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The2019 Seattle City Council election was held on November 5, 2019. Seven seats of the nine-memberSeattle City Council were up for election. Four incumbent members of the city council did not run for reelection, while the remaining three incumbents all won reelection.
Sally Bagshaw,Bruce Harrell,Rob Johnson, andMike O'Brien all announced that they would not seek reelection to the city council.Andrew J. Lewis defeated Jim Pugel to succeed Bagshaw,Tammy Morales defeatedMark Solomon to succeed Harrell,Alex Pedersen defeatedShaun Scott to succeed Johnson, andDan Strauss defeatedHeidi Wills to succeed O'Brien. Incumbent councilorsLisa Herbold,Debora Juarez, andKshama Sawant ran for and won reelection.
The amount of money spent during the campaign doubled from the 2015 election, withAmazon spending $1.5 million to support multiple candidates, including Egan Orion against Sawant and Pedersen's campaign.
The districts of theSeattle City Council were reorganized into geographic districts starting in the 2015 election instead of the previously used at-large districts.[1] Forty-seven candidates ran in the 2015 city council election, which was the most up to that point, and more than the twenty-nine candidates who ran in the 1997 election. Over fifty candidates ran in the 2019 election.[2]
MayorEd Murray did not seek reelection in the2017 mayoral election which was won byJenny Durkan. Murray resigned on September 13, 2017, and was replaced byBruce Harrell as temporary mayor, who was later replaced byTim Burgess.[3][4][5]
Lisa Herbold, who had served on the city council since her election in 2015, announced on January 30, 2019, that she would run for reelection.[6] Phil Tavel, an activist, launched his campaign on January 31.[7] Brendan Kolding, a police officer, announced his campaign in January. During the campaign, he was recommended for firing after an internal investigation by theSeattle Police Department determined that he had lied about his mistreatment of another officer.[8]
Herbold and Tavel placed first and second in the primary, and Herbold defeated Tavel in the general election.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Herbold (incumbent) | 13,405 | 50.62% | |
| Nonpartisan | Phil Tavel | 8,558 | 32.32% | |
| Nonpartisan | Brendan Kolding | 4,435 | 16.75% | |
| Write-in | 85 | 0.32% | ||
| Total votes | 26,483 | 100.00% | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Lisa Herbold | Phil Tavel | |||||
| 1 | Oct. 11, 2019 | Seattle CityClub | YouTube | P | P | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Herbold (incumbent) | 20,033 | 55.71% | |
| Nonpartisan | Phil Tavel | 15,787 | 43.90% | |
| Write-in | 139 | 0.39% | ||
| Total votes | 35,959 | 100.00% | ||
Tammy Morales, a member of theDemocratic Socialists of America who had run in the 2015 election, announced on January 7, 2019, that she would run for a seat on the city council from the 2nd district.[11][12] Harrell, who had served on the city council since his election in 2007, announced on January 8 that he would not seek reelection.[13] Phyllis Porter, an educator and community organizer, announced her campaign on January 17.[14] Christopher Peguero announced his campaign on January 21. Ari Hoffman, Matthew Perkins, andMark Solomon also ran in the election.[15][11]
Morales and Solomon placed first and second in the primary, and Morales defeated Solomon in the general election.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Tammy Morales | 10,630 | 50.07% | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Solomon | 4,923 | 23.19% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ari Hoffman | 2,451 | 11.54% | |
| Nonpartisan | Phyllis Porter | 1,254 | 5.91% | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Peguero | 1,000 | 4.71% | |
| Nonpartisan | Omari Tahir-Garrett | 607 | 2.86% | |
| Nonpartisan | Henry Dennison | 304 | 1.43% | |
| Write-in | 61 | 0.29% | ||
| Total votes | 22,172 | 100.00% | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Tammy Morales | Mark Solomon | |||||
| 1 | Sep. 18, 2019 | Seattle CityClub | Preston Phillips | YouTube | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Tammy Morales | 16,379 | 60.47% | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Solomon | 10,586 | 39.08% | |
| Write-in | 121 | 0.45% | ||
| Total votes | 27,086 | 100.00% | ||
Beto Yarce, a business owner, announced on November 29, 2018, that he would run for city council, but later dropped out on February 19, 2019.[16][17][18]Kshama Sawant, who was first elected in the 2013 election and was the onlySocialist Alternative member on the city council, filed to run for reelection on January 11, 2019, and launched her campaign on January 24, becoming the first incumbent city councilor to do so.[19][20] Egan Orion, the head of theUnited States Chamber of Commerce inCapitol Hill, announced his campaign on April 2, in response to Yarce dropping out.[16][21] Zachary DeWolf, a member of the Seattle School Board, announced on April 9 that he would run in the election.[16] Pat Murakami, an activist, Ami Nguyen, a public defender, and Logan Bowers, a business owner, also ran.[16]
