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The captain and crew of the King County water taxi vessel that sprung into action to help protect the Seattle waterfront from a runaway barge will be honored.
Joe Nguyen challenging Dow Constantine for King County executive Nguyen, a state senator from West Seattle, says Washington's most populous county needs a change in leadership. by King County Executive Dow Constantine hasn’t had a big election fight since he first won the county’s top job 12 years ago. That may be about to change. On Tuesday, state Sen. Joe Nguyen, D-West Seattle, announced he is challenging Constantine for the county’s top leadership position. Nguyen, 37, won election to the state Senate three years ago in a crowded primary for an open seat. In the general election,...
by Rich Smith • Apr 27, 2021 at 6:59 am It's gonna be Joe v Dow. Courtesy of the Campaign Today at 11:30 a.m. Washington state Senator Joe Nguyen will stand before a physically distant, masked-up crowd at Hing Hay Park and announce his plan to run for King County Executive, a seat Dow Constantine has held without too much trouble since the last recession tore through budgets 12 years ago. Over the phone, Nguyen said he wants to dip from the Legislature because "the pandemic exposed what so many in our communities already knew, which was that this ...