Washington 2020: The Calm Before the Drizzle

[henster]

Cantwell and Murray seem like lifers to me.

[Vega]

If Murray were to get a decent primary challenger she would probably lose.

[publicunofficial]

A recall effort has been launched against State Sen. Doug Ericksen. The campaigners say the recall stems from Ericksen's job in the Trump administration, and that Ericksen is shirking his legislative duties. Since taking the job, Ericksen has missed 75% of his committee hearings.

If Murray were to get a decent primary challenger she would probably lose.

Washington isn't as liberal as people think it is.

[publicunofficial]

Deputy King County Prosecutor and community activist Manka Dhingra (D) is the first person to declare for the SD-45 special election.

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Her husband is a former Microsoft exec and currently works for SpaceX.

[henster]

Deputy King County Prosecutor and community activist Manka Dhingra (D) is the first person to declare for the SD-45 special election.

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Her husband is a former Microsoft exec and currently works for SpaceX.

$$. She sounds perfect and no past votes to hit her on.

[publicunofficial]

Mark Miloscia has apparently asked the federal government to step in and stop King County's recently implemented safe consumption sites.

I sooooo look forward to seeing him lose.

[KingSweden]

Deputy King County Prosecutor and community activist Manka Dhingra (D) is the first person to declare for the SD-45 special election.

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Her husband is a former Microsoft exec and currently works for SpaceX.

That's a great get. Can self fund, voters love prosecutors, and she's Indian (I assume?) in a district that is as Indian as it gets on the West Coast.

I was expecting Freeman, but I'd vote for this lady if I'm still in the 45th this fall

[publicunofficial]

There's a decent candidate running against Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess in Washington Human Rights Commission Chair Charlene Strong. Strong's campaign statement says her campaign will focus on homelessness and small businesses.

Strong had previously made local headlines in 2006, when she was barred from entering a hospital after her long time domestic partner died in a flash flood in their Seattle home. The case lead to the creation of a statewide domestic partner registry.

She joins King County NAACP VP Sheley Secrest, labor advocate Teresa Mosqueda, and housing activist Jon Grant along with Burgess himself in the race.

[smoltchanov]

There's a decent candidate running against Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess in Washington Human Rights Commission Chair Charlene Strong. Strong's campaign statement says her campaign will focus on homelessness and small businesses.

Strong had previously made local headlines in 2006, when she was barred from entering a hospital after her long time domestic partner died in a flash flood in their Seattle home. The case lead to the creation of a statewide domestic partner registry.

She joins King County NAACP VP Sheley Secrest, labor advocate Teresa Mosqueda, and housing activist Jon Grant along with Burgess himself in the race.

Burgess is a reasonably liberal (but - pragmatic) Democrat, IIRC....

[publicunofficial]

There's a decent candidate running against Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess in Washington Human Rights Commission Chair Charlene Strong. Strong's campaign statement says her campaign will focus on homelessness and small businesses.

Strong had previously made local headlines in 2006, when she was barred from entering a hospital after her long time domestic partner died in a flash flood in their Seattle home. The case lead to the creation of a statewide domestic partner registry.

She joins King County NAACP VP Sheley Secrest, labor advocate Teresa Mosqueda, and housing activist Jon Grant along with Burgess himself in the race.

Burgess is a reasonably liberal (but - pragmatic) Democrat, IIRC....

He's a moderating force on the council. Which is good if you're not supportive of the Sawant/O'Brien wing of the council, and bad if you are.

[smoltchanov]

There's a decent candidate running against Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess in Washington Human Rights Commission Chair Charlene Strong. Strong's campaign statement says her campaign will focus on homelessness and small businesses.

Strong had previously made local headlines in 2006, when she was barred from entering a hospital after her long time domestic partner died in a flash flood in their Seattle home. The case lead to the creation of a statewide domestic partner registry.

She joins King County NAACP VP Sheley Secrest, labor advocate Teresa Mosqueda, and housing activist Jon Grant along with Burgess himself in the race.

Burgess is a reasonably liberal (but - pragmatic) Democrat, IIRC....

He's a moderating force on the council. Which is good if you're not supportive of the Sawant/O'Brien wing of the council, and bad if you are.

Thaks! I understood. I know - it's all, but impossible, to be "too liberal" in Seattle, but i think some moderation may be useful...