Bowers filed a complaint against Sawant during the campaign alleging that Sawant had used city funds and resources to be used by Socialist Alternative.[22] Sawant and Orion placed first and second in the primary, and Sawant defeated Orion in the general election.[9][10] Orion conceded to Sawant on November 12.[23] Sawant won despite receiving 37% of the vote in the primary, which was the worst performance for a winning incumbent city councilor in a primary since Richard McIver won reelection after receiving 39% in the 2005 primary.[24]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Kshama Sawant (incumbent) | 12,088 | 36.71% | |
| Nonpartisan | Egan Orion | 7,078 | 21.49% | |
| Nonpartisan | Pat Murakami | 4,279 | 12.99% | |
| Nonpartisan | Zachary DeWolf | 4,147 | 12.59% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ami Nguyen | 3,028 | 9.20% | |
| Nonpartisan | Logan Bowers | 2,250 | 6.83% | |
| Write-in | 59 | 0.18% | ||
| Total votes | 33,599 | 100.00% | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Kshama Sawant | Egan Orion | |||||
| 1 | Sep. 27, 2019 | Seattle CityClub | Chris Daniels | [25] | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Kshama Sawant (incumbent) | 22,263 | 51.83% | |
| Nonpartisan | Egan Orion | 20,488 | 47.70% | |
| Write-in | 205 | 0.48% | ||
| Total votes | 42,956 | 100.00% | ||
Rob Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection after having served one term on the city council, stating that he had told his wife that he would only serve one term.[1]Shaun Scott, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who served as a delegate forBernie Sanders, announced his campaign in an article inThe Stranger.[26][27]Alex Pedersen ran in the election and was the first candidate to qualify fordemocracy vouchers.[28]
TheWashington's 43rd legislative district Democrats held a candidate forum ahead of the election, in which nearly all candidates participated.
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||||||||||
| Sasha Anderson | Ethan Hunter | Frank Krueger | Beth Mountsier | Emily Myers | Joshua Newman | Alex Pedersen | Shaun Scott | Heidi Stuber | Cathy Tuttle | |||||
| 1 | Jun. 8, 2019 | Washington's 43rd legislative district Democrats | Dae Shik Kim Hawkins Jr. | YouTube | N | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Pedersen and Scott placed first and second in the primary, and Pedersen defeated Scott in the general election.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Alex Pedersen | 10,447 | 40.36% | |
| Nonpartisan | Shaun Scott | 6,020 | 23.26% | |
| Nonpartisan | Emily Myers | 3,326 | 12.85% | |
| Nonpartisan | Cathy Tuttle | 3,322 | 12.83% | |
| Nonpartisan | Heidi Stuber | 981 | 3.79% | |
| Nonpartisan | Beth Mountsier | 718 | 2.77% | |
| Nonpartisan | Sasha Anderson | 328 | 1.27% | |
| Nonpartisan | Joshua Newman | 317 | 1.22% | |
| Nonpartisan | Frank A. Krueger | 237 | 0.92% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ethan Hunter | 119 | 0.46% | |
| Write-in | 71 | 0.27% | ||
| Total votes | 26,744 | 100.00% | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Alex Pedersen | Shaun Scott | |||||
| 1 | Oct. 7, 2019 | Seattle CityClub | Mark Baumgarten | YouTube | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Alex Pedersen | 16,954 | 51.94% | |
| Nonpartisan | Shaun Scott | 15,568 | 47.69% | |
| Write-in | 119 | 0.36% | ||
| Total votes | 32,641 | 100.00% | ||
Ann Davison Sattler announced her campaign for city council on January 23, 2019.[29]Debora Juarez, who was first elected in 2015, announced that she would seek reelection on January 25.[20] Juarez and Sattler placed first and second in the primary, and Juarez defeated Sattler in the general election.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Debora Juarez (incumbent) | 11,085 | 45.10% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ann Davison Sattler | 6,564 | 26.71% | |
| Nonpartisan | John Lombard | 3,201 | 13.02% | |
| Nonpartisan | Tayla Mahoney | 1,742 | 7.09% | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Mendez | 1,558 | 6.34% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alex Tsimerman | 718 | 1.53% | |
| Write-in | 50 | 0.20% | ||
| Total votes | 25,762 | 100.00% | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Debora Juarez | Ann Davison Sattler | |||||
| 1 | Sep. 22, 2019 | Seattle CityClub | Amy Radil | YouTube | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Debora Juarez (incumbent) | 19,532 | 60.59% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ann Davison Sattler | 12,588 | 39.05% | |
| Write-in | 114 | 0.35% | ||
| Total votes | 32,234 | 100.00% | ||
Mike O'Brien, who was first elected in the 2009 election, announced on February 13, 2019, that he would not seek reelection.[30]Dan Strauss, a policy advisor forSally Bagshaw, announced his campaign on the same day as O'Brien's retirement announcement.[31]Heidi Wills, who was one of three incumbents who lost reelection in the 2003 election afterStrippergate, ran in the election.[32]
