This week in politics: Seattle elections 'officially in full swing'
After a short breather from local politics, some 2021 Seattle City Hall races are starting to heat up.
Seattle City Council President Lorena Gonzalez joined Colleen Echohawk, executive director of the Chief Seattle Club, in the race for mayor this week.
And there’s still speculation that former Council President Bruce Harrell and former state Representative Jessyn Farrell could run.
Plus, candidates are already lining up for the City Council race to replace Gonzalez - and perennial candidates are at the ready.
"Alex Tsimermann, the Tom Brady of notorious city hall hecklers, is once again running for city council, so that means Seattle election season is officially in full swing," says Marcus Harrison Green, Seattle Times columnist, and founder of The South Seattle Emerald.
He joined KUOW's Paige Browning and Joni Balter, host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel, to talk about the week in politics.
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Paige Browning
Newscaster
Paige hosts midday newscasts and monitors news of significance to the Puget Sound region. She hopped over Washington’s mountains to join KUOW, after hosting news and reporting at Spokane Public Radio since 2011. She began her start in radio while a journalism student at University of Montana, by sharing stories with KUFM. Paige was raised in the mountains and rivers around Spokane. In her spare time she cheers on the Mariners in the summer, and hopes for snow in the winter.
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Katie Campbell
Online Editor/Reporter
Katie joined KUOW's online team as an editor and reporter in 2024, after serving three years as senior producer of the local Morning Edition program. In addition to reporting on the news of the day, she brings readers some levity with a weekly news quiz and curates the KUOW Book Club.
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