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The filing window for Seattle election candidates closed last Friday, with the fields for mayor, two city council seats, and city attorney now officially set. Seattle begins mailing out democracy vouchers Neither the race for Seattle mayor nor city council position 9 will feature an incumbent candidate. Meanwhile, both City Attorney Pete Holmes and at-large Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda are both running for reelection.   Mayor With Mayor Jenny Durkan not seeking reelection, the race to replace her features the most … Read More

Seattle will get $300 million in COVID relief funding over two years. Here are the city's priorities. Mayor Jenny Durkan and members of the Seattle City Council released their plan for spending $128 million in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief Thursday, focusing their efforts primarily on direct relief, economic recovery, housing and homelessness. “This proposal will kick-start Seattle’s recovery by prioritizing the economic recovery of our businesses, the revitalization of our neighborhoods, and increasing shelter and housing to those in need,” … Read More

Step up, candidates for local office. Filing week for the 2021 election opens on Monday. Given the ravages of the pandemic from education to the economy and exacerbating the homelessness crisis, it has never been more important for committed and qualified contenders to make their case for change or for staying the course. In this odd-year election, voters will choose representatives for county commissions, port districts, city councils, public school boards and special purpose districts. Elections officials in King, Snohomish, Pierce and other counties … Read More

SEATTLE– Four years ago, Teresa Mosqueda made history as the first, first-time candidate to win election using Seattle’s landmark Democracy Voucher program. Monday this week, Councilmember Mosqueda officially filed for … Continued

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Teresa Mosqueda for reelection to the Seattle City Council for the at-large position 8. Emily … Continued

Mosqueda, the first first-time candidate to win using Democracy Vouchers and the first to qualify for Vouchers this year, has raised over half of her contributions in Vouchers SEATTLE – … Continued

MLK County Labor Council and Unions representing more than 100,000 workers speak to Mosqueda’s leadership building a stronger and more equitable Seattle SEATTLE – Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda announced today the … Continued

SEATTLE– Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda is the first candidate in 2021 to qualify for the Democracy Voucher Program after receiving well over the required 400 donations and 400 signatures from Seattle … Continued

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda will seek a second term on the Council, she announced Wednesday. Mosqueda’s reelection bid, to her citywide seat, means she will not run for mayor. Mosqueda’s name had popped up in conversations about potential candidates to succeed Mayor Jenny Durkan, who is not seeking reelection, the Seattle Times reported. A post to Mosqueda’s campaign website says she will seek reelection, calling her a “Leader for rights of workers and champion for affordable housing.” … Read More

When Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda reflects on her past four years in office, she celebrates hard-fought wins for healthier families, worker protections, and small businesses. Yet COVID-19 hit and reversed the progression, significantly impacting many of the people Mosqueda has worked so hard to protect. For this reason, Mosqueda is running for a second term on the City Council, believing her work is not yet done. “I don’t want us to recover to what we were before,” Mosqueda said. … Read More