2023 Seattle City Council election

The 2023 Seattle City Council election will be held on November 7, 2023. Seven seats of the nine-member Seattle City Council are up for election.

2023 Seattle City Council election
November 7, 2023
7 of the 9 seats on the Seattle City Council
5 seats needed for a majority
 
Party Democratic Socialist Alternative
Current seats 8 1
Incumbent President of the City Council

Debora Juarez
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Background

The Seattle Redistricting Commission approved a new map for the city council districts on November 8, 2022.[1] The 2023 election cycle is the fourth to use Seattle's democracy voucher program.[2]

1st district

Campaign

Incumbent Lisa Herbold is not running for re-election.[3] Social worker and former army medic Preston Anderson, Eltana restaurateur Stephen Brown, climate activist Maren Costa, Diversity Center of Seattle founder Jean Craciun, AnnaLisa Lafayette, Meta lawyer Rob Saka, and lawyer Phillip Tavel, runner-up for the 1st district in 2019, are running for the seat.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Campaign finance

All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[2]

Candidate Campaign committee
Raised Spent COH L&D
Preston Anderson[10] $31,280.06 $13,442.75 $17,837.41 $5,250.00
Stephen Brown[11] $22,443.77 $8,026.04 $14,417.73 $0.00
Maren Costa[12] $10,767.00 $7,330.13 $3,436.87 $0.00
Jean Craciun[13] $1,505.00 $651.38 $453.62 $0.00
AnnaLisa Lafayette[14] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Rob Saka[15] $71,045.00 $21,986.67 $49,058.33 $7,000.00
Phillip Tavel[16] $10,995.00 $9,042.79 $1,912.21 $11,452.76

Endorsements
Rob Saka
Local officials

2nd district

Campaign

Incumbent Tammy Morales is running for re-election.[19] She is being challenged by Green Party steering committee co-chair Margaret Elisabeth, Dawn Lucas, Isaiah Willoughby and community organizer Tanya Woo.[7][20] Seattle Parks Sustainability and Environmental Engagement manager Chukundi Salisbury has been named as a potential candidate.[21]

In 2021, Willoughby plead guilty to charges of arson committed during the events of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.[22][23]

Campaign finance

Tammy Morales, Isaiah Willoughby and Tanya Woo are participating in the democracy voucher program.[2]

Candidate Campaign committee
Raised Spent COH L&D
Margaret Elisabeth[24] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Dawn Lucas[25] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Tammy Morales[26] $59,485.68 $33,434.14 $26,051.54 $1,338.90
Isaiah Willoughby[27] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Tanya Woo[28] $84,553.45 $12,802.56 $71,750.89 $2,000.00

Endorsements
Tammy Morales
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Tanya Woo
State legislators
Local officials

3rd district

Campaign

Incumbent Kshama Sawant is not running for re-election.[31] Running for the seat are:

Campaign finance

All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[2]

Candidate Campaign committee
Raised Spent COH L&D
Shobhit Agarwal[40] $2,157.92 $1,273.15 $884.77 $0.00
Ry Armstrong[41] $6,736.59 $2,278.08 $4,458.51 $1,179.44
Andrew Ashiofu[42] $25,798.23 $1,242.61 $24,555.62 $0.00
Alex Cooley[43] $4,435.14 $2,783.85 $1,651.29 $0.00
Robert Goodwin[44] $3,127.96 $3,043.89 $84.07 $0.00
Joy Hollingsworth[45] $88,065.00 $25,381.89 $62,683.11 $2,472.10
Efrain Hudnell[46] $10,404.58 $7,599.66 $2,804.92 $5,693.95
Alex Hudson[47] $52,662.00 $18,066.09 $34,595.91 $11,000.00
Asukaa Jaxx[48] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Endorsements
Joy Hollingsworth
Labor unions

