2023 Seattle City Council election

The 2023 Seattle City Council election was held on November 7, 2023, following a primary election on August 1.^[1] The seven district-based seats of the nine-member Seattle City Council are up for election; the districts were modified based on the results of the 2020 census.^[2] Four incumbent members of the city council did not seek reelection.^[3]

2023 Seattle City Council election

← 2021 (recall) November 7, 2023 Officially nonpartisan 2024 (special) →
7 of the 9 seats on the Seattle City Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Socialist Alternative Seats before 8 1 Seats won 9 0 Seat change 1 1
President of the City Council before election Debora Juarez Nonpartisan Elected President of the City Council Sara Nelson Nonpartisan

All seven contests in the general election were between a more moderate candidate endorsed by The Seattle Times and a more progressive candidate endorsed by The Stranger.^[4] Seattle Times endorsees won 5 of the 7 races, marking a significant shift from the 2019 Seattle City Council election, in which more progressive Stranger-endorsed candidates won 6 of the 7 contested seats.

Background

The Seattle Redistricting Commission approved a new map for the city council districts on November 8, 2022.^[5] The 2023 election cycle was the fourth to use Seattle's democracy voucher program.^[6] At least 16,000 people utilized the democracy voucher program during this election.^[7]

District 1

District 1

← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Rob Saka Maren Costa Popular vote 18,382 15,431 Percentage 54.15% 45.46%

Precinct results Saka:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Costa:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Tie:      50%

Councilor before election Lisa Herbold Democratic Elected Councilor Rob Saka Democratic

Campaign

Incumbent councilor Lisa Herbold, first elected in the 2015 election, announced on December 9, 2022, that she would not seek reelection. She stated that she did not want the election in the 1st district to repeat the 2021 Seattle City Attorney election in which Ann Davison, a Republican, was elected against a divided progressive field.^[8][9]

Preston Anderson, a social worker and unsuccessful candidate in the 2019 Pierce County Council election, and Maren Costa, a leader of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice that National Labor Relations Board ruled to be illegally fired by Amazon, announced their campaigns in January 2023.^[10][11][12] Rob Saka, a lawyer for Meta Platforms who was a member of the King County Districting Committee and the committee that selected Seattle Police Chief Adrian Z. Diaz, announced his campaign on February 14.^[13][14]

Phil Tavel, an administrative law judge who unsuccessful ran against Herbold in 2019, announced his candidacy on February 28.^[15][16] Stephen Brown, the co-owner of Eltana Bagels, announced his campaign on March 7, and stated that he considered running for office "during the height of the Black Lives Matter, George Floyd protests, and CHOP occupancy".^[17][18] Lucy Barefoot, Jean Craciun, and Mia Jacobson also ran while Michael Auger conducted a write-in campaign.^[19] AnnaLisa LaFayette withdrew from the campaign.^[20]

Campaign finance

All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.^[6]

Brown's significant usage of billboards, which cost $1,000 per week, and mailers placed him above the $93,750 fundraising threshold for the democracy vouchers program. Brown told the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission that the advertisements were meant for his business and not his campaign. Costa and Saka also exceeded the fundraising limit, but the SEEC lifted their limit. Elliott Bay Neighbors Committee has spent $40,000 in support of Saka.^[21]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Preston Anderson[22]	$50,758.05	$44,711.48	$6,046.57	$9,200.40
Michael Auger[23]	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Lucy Barefoot[24]	$1,180.00	$1,983.20	-$803.20	$0.00
Stephen Brown[25]	$78,414.65	$73,184.12	$5,230.53	$9,026.10
Maren Costa[26]	$87,752.00	$66,335.43	$21,416.57	$0.00
Jean Craciun[27]	$37,493.00	$23,266.07	$14,226.93	$4,456.00
Mia Jacobson[28]	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Rob Saka[29]	$93,730.00	$85,444.67	$8,285.33	$4,550.00
Phillip Tavel[30]	$48,802.43	$35,760.45	$13,041.98	$10,322.49

Candidate forums

2023 Seattle City Council District 1 candidate forums

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
				Preston Anderson	Lucy Barefoot	Stephen Brown	Maren Costa	Jean Craciun	Mia Jacobson	Rob Saka	Phillip Tavel
1[31]	Jun. 6, 2023			P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
2[32]	Jun. 10, 2023	34th District Democrats	Rachel Glass	P	N	P	P	A	N	P	P
3[33]	Jul. 26, 2023		Paula Barnes	P	P	P	P	P	N	P	P*[a]