Strauss and Wills placed first and second in the primary, and Strauss defeated Wills in the general election.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Dan Strauss | 11,328 | 34.15% | |
| Nonpartisan | Heidi Wills | 7,048 | 21.25% | |
| Nonpartisan | Sergio Garcia | 4,730 | 14.26% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jay Fathi | 4,367 | 13.16% | |
| Nonpartisan | Kate Martin | 1,137 | 3.43% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jon Lisbin | 1,063 | 3.20% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeremy Cook | 829 | 2.50% | |
| Nonpartisan | Melissa Hall | 820 | 2.47% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ed Pottharst | 599 | 1.81% | |
| Nonpartisan | John Peeples | 452 | 1.36% | |
| Nonpartisan | Joey Massa | 299 | 0.90% | |
| Nonpartisan | Terry Rice | 287 | 0.87% | |
| Nonpartisan | Kara Ceriello | 146 | 0.44% | |
| Write-in | 67 | 0.20% | ||
| Total votes | 25,762 | 100.00% | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Dan Strauss | Heidi Wills | |||||
| 1 | Sep. 22, 2019 | Seattle CityClub | Angela King | YouTube | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Dan Strauss | 23,868 | 55.65% | |
| Nonpartisan | Heidi Wills | 18,799 | 43.83% | |
| Write-in | 221 | 0.52% | ||
| Total votes | 42,888 | 100.00% | ||
Sally Bagshaw, who had served since her election to the city council in 2009, announced on November 27, 2018, that she would not seek reelection.[33]Andrew J. Lewis announced his campaign for city council on November 28, 2018.[34] Jim Pugel, the former chief of the Seattle Police Department, announced his campaign for city council on January 29, 2019.[35]Naveed Jamali, a former spy, also ran in the election.[36]
Lewis and Pugel placed first and second in the primary, and Lewis defeated Pugel in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Andrew J. Lewis | 8,409 | 31.71% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Pugel | 6,566 | 24.76% | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniela Lipscomb-Eng | 2,591 | 9.77% | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael George | 2,460 | 9.28% | |
| Nonpartisan | Gene Burrus | 1,501 | 5.66% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jason Williams | 1,347 | 5.08% | |
| Nonpartisan | Don Harper | 1,265 | 4.77% | |
| Nonpartisan | James Donaldson | 824 | 3.11% | |
| Nonpartisan | Naveed Jamali | 788 | 2.97% | |
| Nonpartisan | Isabelle J. Kerner | 691 | 2.61% | |
| Write-in | 80 | 0.30% | ||
| Total votes | 27,556 | 100.00% | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Andrew J. Lewis | Jim Pugel | |||||
| 1 | Sep. 27, 2019 | Seattle CityClub | Daniel Beekman | YouTube | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Andrew J. Lewis | 18,336 | 52.98% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Pugel | 16,122 | 46.58% | |
| Write-in | 152 | 0.44% | ||
| Total votes | 34,610 | 100.00% | ||
$3,376,384 was spent in total during the 2015 election, with $669,340 being from independentpolitical action committees and $2,707,044 coming from contributions to candidates. Campaign spending increased during the 2019 election, with $7,294,171 being spent in total, with $1,427,737 coming from democracy vouchers, $1,819,300 being contributions to candidates, and $4,047,134 being from independent political action committees.[37]
The Civic Alliance for Sound Economy, the political action committee of the Seattle Metropolitan United States Chamber of Commerce which received over $200,000 in funding fromAmazon, supported and gave money to Tavel, Solomon, Orion, Pedersen, Juares, Fathi, Wills, Pugel, and George during the campaign.[38] Amazon contributed over $1.5 million during the election, compared to the $130,000 donated by the company and its employees during the 2015 election.[39]
| Candidate | Campaign committee | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | COH | L&D | District | ||||
| Sasha Anderson[40] | $49,046.58 | $49,046.58 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Logan Bowers[41] | $93,668.19 | $93,668.19 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 3rd district | |||
| Gene Burrus[42] | $7,073.58 | $7,073.58 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Kara Ceriello[43] | $1,378.32 | $1,378.32 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Jeremy Cook[44] | $1,924.03 | $1,924.03 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Zachary DeWolf[45] | $85,487.27 | $85,487.27 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 3rd district | |||
| James Donaldson[46] | $15,230.87 | $15,230.87 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Jay Fathi[47] | $103,648.42 | $103,648.42 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Sergio Garcia[48] | $74,981.38 | $74,981.38 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Michael George[49] | $78,857.73 | $78,857.73 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Jesse Green[50] | $8,630.00 | $8,630.00 | $0.00 | $5,499.15 | 1st district | |||