[publicunofficial]

There's a decent candidate running against Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess in Washington Human Rights Commission Chair Charlene Strong. Strong's campaign statement says her campaign will focus on homelessness and small businesses.

Strong had previously made local headlines in 2006, when she was barred from entering a hospital after her long time domestic partner died in a flash flood in their Seattle home. The case lead to the creation of a statewide domestic partner registry.

She joins King County NAACP VP Sheley Secrest, labor advocate Teresa Mosqueda, and housing activist Jon Grant along with Burgess himself in the race.

Burgess is a reasonably liberal (but - pragmatic) Democrat, IIRC....

He's a moderating force on the council. Which is good if you're not supportive of the Sawant/O'Brien wing of the council, and bad if you are.

Thaks! I understood. I know - it's all, but impossible, to be "too liberal" in Seattle, but i think some moderation may be useful...

There are reasons to dislike Burgess besides not being liberal enough I will add. He was a major backer of the downtown tunnel project that was unpopular with many. He complains about Washington's regressive tax laws, but votes against any attempts for Seattle to pass it's own progressive taxation. He tried to criminalize panhandling, and killed the council's attempt to pass campaign finance reforms. All while having a somewhat condescending personality.

[Seattle]

Burgess is not running for re-election btw.

He's a great moderating voice on the council and is a reliable pro-density vote, which makes up for some of his less than great stances on lets say the tunnel and panhandling.

I don't really know any of the other candidates other than Jon Grant, who I dislike greatly.

[publicunofficial]

Burgess is not running for re-election btw.

He's a great moderating voice on the council and is a reliable pro-density vote, which makes up for some of his less than great stances on lets say the tunnel and panhandling.

I don't really know any of the other candidates other than Jon Grant, who I dislike greatly.

Ah, I forgot he wasn't running.

But agreed, Jon Grant was very lackluster last time he ran.

Besides him, the other candidates impress me quite a bit.

[KingSweden]

Strong has impressive credentials - where does she fall on the Sawant Spectrum? Getting rid of Burgess and further empowering that grandstanding loon is the last thing Seattle needs.

I wouldn't lump O'Btien all the way in with Sawant and her enforcers supporters, he's super progressive but overall a solid legislator who works with stakeholders. Better than Nick Licata at least

[publicunofficial]

Strong has impressive credentials - where does she fall on the Sawant Spectrum? Getting rid of Burgess and further empowering that grandstanding loon is the last thing Seattle needs.

I wouldn't lump O'Btien all the way in with Sawant and her enforcers supporters, he's super progressive but overall a solid legislator who works with stakeholders. Better than Nick Licata at least

If I had to take a stab at partisan leaning:

Center ---> Left

Mosqueda ---> Strong ---> Grant ---> Secrest

[KingSweden]

Strong has impressive credentials - where does she fall on the Sawant Spectrum? Getting rid of Burgess and further empowering that grandstanding loon is the last thing Seattle needs.

I wouldn't lump O'Btien all the way in with Sawant and her enforcers supporters, he's super progressive but overall a solid legislator who works with stakeholders. Better than Nick Licata at least

If I had to take a stab at partisan leaning:

Center ---> Left

Mosqueda ---> Strong ---> Grant ---> Secrest

Center here meaning very liberal everywhere else

Thanks for the info, though. It'll be interesting to see how this shakes out and what Strong's views re: density are

[Crumpets]

So, it looks like Seattle is getting a new left-wing populist party: the Seattle People's Party. They're nominating attorney and activist Nikkita Oliver to run against Ed Murray for Mayor.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/activist-nikkita-oliver-to-run-against-mayor-ed-murray/

http://seattlepeoplesparty.com/

[KingSweden]

So, it looks like Seattle is getting a new left-wing populist party: the Seattle People's Party. They're nominating attorney and activist Nikkita Oliver to run against Ed Murray for Mayor.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/activist-nikkita-oliver-to-run-against-mayor-ed-murray/

http://seattlepeoplesparty.com/

Have to imagine they'll just cut into any candidates SA runs, no?

