It s getting pretty hot â this week in politics, not the weather
Pierce County doesnât like it one bit.
In non-pandemic political news, the recall campaign against Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is gearing up, and another candidate is jumping into the crowded Seattle mayoral race. It s getting pretty hot, said Joni Balter, host of Seattle CityClubâs Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel â and she wasn t talking about the weather. There s even bipartisan talk of a special legislative session to help Pierce County get out of this phase. I bet that doesn t happen. The numbers don t support it. I think the governor is going to find a way to fix this.
Millennials challenge veteran candidates in 2021 King County and Seattle elections
the year for millennial candidates in King County?
Several Seattle millennials are challenging political veterans with deep pockets, and contests like the Seattle mayoral and King County executive races are shaping up to be generational battles.
The Seattle Times reports the leading candidates in the mayor s race are worth anywhere from $0 (Andrew Grant Houston) to $15 million (former Seattle City Council Member Bruce Harrell). According to the
Times, which analyzed candidate disclosures with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission in April, most of the remaining top contenders are worth less than $500,000.
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× By Joseph O Sullivan, The Seattle Times
Published: March 4, 2021, 11:20am
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It was billed as a discussion titled “The State of Our Democracy: Bridging the Political Divide in WA.” But the exchange between the state’s GOP and Democratic Party chairs Wednesday night was more of a bridge to nowhere.
Tina Podlodowski called the Republican Party’s claims to represent Washington residents “a joke” and accused its chair of being bound up in historic racism, misogyny and homophobia.
Caleb Heimlich accused Podlodowski of talking endlessly about Donald Trump and national politics to distract from local issues, and said that rural Washington is turning even farther away from Democrats.