Tag: 2017 mayoral race

June 23, 2017

Replay and recap: The Mayoral transportation and housing forum

Did you know there’s a primary August 1? That’s not very far away. So if you haven’t been paying attention to the open Seattle Mayoral and City Council Position 8 races, now is the time to get caught up. The deadline to register or change your address online is July 3. That’s the Monday sandwiched…
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tagged: 2017 mayoral race, 2017 primary
June 19, 2017

Thursday forum will test mayor/Council hopefuls on transportation and housing in a growing Seattle

Though transportation is always an important issue in local elections, Seattle has passed a lot of major funding initiatives on the city, regional and statewide levels in recent years. With such major votes finally in the rearview mirror, other issues are likely to get more attention this time around. But while it’s unlikely the next…
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tagged: 2017 city council position 8 race, 2017 mayoral race, 2017 primary, erica barnett, seattle neighborhood greenways
April 20, 2017

Citing new ‘exciting candidates,’ Salomon drops out of mayoral race

When Andres Salomon arrived at UW Station with a cargo bike full of homemade tamales and announced his campaign for Seattle mayor, he did so because it seemed nobody else was preparing to challenge the well-funded and seemingly-popular incumbent Ed Murray. Though Salomon (a past-and-hopefully-future contributor to Seattle Bike Blog) was concerned about three years…
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April 19, 2017

Waterfront champion Cary Moon enters the mayoral race

Cary Moon — a strong champion for vibrant, people-focused places — has officially declared her candidacy for Seattle mayor. Moon has been a vital organizer for a people-focused waterfront downtown and currently serves on the One Center City advisory committee. Though her efforts to promote a surface street and transit alternative to the downtown car…
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April 17, 2017

Mike McGinn will run for another term as mayor

Standing in the yard of his Greenwood house with his family — a couple campaign signs leaning against the white picket fence, perhaps dusted off after four years in storage — Mike McGinn announced his candidacy for mayor. This wil be his third mayoral campaign in eight years. And as he joked with media, he’s 50 percent on winning…
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tagged: 2017 mayoral race, andres salomon, ed murray, mike mcginn, nikkita oliver
February 1, 2017

With cargo bike full of tamales, Andres Salomon announces run for Seattle Mayor

Andres Salomon was born in Ecuador and moved to the United States when he was three. His wife Anna moved to the U.S. as a refugee when she was five. They met at MIT and named their son Atom (which is a bad ass name). Their family does not own a car. Instead, they get…
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tagged: 2017 mayoral race, andres salomon, ed murray