Three progressives take on Tanya Woo in Seattle City Council race

If it feels to you like there’s an overabundance of Seattle City Council elections, it’s not your imagination. This fall, Seattleites will vote in a special election to decide who will fill the citywide Position 8 seat through the end of former Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda’s term on Dec. 31, 2025.

Friday, May 10, was the filing deadline for the race, and four candidates are running.

Chinatown-International District activist and business owner Tanya Woo was appointed by the Council in January to temporarily fill Position 8 and is running to stay in the seat.

Woo will face three candidates in August’s primary — Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Saunatina Sanchez and Tariq Yusuf — who are positioning themselves as progressive alternatives to the new Council majority’s more moderate business-friendly, pro-police politics.

https://crosscut.com/politics/2024/05/three-progressives-take-tanya-woo-seattle-city-council-race