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Charter. The Seattle City Council is the legislative body of the city of Seattle, Washington. The Council consists of nine members serving four-year terms, seven of which are elected by electoral districts and two of which are elected in citywide at-large positions; all elections are non-partisan. It has the sole responsibility of approving the ...
Kshama Sawant ( / kʃʌmɑː sɑːˈwʌnt /; born October 17, 1973) [ 1][ 2] is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. Until May 2024 she was a member of Socialist Alternative, the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office. A former software engineer ...
Seattle City Hall. Seattle is a charter city in the U.S. state of Washington with a mayor–council form of government. The Mayor of Seattle is head of the executive branch of city government, and the Seattle City Council, led by a Council President, is the legislative branch. The mayor of Seattle and two of the nine members of the Seattle City ...
Bruce Harrell. Bruce Allen Harrell (born October 10, 1958) [ 1] is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle, Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020, he was president of the city council. [ 2] He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18 ...
Seattle City Council consists of two at-large positions and seven district seats representing the areas shown from 2016 to 2023. Seattle is a charter city, with a mayor–council form of government. From 1911 to 2013, Seattle's nine city councillors were elected at large, rather than by geographic subdivisions. [268]
The 2019 Seattle City Council election was held on November 5, 2019. Seven seats of the nine-member Seattle City Council were up for election. Four incumbent members of the city council did not run for reelection, while the remaining three incumbents all won reelection. Sally Bagshaw, Bruce Harrell, Rob Johnson, and Mike O'Brien all announced ...
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 ]
The Mayor of Seattle is the head of the executive branch of the city government of Seattle, Washington. The mayor is authorized by the city charter to enforce laws enacted by the Seattle City Council, as well as direct subordinate officers in city departments. [ 1][ 2] (The Seattle City Council, the legislative branch of city government, is led ...