Endorsements

Maren Costa

Local officials

• Teresa Mosqueda, member of the Seattle City Council^[34]

Organizations

• LGBTQ Victory Fund^[35]
• National Women's Political Caucus of Washington^[36]
• United Food and Commercial Workers 3000^[34]

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[37]

Labor unions

• SEIU Local 925^[38]
• UFCW Local 3000^[39]

Individuals

• Preston Anderson, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1^[40]
• Stephen Brown, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1^[40]
• Lucy Barefoot, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1^[40]
• Mia Jacobeson, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1^[40]
• Phil Tavel, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 1^[40]

Rob Saka

Local officials

• Ryan Calkins, president of the Port of Seattle board of commissioners^[41]
• Norm Rice, former mayor of Seattle (1990–1998)^[41]
• Girmay Zahilay, member of the King County Council^[14]

Organizations

• Washington's 34th legislative district Democrats^[42]

Newspapers

• The Seattle Times^[43]

Primary results

2023 Seattle City Council District 1 primary^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Maren Costa	8,787	33.13%
	Nonpartisan	Rob Saka	6,397	23.12%
	Nonpartisan	Phil Tavel	5,324	20.07%
	Nonpartisan	Preston Anderson	2,222	8.38%
	Nonpartisan	Stephen Brown	1,659	6.26%
	Nonpartisan	Jean Craciun	838	3.16%
	Nonpartisan	Lucy Barefoot	767	2.89%
	Nonpartisan	Mia Jacobson	472	1.78%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	55	0.21%
Total votes			26,521	100.00%

General election results

2023 Seattle City Council District 1^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Rob Saka	18,382	54.15%
	Nonpartisan	Maren Costa	15,431	45.46%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	132	0.39%
Total votes			33,945	100.00%

District 2

District 2

← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Tammy Morales Tanya Woo Popular vote 13,123 12,720 Percentage 50.65% 49.10%

Precinct results Morales:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Woo:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Tie:      50%      No votes

Councilor before election Tammy Morales Democratic Elected Councilor TBD

Campaign

Incumbent Tammy Morales announced her reelection campaign on February 1, 2023.^[46] Tanya Woo, an activist from the Chinatown–International District and a member of the Chinatown International District Community Watch, announced her campaign on February 16, 2023.^[47][48] Green Party steering committee co-chair Margaret Elisabeth also ran for the seat.^[19] Seattle Parks Sustainability and Environmental Engagement manager Chukundi Salisbury had been named as a potential candidate, but he did not run.^[49]

Isaiah Willoughby, a withdrawn candidate, did not gain traction or raise funds, but received attention due to his 2021 pleading guilty to charges of arson committed during the events of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.^[50][51]

Campaign finance

All the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.^[6]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Margaret Elisabeth[52]	$2,651.71	$2,125.87	$525.84	$1,623.64
Tammy Morales[53]	$93,750.00	$76,489.28	$17,260.72	$6,509.08
Tanya Woo[54]	$93,729.54	$84,590.52	$9,139.02	$4,410.86

Endorsements

Margaret Elisabeth

Organizations

• Green Party of Seattle^[55]
• Green Party of Washington State^[56]

Tammy Morales

U.S. representatives

• Pramila Jayapal, U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district^[46][57]

State legislators

• Liz Berry, state representative from the 36th district^[46]
• Rebecca Saldaña, state senator from the 37th district^[46]

Local officials

• Lorena González, former member of the Seattle City Council^[46]
• Larry Gossett, former King County Councilor^[46]
• Teresa Mosqueda, member of the Seattle City Council^[46]
• Girmay Zahilay, King County Councilor^[46]

Organizations

• National Women's Political Caucus of Washington^[36]

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[37]

Labor unions

• SEIU Local 925^[38]
• UFCW Local 3000^[39]

Tanya Woo

State legislators

• Bob Hasegawa, state senator from the 11th district^[48]
• Sharon Tomiko Santos, state representative from the 37th district^[48]

Local officials

• Will Chen, Edmonds city councilman^[48]
• Toshiko Hasegawa, commissioner of the Port of Seattle^[48]
• Kim-Khánh Van, Renton city councilwoman^[48]

Newspapers

• The Seattle Times^[58]

