At TRU’s membership meeting last week, we debated and voted on endorsements for the 2021 Primary Elections, considering races throughout King County. (Not every candidate we endorsed will appear on the primary ballot; in races where there are only two candidates, there is no vote until November.) Here is who we recommend:
King County
- Executive – Joe Nguyen
- District 3 – Sarah Perry
- District 5 – Shukri Olow
- District 7 – Saudia J. Abdullah
- District 9 – Ubax Gardheere
Seattle
- Position 8 – Teresa Mosqueda
- Position 9 – Nikkita Oliver
- Mayor – Andrew Grant Houston
- City Attorney – Nicole Thomas-Kennedy
Port of Seattle
- Position 1 – Ryan Calkins
- Position 3 – Hamdi Mohamed
- Position 5 – Toshiko Grace Hasegawa
Bothell
- Bothell City Council Position 1 – Han Tran
Burien
- Position 1 – Hugo Garcia
- Position 7 – Krystal Marx
Kenmore
- Position 4 – Nigel Herbig
Kent
- Mayor – Dawn Bennett
- Position 2 – Satwinder Kaur
- Position 4 – Cliff Cawthon
- Position 6 – Brenda Fincher
Kirkland
- Kirkland City Council Position 5 – Neal Black
Issaquah
- Position 3 – Barbara de Michele
Renton
- Position 1 – Joe Todd
- Position 2 – Carmen Rivera
Tukwila
- Position 1 – Tosh Sharp
Federal Way
- Position 4 – Katherine Festa
Lake Forest Park
- Position 3 – Stephanie Angelis
SeaTac
- Position 2 – Jake Simpson
- Position 4 – Mohamed Egal
- Position 6 – Iris Guzmán
Port of Edmonds
- Commissioner-at-Large Position 5 – Scott Marshall