Dan Strauss to seek reelection to Seattle City Council seat

SEATTLE — Councilmember Dan Strauss has confirmed he’ll search re-election to the Seattle metropolis council.

Strauss introduced his plans to hunt a second time period on Wednesday.

The incumbent councilmember represents District 6, which incorporates northwest Seattle neighborhoods equivalent to Ballard, Greenlake and Magnolia.

“Through the previous 4 years, we’ve been hit with a pandemic, an exploding homelessness inhabitants, a racial reckoning over policing practices, growing crime charges, and a scarcity of housing,” Strauss stated in a information launch. “I’ve labored laborious to assist enhance Northwest Seattle, and I’ve an formidable plan to deal with Seattle’s issues.”

All seven district positions will seem on the poll this November. Strauss is one in every of three incumbent councilmembers looking for re-election, together with Tammy Morales, who represents District 2, and Andrew Lewis, who represents District 7.

Strauss says he plans to kick off his marketing campaign with a listening tour in Magnolia, an space of town which was simply added to his district final fall.

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