Seattle Democrats Mulling Drug Law Siccing Republican City Attorney on the Poor
Nothing like a new war on drugs during an election year.
Next week the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to kickstart a new...
Preston Anderson Touts Homelessness Expertise in D1 Seattle Council Bid
Preston Anderson said he was inspired to run for Seattle City Council seeing firsthand the failure to adequately address homelessness and how it was...
Ry Armstrong’s D3 Seattle Council Bid Stresses Shelter, Safety, and Sustainability
As a queer non-binary Broadway actor running as a radical Democratic socialist urbanist, Ry Armstong is mounting one of the more unique bids for...
Seattle City Council District 4: Flirting with Disaster, Hoping for Deliverance
Elections have consequences – sometimes far greater than we would have initially imagined. Progressive urbanist Shaun Scott’s loss to Alex Pedersen in the last...
Maren Costa Builds Council Run on West Seattle Roots and Climate Organizing
Last week The Urbanist took a peek at how the Seattle's Council District 1 race is shaping up, and former Amazon tech worker turned...
The Battle for Seattle City Council, Part 3: D4 and D5 Scramble
Our deep dive into the seven Seattle City Council races happening this year started with the three races with incumbents running and followed with hotly contested...
The Battle for Seattle City Council, Part 2: D1 and D3 Free-for-All
On Friday, we began our exploration of the seven Seattle City Council races in 2023 with the three races with incumbents running. Now we...
The Battle for the Seattle City Council, Part 1: The Incumbents
Seven seats on the Seattle City Council are up for grabs this year and the races are starting to firm up ahead of the...