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Seattle City Council Member, District 5

Passes laws and regulations for your city

Full office description

  • City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy, including passing legislation about the police, fire department, parks, libraries, electricity, water, solid waste, and drainage utilities.
  • City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
  • City council members serve four year terms, and elections are nonpartisan. City council members are either elected to represent specific districts or are elected at-large, meaning that they represent the entire city.

How this impacts you

  • PolicingThe city council decides how many police are hired and posted on your city's streets, as well as how much they are paid and what equipment and training they receive.

  • Housing & Urban DevelopmentCity council members work together to set housing policy for the city, including how people are experiencing homelessness are treated and what services are provided to them.

Election results

WINNER

Cathy Moore

30.8%

7,327 votes

WINNER

ChrisTiana ObeySumner

24.5%

5,823 votes

Nilu Jenks

18.9%

4,494 votes

Justin Simmons

11%

2,619 votes

Tye Reed

4.6%

1,103 votes

Boegart Bibby

4.3%

1,021 votes

Bobby J. Tucker

1.9%

442 votes

Shane Macomber

1.5%

356 votes

Rebecca Williamson

1.3%

317 votes

Lucca Murdoch Howard

1.1%

266 votes

Candidates (10)

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