Primary results

2023 Seattle City Council District 2 primary^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Tammy Morales (incumbent)	10,326	52.28%
	Nonpartisan	Tanya Woo	8,406	42.56%
	Nonpartisan	Margaret Elisabeth	937	4.74%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	81	0.41%
Total votes			19,750	100.00%

General election results

2023 Seattle City Council District 2^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Tammy Morales (incumbent)	13,123	50.65%
	Nonpartisan	Tanya Woo	12,720	49.10%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	64	0.25%
Total votes			25,907	100.00%

District 3

District 3

← 2021 (recall) November 7, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Joy Hollingsworth Alex Hudson Popular vote 17,805 15,709 Percentage 52.94% 46.71%

Precinct results Hollingsworth:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Hudson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Tie:      40–50%

Councilor before election Kshama Sawant Socialist Alternative Elected Councilor Joy Hollingsworth

Campaign

Incumbent Kshama Sawant did not run for re-election.^[60]

Nine candidates ran for the seat:

• Shobhit Agarwal, retailer^[61]
• Ry Armstrong, actor^[62]
• Andrew Ashiofu, Seattle LGBTQ+ Commission co-chair^[63]
• Alex Cooley, cannabis business co-founder^[64]
• Bobby Goodwin, public defender^[65]
• Joy Hollingsworth, cannabis business co-founder^[66]
• Efrain Hudnell, deputy prosecutor in the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office^[67]
• Alex Hudson, executive director, Transportation Choices Coalition^[68]
• Asukaa Jaxx, perennial candidate (write-in)^[19]

Campaign finance

All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.^[6]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Shobhit Agarwal[69]	$19,690.12	$15,786.73	$3,903.39	$3,000.00
Ry Armstrong[70]	$36,193.11	$24,081.31	$12,111.80	$23,108.21
Andrew Ashiofu[71]	$51,593.88	$48,297.68	$3,296.20	$0.00
Alex Cooley[72]	$89,554.77	$76,618.09	$12,936.68	$0.00
Bobby Goodwin[73]	$5,142.28	$4,482.70	$659.58	$2,375.51
Joy Hollingsworth[74]	$93,750.00	$79,530.73	$14,219.27	$0.00
Efrain Hudnell[75]	$36,184.58	$22,602.89	$13,581.69	$0.00
Alex Hudson[76]	$89,226.00	$72,740.61	$16,485.39	$17,700.00
Asukaa Jaxx[77]	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Candidate forum

2023 Seattle City Council District 3 candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
				Shobhit Agarwal	Ry Armstrong	Andrew Ashiofu	Alex Cooley	Robert Goodwin	Joy Hollingsworth	Efrain Hudnell	Alex Hudson	Asukaa Jaxx
1[78]	Jun. 13, 2023[79]	Tech4Housing 37th District Democrats 43rd District Democrats	Erica Barnett	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	N

Endorsements

Ry Armstrong

Organizations

• Green Party of Seattle^[80]
• Green Party of Washington^[81]
• National Women's Political Caucus of Washington^[36] (co-endorsed with Hollingsworth & Hudson)

Alex Cooley

Federal officials

• John McKay, former United States Attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington^[82]

Local officials

• Nick Licata, former member of the Seattle City Council^[82]

Joy Hollingsworth

Mayors

• Bruce Harrell, mayor of Seattle^[83]

Organizations

• LGBTQ Victory Fund^[35]
• National Women's Political Caucus of Washington^[36] (co-endorsed with Armstrong & Hudson)

Labor unions

• LiUNA Local 242^[84]
• UFCW Local 3000^[39]

Newspapers

• The Seattle Times^[85]

Alex Hudson

Organizations

• National Women's Political Caucus of Washington^[36] (co-endorsed with Armstrong & Hollingsworth)

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[37]

Labor unions

• SEIU Local 925^[38]

Individuals

• Ry Armstrong, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 3^[86]
• Alex Cooley, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 3^[86]
• Efrain Hudnell, candidate in 2023 Seattle City Council district 3^[86]

Declined to endorse

Organizations

• Washington's 43rd legislative district Democrats^[87]

Primary results

2023 Seattle City Council District 3 primary^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Joy Hollingsworth	9,690	36.87%
	Nonpartisan	Alex Hudson	9,601	36.53%
	Nonpartisan	Bobby Goodwin	2,755	10.48%
	Nonpartisan	Alex Cooley	1,118	4.25%
	Nonpartisan	Efrain Hudnell	1,081	4.11%
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Ashiofu	1,059	4.03%
	Nonpartisan	Ry Armstrong	488	1.86%
	Nonpartisan	Shobhit Agarwal	406	1.54%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	82	0.31%
Total votes			26,280	100.00%

