2023 Seattle City Council election

The Seattle Redistricting Commission approved a new map for the city council districts on November 8, 2022. The 2023 election cycle was the fourth to use Seattle's democracy voucher program. At least 16,000 people utilized the democracy voucher program during this election. ==District 1==

Campaign Incumbent councilor Lisa Herbold, first elected in the 2015 election, announced on December 9, 2022, that she would not seek reelection. She stated that she did not want the election in the 1st district to repeat the 2021 Seattle City Attorney election in which Ann Davison, a Republican, was elected against a divided progressive field. Preston Anderson, a social worker and unsuccessful candidate in the 2019 Pierce County Council election, and Maren Costa, a leader of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice that National Labor Relations Board ruled to be illegally fired by Amazon, announced their campaigns in January 2023. Rob Saka, a lawyer for Meta Platforms who was a member of the King County Districting Committee and the committee that selected Seattle Police Chief Adrian Z. Diaz, announced his campaign on February 14. Stephen Brown, the co-owner of Eltana Bagels, announced his campaign on March 7, and stated that he considered running for office "during the height of the Black Lives Matter, George Floyd protests, and CHOP occupancy". Lucy Barefoot, Jean Craciun, and Mia Jacobson also ran while Michael Auger conducted a write-in campaign. AnnaLisa LaFayette withdrew from the campaign. Campaign finance All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program. Candidate forums Endorsements Primary results General election debates & forum General election results ==District 2==

Campaign Incumbent Tammy Morales announced her reelection campaign on February 1, 2023. Tanya Woo, an activist from the Chinatown–International District and a member of the Chinatown International District Community Watch, announced her campaign on February 16, 2023. Green Party steering committee co-chair Margaret Elisabeth also ran for the seat. Isaiah Willoughby, a withdrawn candidate, did not gain traction or raise funds, but received attention due to his 2021 pleading guilty to charges of arson committed during the events of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest. Campaign finance All the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program. Endorsements Primary results General election debate General election results ==District 3==

Campaign Incumbent Kshama Sawant did not run for re-election. Nine candidates ran for the seat: • Shobhit Agarwal, retailer • Ry Armstrong, actor • Andrew Ashiofu, Seattle LGBTQ+ Commission co-chair • Alex Cooley, cannabis business co-founder • Bobby Goodwin, public defender • Joy Hollingsworth, cannabis business co-founder • Efrain Hudnell, deputy prosecutor in the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office • Alex Hudson, executive director, Transportation Choices Coalition • Asukaa Jaxx, perennial candidate (write-in) Campaign finance All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program. Candidate forum Endorsements Primary results General election polling General election debate General election results ==District 4==

Campaign Incumbent Alex Pedersen announced on January 4, 2023, that he would not run for re-election. Entrepreneur Ron Davis announced his campaign for the seat on January 31, followed on March 10 by deputy director of the Department of Arts & Culture Maritza Rivera. George Artem and engineer Kenneth Wilson, runner-up in the 8th district in 2021, also ran for the seat. State representative Gerry Pollet was reportedly considering a campaign, but did not run. University of Washington graduate student Matthew Mitnick launched his campaign for the seat on November 15, 2022, but on March 30, 2023, ten former campaign members published a formal statement containing serious allegations against him. Mitnick withdrew from the race on April 14. Campaign finance All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program. The SEEC lifted the fundraising limit for Davis. Endorsements Primary results General election debate General election results ==District 5==

Campaign City Council president Debora Juarez declined to run for re-election. Ten candidates filed for the District 5 race: • Boegart Bibby • Tyesha Reed • Justin Simmons • Bobby Tucker • Rebecca Williamson, candidate for the 9th district in 2021 Campaign finance All of the candidates are participating in the democracy voucher program. Endorsements Primary results General election debate General election results ==District 6==

Campaign Incumbent Dan Strauss ran for re-election. He was being challenged by Fremont Chamber of Commerce executive Peter Hanning, Dale Kutzera, Jon Lisbin, Victoria Palmer and attorney Shea Wilson. Strauss was the only candidate in any race to receive more than 50% of the vote in the primary. Campaign finance All candidates save for Lisbin are participating in the democracy voucher program. Endorsements Primary results General election results ==District 7==

Campaign Incumbent Andrew J. Lewis announced that he would run for reelection on January 15, 2023, the first incumbent councilor to do so. He is being challenged by Isabelle Kerner, who ran for this district in 2019, Queen Anne community councilmember Robert Kettle, Seattle Police Officer Aaron Marshall, businesswoman Olga Sagan and Wade Sowders. Campaign finance All the candidates save for Marshall are participating in the democracy voucher program. Endorsements Primary results General election debate General election results ==Notes==