046.57 $9,200.40 Michael Auger[ 23] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Lucy Barefoot[ 24] $1,180.00 $1,983.20 -$803.20 $0.00 Stephen Brown[ 25] $78,414.65 $73,184.12 $5,230.53 $9,026.10 Maren Costa[ 26] $87,752.00 $66,335.43 $21,416.57 $0.00 Jean Craciun[ 27] $37,493.00 $23,266.07 $14,226.93 $4,456.00 Mia Jacobson[ 28] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Rob Saka[ 29] $93,730.00 $85,444.67 $8,285.33 $4,550.00 Phillip Tavel[ 30] $48,802.43 $35,760.45 $13,041.98 $10,322.49
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Preston Anderson, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1[ 40] Stephen Brown, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1[ 40] Lucy Barefoot, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1[ 40] Mia Jacobeson, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1[ 40] Phil Tavel, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1[ 40] Rob Saka
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2023 Seattle City Council District 1 primary[ 44] Candidate Votes % Maren Costa 8,787 33.13% Rob Saka 6,397 23.12% Phil Tavel 5,324 20.07% Preston Anderson 2,222 8.38% Stephen Brown 1,659 6.26% Jean Craciun 838 3.16% Lucy Barefoot 767 2.89% Mia Jacobson 472 1.78% Write-in 55 0.21% Total votes 26,521 100.00%
General election results [ edit ] 2023 Seattle City Council District 1[ 45] Candidate Votes % Rob Saka 18,382 54.15% Maren Costa 15,431 45.46% Write-in 132 0.39% Total votes 33,945 100.00%
District 2 Precinct resultsMorales: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Woo: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Tie: 50% No votes
IncumbentTammy Morales announced her reelection campaign on February 1, 2023.[ 46] Chinatown–International District and a member of theChinatown International District Community Watch , announced her campaign on February 16, 2023.[ 47] [ 48] Green Party steering committee co-chair Margaret Elisabeth also ran for the seat.[ 19] [ 49]
Isaiah Willoughby, a withdrawn candidate, did not gain traction or raise funds, but received attention due to his 2021 pleading guilty to charges of arson committed during the events of theCapitol Hill Occupied Protest .[ 50] [ 51]
All the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[ 6]
Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent COH L&D Margaret Elisabeth[ 52] $2,651.71 $2,125.87 $525.84 $1,623.64 Tammy Morales[ 53] $93,750.00 $76,489.28 $17,260.72 $6,509.08 Tanya Woo[ 54] $93,729.54 $84,590.52 $9,139.02 $4,410.86
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2023 Seattle City Council District 2 primary[ 59] Candidate Votes % Tammy Morales (incumbent)10,326 52.28% Tanya Woo 8,406 42.56% Margaret Elisabeth 937 4.74% Write-in 81 0.41% Total votes 19,750 100.00%
General election results [ edit ] 2023 Seattle City Council District 2[ 45] Candidate Votes % Tammy Morales (incumbent) 13,123 50.65% Tanya Woo 12,720 49.10% Write-in 64 0.25% Total votes 25,907 100.00%
District 3 Precinct resultsHollingsworth: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Hudson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Tie: 40–50%
IncumbentKshama Sawant did not run for re-election.[ 60]
Nine candidates ran for the seat:
Shobhit Agarwal, retailer[ 61] Ry Armstrong, actor[ 62] Andrew Ashiofu, Seattle LGBTQ+ Commission co-chair[ 63] Alex Cooley, cannabis business co-founder[ 64] Bobby Goodwin,public defender [ 65] Joy Hollingsworth , cannabis business co-founder[ 66] Efrain Hudnell, deputy prosecutor in theKing County Prosecuting Attorney 's office[ 67] Alex Hudson, executive director, Transportation Choices Coalition[ 68] Asukaa Jaxx, perennial candidate (write-in)[ 19] All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[ 6]
Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent COH L&D Shobhit Agarwal[ 69] $19,690.12 $15,786.73 $3,903.39 $3,000.00 Ry Armstrong[ 70] $36,193.11 $24,081.31 $12,111.80 $23,108.21 Andrew Ashiofu[ 71] $51,593.88 $48,297.68 $3,296.20 $0.00 Alex Cooley[ 72] $89,554.77 $76,618.09 $12,936.68 $0.00 Bobby Goodwin[ 73] $5,142.28 $4,482.70 $659.58 $2,375.51 Joy Hollingsworth[ 74] $93,750.00 $79,530.73 $14,219.27 $0.00 Efrain Hudnell[ 75] $36,184.58 $22,602.89 $13,581.69 $0.00 Alex Hudson[ 76] $89,226.00 $72,740.61 $16,485.39 $17,700.00 Asukaa Jaxx[ 77] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Ry Armstrong, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 3[ 86] Alex Cooley, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 3[ 86] Efrain Hudnell, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 3[ 86] 2023 Seattle City Council District 3 primary[ 59] Candidate Votes % Joy Hollingsworth 9,690 36.87% Alex Hudson 9,601 36.53% Bobby Goodwin 2,755 10.48% Alex Cooley 1,118 4.25% Efrain Hudnell 1,081 4.11% Andrew Ashiofu 1,059 4.03% Ry Armstrong 488 1.86% Shobhit Agarwal 406 1.54% Write-in 82 0.31% Total votes 26,280 100.00%
General election polling [ edit ] Poll source Date(s) Sample[ b] Margin Joy Hollingsworth Alex Hudson Other Undecided Change Research (D)[ 88] [ A] October 31 – November 3, 2023 327 (LV) ± 5.7% 52% 28% 4%[ c] 16%
General election results [ edit ] 2023 Seattle City Council District 3[ 89] Candidate Votes % Joy Hollingsworth 17,805 52.94% Alex Hudson 15,709 46.71% Write-in 119 0.35% Total votes 33,633 100.00%
District 4 ← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →
Candidate Maritza Rivera Ron Davis Popular vote 14,221 13,986 Percentage 50.25% 49.42%
Precinct resultsRivera: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Davis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
IncumbentAlex Pedersen announced on January 4, 2023, that he would not run for re-election.[ 90]
Entrepreneur Ron Davis announced his campaign for the seat on January 31, followed on March 10 by deputy director of the Department of Arts & Culture Maritza Rivera. George Artem and engineer Kenneth Wilson, runner-up in the 8th district in 2021, also ran for the seat.State representative Gerry Pollet was reportedly considering a campaign, but he did not run.[ 91] [ 92] [ 19] [ 93]
University of Washington graduate student Matthew Mitnick launched his campaign for the seat on November 15, 2022,[ 94] [ 95] [ 96] [ 97]
All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[ 6] [ 21]
Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent COH L&D George Artem[ 98] $2,240.00 $2,085.08 $154.92 $0.00 Ron Davis[ 99] $109,525.89 $86,923.67 $22,602.22 $7,864.92 Maritza Rivera[ 100] $76,915.32 $72,828.64 $4,086.68 $16,700.00 Kenneth Wilson[ 101] $93,664.32 $87,447.39 $6,216.93 $0.00
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2023 Seattle City Council District 4 primary[ 111] Candidate Votes % Ron Davis 10,105 44.81% Maritza Rivera 7,174 31.82% Ken Wilson 4,772 21.16% George Artem 460 2.04% Write-in 38 0.17% Total votes 22,549 100.00%
General election results [ edit ] 2023 Seattle City Council District 4[ 89] Candidate Votes % Maritza Rivera 14,221 50.25% Ron Davis 13,986 49.42% Write-in 92 0.33% Total votes 28,299 100.00%
City Council presidentDebora Juarez declined to run for re-election.[ 112]
All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[ 6]
Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent COH L&D Boegart Bibby[ 115] $1,544.81 $1,534.81 $10.00 $1,534.81 Lucca Howard[ 116] $2,725.66 $1,978.30 $747.36 $497.09 Nilu Jenks[ 117] $90,424.01 $75,790.17 $14,633.84 $0.00 Shane Macomber[ 118] $22,352.79 $22,613.61 -$260.82 $4,500.00 Cathy Moore[ 119] $36,330.41 $36,157.52 $172.89 $17,944.72 ChrisTiana Obeysumner[ 120] $49,746.00 $38,961.54 $10,784.46 $23,788.30 Tyesha Reed[ 121] $14,205.92 $10,735.61 $3,470.31 $2,401.23 Justin Simmons[ 122] $4,434.50 $4,164.76 $269.74 $2,099.72 Bobby Tucker[ 123] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Rebecca Williamson[ 124] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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2023 Seattle City Council District 5 primary[ 111] Candidate Votes % Cathy Moore 7,327 30.72% ChrisTiana Obeysumner 5,823 24.41% Nilu Jenks 4,494 18.84% Justin Simmons 2,619 10.98% Tye Reed 1,103 4.62% Boegart Bibby 1,021 4.28% Bobby Tucker 442 1.85% Shane Macomber 356 1.49% Rebecca Williamson 317 1.33% Lucca Howard 266 1.12% Write-in 84 0.35% Total votes 23,852 100.00%
General election results [ edit ] 2023 Seattle City Council District 5[ 89] Candidate Votes % Cathy Moore 19,334 64.11% ChrisTiana ObeySumner 10,729 35.58% Write-in 93 0.31% Total votes 29,143 100.00%
IncumbentDan Strauss ran for re-election.[ 128] Fremont Chamber of Commerce executive Peter Hanning, Dale Kutzera, Jon Lisbin, Victoria Palmer and attorney Shea Wilson.[ 129] [ 130] [ 131] [ 132]
All candidates save for Lisbin are participating in the democracy voucher program.[ 6]
Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent COH L&D Pete Hanning[ 133] $93,490.00 $66,558.37 $26,931.63 $15,000.00 Dale Kutzera[ 134] $1,907.41 $1,826.01 $81.40 $2,072.41 Jon Lisbin[ 135] $5,381.00 $2,004.79 $3,376.21 $0.00 Victoria Palmer[ 136] $16,770.28 $15,759.14 $1,011.14 $6,874.32 Dan Strauss[ 137] $93,760.09 $84,554.99 $9,205.10 $300.00 Shea Wilson[ 138] $20,276.08 $19,104.54 $1,171.54 $3,000.00
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2023 Seattle City Council District 6 primary[ 140] Candidate Votes % Dan Strauss (incumbent)15,869 51.76% Pete Hanning 8,996 29.34% Shea Wilson 1,900 6.20% Dale Kutzera 1,383 4.51% Victoria Palmer 1,355 4.42% Jon Lisbon 1,016 3.31% Write-in 140 0.46% Total votes 30,659 100.00%
General election results [ edit ] 2023 Seattle City Council District 6[ 141] Candidate Votes % Dan Strauss (incumbent) 20,601 52.31% Pete Hanning 18,586 47.19% Write-in 199 0.51% Total votes 39,386 100.00%
District 7 ← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →
Precinct resultsKettle: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%Lewis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Tie: 40–50%
IncumbentAndrew J. Lewis announced that he would run for reelection on January 15, 2023, the first incumbent councilor to do so.[ 142] Queen Anne community councilmember Robert Kettle, Seattle Police Officer Aaron Marshall, businesswoman Olga Sagan and Wade Sowders.[ 130] [ 143]
All the candidates save for Marshall are participating in the democracy voucher program.[ 6]
Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent COH L&D Isabelle Kerner[ 144] $1,694.32 $1,657.13 $37.19 $0.00 Robert Kettle[ 145] $65,701.39 $50,650.84 $15,050.55 $12,924.03 Andrew Lewis[ 146] $93,762.09 $86,974.79 $6,787.30 $0.00 Aaron Marshall[ 147] $26,680.71 $15,465.23 $11,215.48 $7,500.00 Olga Sagan[ 148] $59,608.15 $53,756.12 $5,852.03 $16,877.09 Wade Sowders[ 149] $1,672.34 $1,672.34 $0.00 $0.00
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2023 Seattle City Council District 7 primary[ 140] Candidate Votes % Andrew J. Lewis (incumbent)8,114 43.45% Bob Kettle 5,888 31.53% Olga Sagan 2,429 13.01% Aaron Marshall 1,372 7.35% Isabelle Kerner 502 2.69% Wade Sowders 323 1.73% Write-in 46 0.25% Total votes 18,674 100.00%
General election results [ edit ] 2021 Seattle City Council District 7[ 141] Candidate Votes % Bob Kettle 11,951 50.78% Andrew J. Lewis (incumbent) 11,512 48.91% Write-in 74 0.31% Total votes 23,537 100.00%
^ Tavel was at a memorial, so his campaign manager Jules Williams participated in his stead ^ Key: ^ "Don't recall" with 3%; "Would not vote" with 1%; "Did not vote on this" with 0%
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