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In this wide field, Teresa Mosqueda stands out as uniquely prepared to deal with the details around getting more housing, and more affordable housing built. On transportation, Mosqueda supports more connected sidewalks, more protected bike lanes, using the city’s bonding authority to speed up light rail planning and construction, and getting more cars off the road. She correctly views this as a public health issue. Her emphasis on the public health aspects of transportation and land use is a wonderful way to … Read More

Mosqueda bridges the gap between activist and policy wonk. As organized labor's woman in Olympia, she helped to draft legislation, persuaded skeptical lawmakers to embrace it, and brought community pressure to bear on them if they faltered. As a first-time candidate, Mosqueda says she's taken quite well to campaigning. 'The easiest thing is having conversations with voters,' she smiles. 'I think it's because I've lived their experiences. I'm a woman of color, I'm young - I'm 36 - I'm a … Read More

Mosqueda comes to the Council race with a long history of successful public service and social justice advocacy (such as her leadership of the campaign to raise the state minimum wage), and an impressive list of endorsements from across the Seattle political spectrum. If elected, Mosqueda would be the only renter on the Council. Even beyond the symbolism, it’s clear that Mosqueda understands the interconnected challenges that marginalized Seattleites face in a way that many progressive leaders do not. We believe … Read More

During Mosqueda's childhood, her parents hosted house meetings for organizing in support of sanctuary for immigrants and against the Gulf War. Mosqueda remembers sitting near the front door with a coffee can she decorated, collecting donations. "A lot of our family photos were taken at protests," she says. With degrees from the University of Washington and Evergreen, Mosqueda worked on public health policy for the Washington State Department of Health and the Children's Alliance. In the years after the 2010 … Read More

Mosqueda is endorsed by every Democratic Party group in the city and dozens of elected officials, such as U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal. The 36-year-old health-policy expert helped write and pass an initiative last year raising the state’s minimum wage. [Nicole Grant] described Mosqueda as a candidate who can move the Democratic Party forward — a young woman of color fighting President Donald Trump’s agenda. … Read More

Every one of Teresa Mosqueda’s answers was packed with energy. She sort of made everyone else (except maybe Sheley Secrest) look like they were standing still, especially McGregor and Hisam Goueli who had the misfortune of going before and after her. Right out the door, she framed transportation and housing as public health issues. “My life’s work has been in public health,” she said, and that means “more walkable, bikeable neighborhoods.” Mosqueda linked safe streets both to the global and … Read More

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Mosqueda can point to a long list of concrete accomplishments in Olympia as well as a long list of supporters from state government and the labor movement, including 22 state legislators, more than a dozen unions, and Congresswoman (and former state legislator) Pramila Jayapal. … Read More

On New Year’s Eve, our neighbor emailed to say she and her husband—a 91-year-old World War II veteran recently diagnosed with cancer—had to be out of their apartment by February. She worried about finding an affordable place in the neighborhood where they had lived for decades. … Read More

'When I look around the city, I dont see shared prosperity. I dont see a Seattle where everyone can afford to live. I want to see a Seattle where people who work here, can afford to live here. Where seniors, who've worked here their entire lives can stay in their homes and retire here. I want to be there to make sure that everyone can afford to live in the city that they love'. … Read More