4th district

Campaign

Incumbent Alex Pedersen is not running for re-election.[50] George Artem, entrepreneur Ron Davis, deputy director of the Department of Arts & Culture Maritza Rivera, and engineer Kenneth Wilson, runner-up in the 8th district in 2021, are running for the seat.[51][52][7] State representative Gerry Pollet is reportedly considering a campaign.[53]

University of Washington graduate student Matthew Mitnick launched his campaign for the seat on November 15, 2022,[54] but on March 30, 2023, ten former campaign members published a formal statement containing serious allegations against him.[55] Mitnick withdrew from the race on April 14.[56][57]

Campaign finance

All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[2]

Candidate Campaign committee
Raised Spent COH L&D
George Artem[58] $900.00 $30.33 $869.67 $0.00
Ron Davis[59] $38,510.89 $13,354.02 $25,156,87 $13,473.85
Maritza Rivera[60] $18,086.00 $3,075.12 $15,010.88 $13,205.46
Kenneth Wilson[61] $64,370.28 $14,008.65 $50,361.63 $0.00

Endorsements
Ron Davis
State legislators
Local officials
Matthew Mitnick (withdrawn)
Organizations
Rejected by candidate

5th district

Campaign

City Council president Debora Juarez is not running for re-election.[67] Lucca Howard, Nilu Jenks, Shane Macomber, retired King County Superior Court judge Cathy Moore, social equity consultant ChrisTiana ObeySumner, Tyesha Reed, Justin Simmons and Rebecca Williamson, candidate for the 9th district in 2021, are running for the seat.[7][68]

Campaign finance

All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.[2]

Candidate Campaign committee
Raised Spent COH L&D
Lucca Howard[69] $792.29 $295.54 $496.75 $0.00
Nilu Jenks[70] $29,306.00 $6,152.33 $23,153.67 $5,000.00
Shane Macomber[71] $12,395.86 $13,858.40 -$1,462.54 $0.00
Cathy Moore[72] $11,165.18 $6,503.92 $4,661.26 $5,052.80
ChrisTiana Obeysumner[73] $3,941.00 $2,591.87 $1,349.13 $14,587.95
Tyesha Reed[74] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Justin Simmons[75] $731.66 $129.12 $602.54 $0.00
Rebecca Williamson[76] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

6th district

Campaign

Incumbent Dan Strauss is running for re-election.[77] He is being challenged by Fremont Chamber of Commerce executive Peter Hanning, Dale Kutzera, Victoria Palmer and attorney Shea Wilson.[78][79][80]

Campaign finance

Peter Hanning, Victoria Palmer, Dan Strauss and Shea Wilson are participating in the democracy voucher program.[2]

Candidate Campaign committee
Raised Spent COH L&D
Pete Hanning[81] $23,950.00 $13,986.39 $9,963.61 $5,000.00
Dale Kutzera[82] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Victoria Palmer[83] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Dan Strauss[84] $58,161.84 $8,178.35 $49,983.49 $0.00
Shea Wilson[85] $3,459.53 $219.04 $3,240.49 $0.00

Endorsements
Dan Strauss
State legislators
Local officials

7th district

Campaign

Incumbent Andrew J. Lewis is running for re-election.[86] He is being challenged by Isabelle Kerner, who ran for this district in 2019, Queen Anne community councilmember Robert Kettle, Aaron Marshall and businesswoman Olga Sagan.[79][87]

Campaign finance

Andrew J. Lewis, Isabelle Kerner and Robert Kettle are participating in the democracy voucher program.[2]

Candidate Campaign committee
Raised Spent COH L&D
Isabelle Kerner[88] $260.00 $250.51 $9.49 $0.00
Robert Kettle[89] $1,950.00 $13.00 $1,937.00 $6,413.10
Andrew Lewis[90] $88,448.58 $10,315.51 $78,133.07 $0.00
Aaron Marshall[91] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Olga Sagan[92] $6,773.58 $1,548.58 $5,225.00 $0.00

Endorsements
Andrew J. Lewis
U.S. Representatives

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