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Election 2023 results: Seattle City Council & King County races

Election results according to the most recent ballot counts. Results will change as more ballots are processed over the week following the November general election.
KUOW Staff
Why housing is on the ballot in Seattle and Tacoma this year

For many across Western Washington, this year's general election ballot includes decisions that will impact one of the issues that voters are most concerned about: housing. In Seattle, there’s a nearly $1 billion dollar levy to build more affordable housing. And in Tacoma, a renter-protection initiative in Tacoma has drawn hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations and spurred public debate.
Mike Davis

Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Politics

Centrist in Seattle? How this week's election could change City Council politics

"We know the City Council will look very, very different next year."
Catharine Smith

Angela King
Mayor Harrell orders Seattle departments to increase BIPOC contracts, with emphasis on Black-owned businesses

Mayor Bruce Harrell has issued an executive order instructing Seattle departments to prioritize contracting with women- and minority-owned businesses (WMBE), with an emphasis on Black-owned firms.
Dyer Oxley
Arts & Life

'The entire city is feeling it.' Seattle mourns the loss of chef Thierry Rautureau

On Sunday, Seattle chef Thierry Rautureau died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis. Thierry was a staple of the Seattle food scene — his restaurants, Rover, Luc, and Loulay, helped build Seattle’s reputation as a culinary destination.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Seattle woman fears for kidnapped relatives in Gaza after losing aunt and uncle in Hamas attack

Seattle's Natalie Smith has endured the murder of her aunt and uncle during the Hamas attack Oct. 7 on their kibbutz in Israel. Seven other members of her extended family are missing and believed to have been kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
Stephen Howie

John O'Brien
This Seattle 'auntie' went to Gaza to make prosthetics for children. After being trapped in the war, she finally escaped

Ramona Okumura is a prosthetics clinician who was helping make arms and legs for children when the war in Gaza erupted. Until Wednesday, her family wasn't sure whether she would be able to escape.
Stephen Howie

John O'Brien
Environment

Wildlife advocates push back on pickleball in Seattle's Lincoln Park

A city proposal to expand pickleball courts in Seattle’s Lincoln Park has run into opposition from wildlife advocates.
Amy Radil
Is Portland infiltrating Seattle? Which city wins? Reporter's notebook
Dyer Oxley
Ballard and North Seattle teens are being mugged on their way home from school
Ashley Hiruko

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