Anyhow, they're DOA. Murray is safe

[NOVA Green]

So, it looks like Seattle is getting a new left-wing populist party: the Seattle People's Party. They're nominating attorney and activist Nikkita Oliver to run against Ed Murray for Mayor.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/activist-nikkita-oliver-to-run-against-mayor-ed-murray/

http://seattlepeoplesparty.com/

Hmmm.... might need to ping my sibling on this one, since she is right down the road from Rainier Beach in South Seattle, and has been working three jobs for Seattle Indivisible over the past few months throughout the City and Metro, and living up there for about 15 years now.

Still even if she plays well in South Seattle and the U-District, not convinced that she'll be able to take down a fairly popular Mayor in North and West Seattle precincts....

[Shadows]

WA has a progressive base but if full of conservative, moderate New Democrats. Look at the caucus representation, there's hardly a progressive in there !

[NOVA Green]

WA has a progressive base but if full of conservative, moderate New Democrats. Look at the caucus representation, there's hardly a progressive in there !

There are definitely quite a few Progressive Democrats in the City of Seattle, and quite frankly likely a significant majority of Democratic voters within the City....

Now will an insurgent challenger take out an extremely progressive mayor of an extremely progressive City, extremely unlikely.

All politics are local, and Seattle is an extremely Progressive City, where many of the divisions are not between Conservative/Moderate Democrats vs Progressive Democrats or even vs Socialists, but rather on relatively local issues of much greater import to the City that actually electorally rejected Donald Trump by a larger landslide than even San Francisco.

Still, want to get my finger on the pulse of the South Seattle Indivisible movement, since if there is a major positive buzz going around the scene it could be an interesting race to watch....

[Crumpets]

So, it looks like Seattle is getting a new left-wing populist party: the Seattle People's Party. They're nominating attorney and activist Nikkita Oliver to run against Ed Murray for Mayor.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/activist-nikkita-oliver-to-run-against-mayor-ed-murray/

http://seattlepeoplesparty.com/

Hmmm.... might need to ping my sibling on this one, since she is right down the road from Rainier Beach in South Seattle, and has been working three jobs for Seattle Indivisible over the past few months throughout the City and Metro, and living up there for about 15 years now.

Still even if she plays well in South Seattle and the U-District, not convinced that she'll be able to take down a fairly popular Mayor in North and West Seattle precincts....

I don't know. I think Murray's weaker than he looks. Pretty much every neighborhood has seen a big increase in homeless populations. Homelessness is now probably the number one issue in many seemingly strong Murray neighborhoods like Ballard and Queen Anne. While each has it's own proposed solutions to the problem (usually based on income/wealth), pretty much thinks the buck stops at Murray. It'll depend a lot on who makes it to the general, and it doesn't look like any of the candidates so far are particularly formidable, but I can see someone taking down Murray if they play all their cards right.

[KingSweden]

So, it looks like Seattle is getting a new left-wing populist party: the Seattle People's Party. They're nominating attorney and activist Nikkita Oliver to run against Ed Murray for Mayor.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/activist-nikkita-oliver-to-run-against-mayor-ed-murray/

http://seattlepeoplesparty.com/

Hmmm.... might need to ping my sibling on this one, since she is right down the road from Rainier Beach in South Seattle, and has been working three jobs for Seattle Indivisible over the past few months throughout the City and Metro, and living up there for about 15 years now.

Still even if she plays well in South Seattle and the U-District, not convinced that she'll be able to take down a fairly popular Mayor in North and West Seattle precincts....

I don't know. I think Murray's weaker than he looks. Pretty much every neighborhood has seen a big increase in homeless populations. Homelessness is now probably the number one issue in many seemingly strong Murray neighborhoods like Ballard and Queen Anne. While each has it's own proposed solutions to the problem (usually based on income/wealth), pretty much thinks the buck stops at Murray. It'll depend a lot on who makes it to the general, and it doesn't look like any of the candidates so far are particularly formidable, but I can see someone taking down Murray if they play all their cards right.

Sawant and her crew coddling the homeless has more to do with that than Murray, though. You are right, however, that the buck stops with the Mayor, and people always blame the executive first

[publicunofficial]

I'm curious, KS, what you think should be done about the homeless problem. I've seen you state your distaste for Sawant's policies on the issue numerous times but I don't think you've ever offered up your alternative.

(Not meant to be a b**chy "Well then what do you suggest?!?!" question, genuinely curious)