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.
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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.
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