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  González vs Harrell: Solving Seattle's homelessness challenge

  Lorena González and Bruce Harrell are running for Seattle mayor in the November 2021 elections. They each sat down with a panel of KUOW staff to discuss their approaches to the city's challenges, such as homelessness.

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  What kind of Democrat do Seattle voters want running their city?

  The mayor’s race between M. Lorena González and Bruce Harrell is a battle to reinvent Seattle’s future. It also exposes an increasingly bitter divide on the left.
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  Time to pick a mayor

  Seattle's next mayor will manage the city's recovery from a public health emergency, an ongoing homelessness crisis and a debate over the future of policing, among other things. KUOW’s David Hyde catches us up on the race between Lorena Gonzalez and Bruce Harrell.
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  Sara Nelson and Nikkita Oliver miles apart in race for Seattle City Council

  If you had to explain the differences between the candidates for Seattle City Council Position 9 in two sentences, you could start with the ideological abyss that separates Nikkita Oliver and Sara Nelson.
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  Stark differences on crime electrify race for Seattle city attorney

  The normally uncontroversial race for Seattle city attorney has been an eventful one this year. The two candidates, Ann Davison and Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, have outlined dramatically different priorities for the city attorney’s civil and criminal efforts.
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  Washington is drawing new congressional maps. It’s getting heated

  New proposed maps for Washington state's congressional districts are out today, but a partisan divide in the bipartisan commission has prompted different interpretations of how the maps should be drawn up.
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  González plan for housing favors wealth tax, rejects sweeps

  A candidate for Seattle mayor is pledging to tackle homelessness with every possible city resource. City council president Lorena González unveiled her plan to address the city’s housing and homelessness crisis Thursday. She proposed new taxes on the wealthy, more flexible zoning, and an array of policies to prevent displacement.
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  Role of Seattle police looms large in candidate forum

  The general election season is getting underway. In a forum convened by the Seattle Human Services Coalition Thursday, candidates made clear that the types of calls requiring a police response will be a central issue in their campaigns.
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  Keeping Seattle 'clear of encampments:' Harrell's housing plan

  In Seattle’s Green Lake Park Thursday, Seattle mayoral candidate Bruce Harrell outlined his platform if elected to increase emergency housing for people who are unsheltered, and to clear homeless encampments in city parks and playgrounds.
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  Have Seattle's democracy vouchers combated big money?

  Seattle's "Democracy Voucher" program is being touted as a national model for campaign financing in articles and books, and even in Congress this year, where a version made its way into the Democrat's giant voting reform bill HR 1. But the results in this year’s August mayoral primary – which is the first time vouchers have ever been used in a Seattle mayor’s race-- were mixed.
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  Longtime Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes might be in trouble

  The hottest race in Seattle was a sleeper until Tuesday night.
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  Who's leading in Seattle races on primary night

  With a clap of thunder, the polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday in Seattle, marking the end of a seemingly sleepy series of races.