| Melissa Hall[51] | $59,630.07 | $59,630.07 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Don Harper[52] | $21,445.00 | $21,445.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Lisa Herbold[53] | $199,274.36 | $199,274.36 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1st district | |||
| Ari Hoffman[54] | $93,356.58 | $93,356.58 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2nd district | |||
| Ethan Hunter[55] | $9,491.65 | $5,932.16 | $3,559.49 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Naveed Jamali[56] | $6,977.01 | $6,977.01 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Isabelle J. Kerner[57] | $3,512.17 | $3,512.17 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Brendan Kolding[58] | $74,999.00 | $74,999.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1st district | |||
| Frank Krueger[59] | $3,056.19 | $3,056.19 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Andrew J. Lewis (politician)[60] | $204,757.95 | $204,757.95 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Daniela Lipscomb-Eng[61] | $61,614.89 | $61,614.89 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Jon Lisbin[62] | $70,121.71 | $70,121.71 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| John Lombard[63] | $59,330.00 | $59,330.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 5th district | |||
| Debora Juarez[64] | $150,000.00 | $150,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 5th district | |||
| Tayla Mahoney[65] | $6,112.65 | $5,377.49 | $735.16 | $0.00 | 5th district | |||
| Kate Martin[66] | $60,055.42 | $60,055.42 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Joey Massa[67] | $2,700.43 | $2,700.43 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Mark Mendez[68] | $5,913.22 | $4,063.80 | $1,849.42 | $3,383.68 | 5th district | |||
| Tammy Morales[69] | $192,254.35 | $192,254.35 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2nd district | |||
| Beth Mountsier[70] | $5,127.57 | $5,127.57 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Pat Murakami[71] | $86,691.00 | $86,691.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 3rd district | |||
| Emily Myers[72] | $90,094.28 | $90,094.28 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Joshua Newman[73] | $25,591.11 | $25,591.11 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Ami Nguyen[74] | $93,659.77 | $93,659.77 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 3rd district | |||
| Egan Orion[75] | $403,881.92 | $403,881.92 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 3rd district | |||
| Abel Pacheco[76] | $9,686.00 | $9,686.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Alex Pedersen (politician)[77] | $197,008.46 | $195,560.06 | $1,448.40 | $0.00 | 3rd district | |||
| John Peeples[78] | $3,198.00 | $2,700.43 | $1,190.19 | $2,198.00 | 6th district | |||
| Christopher Peguero[79] | $60,627.54 | $60,627.54 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2nd district | |||
| Matthew Perkins[80] | $575.00 | $23.92 | $551.08 | $0.00 | 2nd district | |||
| Phyllis Porter[81] | $52,637.05 | $52,637.05 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2nd district | |||
| Ed Pottharst[82] | $34,915.82 | $34,915.82 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Jim Pugel[83] | $235,305.74 | $235,305.74 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Terry Rice[84] | $34,527.40 | $34,527.40 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Christopher Rufo[85] | $19,045.45 | $19,103.86 | -$58.41 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Ann Davison Sattler[86] | $81,000.22 | $81,000.22 | $0.00 | $11,795.61 | 5th district | |||
| Kshama Sawant[87] | $587,141.43 | $587,141.43 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 3rd district | |||
| Shaun Scott[88] | $217,866.71 | $217,866.71 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Mark Solomon[89] | $190,052.80 | $190,052.80 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2nd district | |||
| Dan Strauss[90] | $202,743.37 | $202,743.37 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Heidi Stuber[91] | $47,867.34 | $47,867.34 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Phil Tavel[92] | $192,657.15 | $192,657.15 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1st district | |||
| Cathy Tuttle[93] | $87,916.62 | $87,916.62 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 4th district | |||
| Jason Williams[94] | $77,842.29 | $77,842.29 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 7th district | |||
| Heidi Wills[95] | $267,005.06 | $267,005.06 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 6th district | |||
| Beto Yarce[96] | $17,467.71 | $17,467.71 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 3rd district | |||
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