Seattle, WA
Tanya Woo, Alexis Mercedes Rinck take early lead in race for Seattle City Council
SEATTLE – Seattle City Councilmember Tanya Woo and challenger Alexis Mercedes Rinck lead early in early election results for the only open seat.
Back in January, the Seattle City Council appointed Tanya Woo to fill Position 8 after Teresa Mosqueda was elected to the King County Council. Woo ran for District 2 which represents South Seattle and the Chinatown International District. She took an early lead, but eventually lost to Tammy Morales.
Alexis Mercedes Rinck says she is running to fight for solutions that are community-informed and research-backed. She moved to Seattle to attend the Evans School at the University of Washington and started her career in public policy.
As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, here’s who is leading the race for City of Seattle Council Position No. 8:
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Tariq Yusuf – 4.03% (3,971)
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Alexis Mercedes Rinck – 46.60% (45,914)
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Tanya Woo 41.40% (40,790)
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Saunatina Sanchez – 4.39% (4,321)
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Saul Patu – 3.22% (3,173)
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Write-in – 0.36% (354)
Washington is a vote-by-mail state. Under the state’s primary system, the top two vote-getters advance to the general election in November, regardless of party.
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Seattle, WA
SEEN FROM WEST SEATTLE: Downtown drone show
Thanks to Stewart L. for the photos of a drone show over the downtown waterfront tonight, as seen from Harbor Avenue. With Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, the show commemorated the 10th anniversary of the finale of the two-season Disney-produced animated series “Gravity Falls,” and the launch of a new “visual history” of the series, a book titled “The Art of Gravity Falls.”
(It was meant to be seen from the Overlook Walk on the waterfront, so the images visible from here were reversed.)
Seattle, WA
Seattle Sounders at St. Louis City SC: community player ratings form
The Seattle Sounders traveled to St. Louis on Saturday and came away 1-0 winners in a gritty performance. Soon after halftime, first half substitute Kalani Kossa-Rienzi scored the lone goal following a good counterpress from Jesús Ferreira, with calmness and composure from the goalscorer to pick his spot. The Sounders came under pressure from the hosts, but their defense was resolute throughout, turning aside repeated attacks in exactly the kind of performance you need to win on the road in MLS.
Here is a direct link to the form; we hope this allows everyone to submit a response.
Here’s the scale:
(Substitutes can be left blank if the player did not play enough to judge)
1 – Not a pro quality performance
4 – Average USL Championship starter
6 – Average MLS starter
9 – MLS All Star
10 – MLS MVP-quality performance
Seattle, WA
Seattle Kraken blown out in 7-4 home loss to Senators
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – MARCH 07: Shane Pinto #12 of the Ottawa Senators celebrates his goal during the second period against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on March 07, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Shane Pinto had a goal and two assists in Ottawa’s four-goal spree in the first and second periods and the Senators beat the Seattle Kraken 7-4 on Saturday night.
Linus Ulmark made 17 saves to help Ottawa improve to 3-1 on a five-game trip. The Senators are four points behind Boston for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Seattle has lost two in a row and four of its past six. It holds the second wild card in the West after San Jose’s overtime loss to the New York Islanders.
Tyler Kleven, Dylan Cozens and Michael Amadio also scored after Jacob Melanson gave Seattle an early lead.
After Eeli Tolvanen scored for Seattle to cut it to 4-2 late in the second, Warren Foegele, Tim Stutzle, and Brady Tkachuk pushed Ottawa’s lead to five in the third.
Matty Beniers and Brandon Montour had late goals for the Kraken. Joey Daccord made 29 savss for Seattle.
Seattle’s Jaden Schwartz left late in the first period after taking a skate to the face. He did not return.
Up next
Senators: At Vancouver on Monday night.
Kraken: Host Nashville on Tuesday night.
The Source: Information in this story came from The Associated Press.
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