Your Seattle City Council Position 8 Candidates: Alexis Mercedes Rinck
There’s one seat up for grabs on Seattle’s city council this November.
Typically city council seats are filled during odd-year elections.
But, when former councilmember Teresa Mosqueda was elected to the King County Council in 2023, she left a vacancy that needed filling. Tanya Woo was appointed by the council to fill the seat, until this year’s special election could determine a replacement to serve through 2025.
Position 8 represents all of Seattle, as opposed to just one geographic district.
This week, Soundside is speaking with both candidates for the office. Up first is Alexis Mercedes Rinck.
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Guests:
- Alexis Mercedes Rinck, candidate for Seattle city council position 8
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Sarah Leibovitz
Supervising Producer, Soundside
Sarah joined KUOW in 2019 as senior producer on The Record. She is now Supervising KUOW’s new noon time show, Soundside. Prior to working at KUOW, Sarah was lead producer at the Seattle podcast production company Larj Media, and a teaching artist with Path with Art.
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