General election results

2023 Seattle City Council District 3^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Joy Hollingsworth	17,805	52.94%
	Nonpartisan	Alex Hudson	15,709	46.71%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	119	0.35%
Total votes			33,633	100.00%

District 4

District 4

← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Maritza Rivera Ron Davis Popular vote 14,221 13,986 Percentage 50.25% 49.42%

Precinct results Rivera:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Davis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Councilor before election Alex Pedersen Democratic Elected Councilor TBD

Campaign

Incumbent Alex Pedersen announced on January 4, 2023, that he would not run for re-election.^[89]

Entrepreneur Ron Davis announced his campaign for the seat on January 31, followed on March 10 by deputy director of the Department of Arts & Culture Maritza Rivera. George Artem and engineer Kenneth Wilson, runner-up in the 8th district in 2021, also ran for the seat. State representative Gerry Pollet was reportedly considering a campaign, but he did not run.^{[90][91][19][92]}

University of Washington graduate student Matthew Mitnick launched his campaign for the seat on November 15, 2022,^[93] but on March 30, 2023, ten former campaign members published a formal statement containing serious allegations against him.^[94] Mitnick withdrew from the race on April 14.^[95][96]

Campaign finance

All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.^[6] The SEEC lifted the fundraising limit for Davis.^[21]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
George Artem[97]	$2,240.00	$2,085.08	$154.92	$0.00
Ron Davis[98]	$109,525.89	$86,923.67	$22,602.22	$7,864.92
Maritza Rivera[99]	$76,915.32	$72,828.64	$4,086.68	$16,700.00
Kenneth Wilson[100]	$93,664.32	$87,447.39	$6,216.93	$0.00

Endorsements

Ron Davis

State legislators

• David Hackney, state representative from the 11th district^[101]

Local officials

• Ryan Calkins, president of the Port of Seattle board of commissioners^[101]
• Sam Cho, member of the Port of Seattle board of commissioners^[101]
• Toshiko Hasegawa, member of the Port of Seattle board fo commissioners^[101]
• Girmay Zahilay, King County Councilor^[101]

Organizations

• Washington's 43rd legislative district Democrats^[87]
• Washington's 46th legislative district Democrats^[102]

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[37]

Labor unions

• UFCW Local 3000^[39]

Matthew Mitnick (withdrawn)

Organizations

• Green Party of Seattle^[103]
• Green Party of Washington^[104]

Rejected by candidate

• Seattle Democratic Socialists of America^[105][106]

Maritza Rivera

State officials

• Bob Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington^[107]

Local officials

• Tom Rasmussen, former member of the Seattle City Council^[107]

Newspapers

• The Seattle Times^[108]

Ken Wilson

Local officials

• Rick Burke, former president of Seattle Public Schools Board^[109]
• Will Chen, member of Edmonds, Washington city council^[109]
• Margaret Pageler, former member of the Seattle City Council^[109]
• Kay Smith-Blum, former president of Seattle Public Schools Board^[109]
• Peter Steinbrueck, former member of the Seattle City Council and Port of Seattle commissioner^[109]

Primary results

2023 Seattle City Council District 4 primary^[110]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Ron Davis	10,105	44.81%
	Nonpartisan	Maritza Rivera	7,174	31.82%
	Nonpartisan	Ken Wilson	4,772	21.16%
	Nonpartisan	George Artem	460	2.04%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	38	0.17%
Total votes			22,549	100.00%

General election results

2023 Seattle City Council District 4^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Maritza Rivera	14,221	50.25%
	Nonpartisan	Ron Davis	13,986	49.42%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	92	0.33%
Total votes			28,299	100.00%

District 5

District 5

← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Cathy Moore ChrisTiana ObeySumner Popular vote 19,334 10,729 Percentage 64.11% 35.58%

Precinct results Moore:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% ObeySumner:      50–60%

Councilor before election Debora Juarez Democratic Elected Councilor Cathy Moore

Campaign

City Council president Debora Juarez declined to run for re-election.^[111] Ten candidates filed for the District 5 race:

• Boegart Bibby^[19]
• Lucca Howard^[19]
• Nilu Jenks^[19]
• Shane Macomber^[19]
• Retired King County Superior Court judge Cathy Moore^[19]
• Social equity consultant ChrisTiana ObeySumner^[112]
• Tyesha Reed^[113]
• Justin Simmons^[19]
• Bobby Tucker^[19]
• Rebecca Williamson, candidate for the 9th district in 2021^[19]

Campaign finance

All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program.^[6]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Boegart Bibby[114]	$1,544.81	$1,534.81	$10.00	$1,534.81
Lucca Howard[115]	$2,725.66	$1,978.30	$747.36	$497.09
Nilu Jenks[116]	$90,424.01	$75,790.17	$14,633.84	$0.00
Shane Macomber[117]	$22,352.79	$22,613.61	-$260.82	$4,500.00
Cathy Moore[118]	$36,330.41	$36,157.52	$172.89	$17,944.72
ChrisTiana Obeysumner[119]	$49,746.00	$38,961.54	$10,784.46	$23,788.30
Tyesha Reed[120]	$14,205.92	$10,735.61	$3,470.31	$2,401.23
Justin Simmons[121]	$4,434.50	$4,164.76	$269.74	$2,099.72
Bobby Tucker[122]	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Rebecca Williamson[123]	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Endorsements

Nilu Jenks

Organizations

• Washington's 46th legislative district Democrats^[102]

Labor unions

• UFCW Local 3000^[39]

Cathy Moore

Organizations

• National Women's Political Caucus of Washington^[36]

Newspapers

• The Seattle Times^[124]

ChrisTiana ObeySumner

Organizations

• Green Party of Seattle^[125]
• Green Party of Washington^[126]

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[37]

Primary results

2023 Seattle City Council District 5 primary^[110]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Cathy Moore	7,327	30.72%
	Nonpartisan	ChrisTiana Obeysumner	5,823	24.41%
	Nonpartisan	Nilu Jenks	4,494	18.84%
	Nonpartisan	Justin Simmons	2,619	10.98%
	Nonpartisan	Tye Reed	1,103	4.62%
	Nonpartisan	Boegart Bibby	1,021	4.28%
	Nonpartisan	Bobby Tucker	442	1.85%
	Nonpartisan	Shane Macomber	356	1.49%
	Nonpartisan	Rebecca Williamson	317	1.33%
	Nonpartisan	Lucca Howard	266	1.12%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	84	0.35%
Total votes			23,852	100.00%

General election results

2023 Seattle City Council District 5^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Cathy Moore	19,334	64.11%
	Nonpartisan	ChrisTiana ObeySumner	10,729	35.58%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	93	0.31%
Total votes			29,143	100.00%

District 6

District 6

← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Dan Strauss Pete Hanning Popular vote 20,601 18,586 Percentage 52.31% 47.19%

Precinct results Strauss:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Hanning:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Councilor before election Dan Strauss Democratic Elected Councilor Dan Strauss Democratic

Campaign

Incumbent Dan Strauss ran for re-election.^[127] He was being challenged by Fremont Chamber of Commerce executive Peter Hanning, Dale Kutzera, Jon Lisbin, Victoria Palmer and attorney Shea Wilson.^{[128][129][130]} Strauss was the only candidate in any race to receive more than 50% of the vote in the primary.^[131]

Campaign finance

All candidates save for Lisbin are participating in the democracy voucher program.^[6]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Pete Hanning[132]	$93,490.00	$66,558.37	$26,931.63	$15,000.00
Dale Kutzera[133]	$1,907.41	$1,826.01	$81.40	$2,072.41
Jon Lisbin[134]	$5,381.00	$2,004.79	$3,376.21	$0.00
Victoria Palmer[135]	$16,770.28	$15,759.14	$1,011.14	$6,874.32
Dan Strauss[136]	$93,760.09	$84,554.99	$9,205.10	$300.00
Shea Wilson[137]	$20,276.08	$19,104.54	$1,171.54	$3,000.00

Endorsements

Peter Hanning

Newspapers

• The Seattle Times^[138]

Dan Strauss

State legislators

• Frank Chopp, state representative^[128]
• Jessyn Farrell, former state representative^[128]
• David Frockt, former state senator^[128]
• Noel Frame, state senator^[128]
• Julia Reed, state representative^[128]
• Gael Tarleton, former state representative^[128]

