This week in politics: The races for Seattle mayor and the coronavirus vaccine

We now have a race for Seattle mayor. The election is 10 months away still, but this week the race got its first major candidate: Colleen Echohawk, executive director of the Chief Seattle Club.

She’s among six candidates so far, after Mayor Jenny Durkan announced she’s not seeking a second term.

Other possible candidates include City Council President Lorena Gonzalez, Casey Sixkiller, who works in the mayor’s office, and there’s speculation now about former City Council President Bruce Harrell.

"It’s going to be fluid for a while - with names coming up, then receding," says Joni Balter, host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel. "For example, people were recently talking about one-time congressional candidate Brady Walkinshaw getting in. He now says he is out."

Balter joined KUOW'S Paige Browning and Brian Callanan, on-air host and moderator for the Seattle Channel, to talk about the week in politics, including the debate over who should get the coronavirus vaccine next.