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...
Join Us Tuesday for Talk with Councilmember Andrew Lewis
On Tuesday April 11th, Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis is our guest for The Urbanist monthly speaker series. Lewis won election in District 7...
Images from Ballard Commons’ Reopening, in All Its Imperfect Glory
On Saturday, the fences came down and the green space at the center of Ballard was reopened. Closed in December 2021 so the city...
Tammy Morales Rolls Out Reelection Campaign
This morning, Tammy Morales announced she is running for a second term on Seattle City Council, becoming just the second of seven councilmembers up...
Urbanist Supervolunteer Ron Davis Jumps In D4 Council Race to Replace Alex Pedersen
When entrepreneur Ron Davis announced a District 4 Seattle City Council run this morning, it didn't come as a big surprise. Davis has busy...
Sawant Announces She’s Leaving City Council to Launch New Workers Party
In office since 2014, Kshama Sawant is Seattle's longest tenured city councilmember, but she announced this morning she is not running for reelection in...
Alex Pedersen Not Seeking Second Term on Seattle Council
Read on for Pedersen's top ten worst votes.
Councilmember Alex Pedersen announced on Tuesday he will not be seeking a second term on the Seattle...