Local officials

• Sally Bagshaw, former member of the Seattle City Council^[128]
• Teresa Mosqueda, member of the Seattle City Council^[128]
• Ryan Calkins, commissioner of the Port of Seattle^[128]
• Sam Cho, commissioner of the Port of Seattle^[128]
• Fred Felleman, commissioner of the Port of Seattle^[128]
• Toshiko Hasegawa, commissioner of the Port of Seattle^[128]
• Girmay Zahilay, King County Councilmember^[128]

Organizations

• Washington's 46th legislative district Democrats^[102]

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[37]

Labor unions

• SEIU Local 925^[38]
• UFCW Local 3000^[39]

Declined to endorse

Organizations

• Washington's 43rd legislative district Democrats^[87]

Primary results

2023 Seattle City Council District 6 primary^[139]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Dan Strauss (incumbent)	15,869	51.76%
	Nonpartisan	Pete Hanning	8,996	29.34%
	Nonpartisan	Shea Wilson	1,900	6.20%
	Nonpartisan	Dale Kutzera	1,383	4.51%
	Nonpartisan	Victoria Palmer	1,355	4.42%
	Nonpartisan	Jon Lisbon	1,016	3.31%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	140	0.46%
Total votes			30,659	100.00%

General election results

2023 Seattle City Council District 6^[140]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Dan Strauss (incumbent)	20,601	52.31%
	Nonpartisan	Pete Hanning	18,586	47.19%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	199	0.51%
Total votes			39,386	100.00%

District 7

District 7

← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Bob Kettle Andrew J. Lewis Popular vote 11,951 11,512 Percentage 50.78% 48.91%

Precinct results Kettle:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90% Lewis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Tie:      40–50%

Councilor before election Andrew J. Lewis Democratic Elected Councilor Bob Kettle Democratic

Campaign

Incumbent Andrew J. Lewis announced that he would run for reelection on January 15, 2023, the first incumbent councilor to do so.^[141] He is being challenged by Isabelle Kerner, who ran for this district in 2019, Queen Anne community councilmember Robert Kettle, Seattle Police Officer Aaron Marshall, businesswoman Olga Sagan and Wade Sowders.^[129][142]

Campaign finance

All the candidates save for Marshall are participating in the democracy voucher program.^[6]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Isabelle Kerner[143]	$1,694.32	$1,657.13	$37.19	$0.00
Robert Kettle[144]	$65,701.39	$50,650.84	$15,050.55	$12,924.03
Andrew Lewis[145]	$93,762.09	$86,974.79	$6,787.30	$0.00
Aaron Marshall[146]	$26,680.71	$15,465.23	$11,215.48	$7,500.00
Olga Sagan[147]	$59,608.15	$53,756.12	$5,852.03	$16,877.09
Wade Sowders[148]	$1,672.34	$1,672.34	$0.00	$0.00

Endorsements

Robert Kettle

Local officials

• Debora Juarez, member of the Seattle City Council^[149]
• Sara Nelson, member of the Seattle City Council^[149]
• Alex Pedersen, member of the Seattle City Council^[149]

Newspapers

• The Seattle Times^[150]

Andrew J. Lewis

Federal officials

• Robert Reich, former United States Secretary of Labor^[57]
• Pramila Jayapal, U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district^[151]

State officials

• Bob Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington^[57]

Local officials

• Dow Constantine, King County Executive^[57]
• Lisa Herbold, member of the Seattle City Council^[149]
• Teresa Mosqueda, member of the Seattle City Council^[149]

Organizations

• Washington's 43rd legislative district Democrats^[87]

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[37]

Labor unions

• SEIU Local 925^[38]
• UFCW Local 3000^[39]

Primary results

2023 Seattle City Council District 7 primary^[139]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Andrew J. Lewis (incumbent)	8,114	43.45%
	Nonpartisan	Bob Kettle	5,888	31.53%
	Nonpartisan	Olga Sagan	2,429	13.01%
	Nonpartisan	Aaron Marshall	1,372	7.35%
	Nonpartisan	Isabelle Kerner	502	2.69%
	Nonpartisan	Wade Sowders	323	1.73%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	46	0.25%
Total votes			18,674	100.00%

General election results

2021 Seattle City Council District 7^[140]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Bob Kettle	11,951	50.78%
	Nonpartisan	Andrew J. Lewis (incumbent)	11,512	48.91%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	74	0.31%
Total votes			23,537	100.00%

Notes

1. Tavel was at a memorial, so his campaign manager Jules Williams participated in his stead