It’s still a pretty slow start but money is starting to move into this year’s Seattle City Council races. The Primary is in August so candidates have less than 5 months to get their campaigns together in order to hope to survive the Primary. The races are non-partisan and the top two vote getters will move onto the November ballot.
Four Seattle City Council races are up this year. Two incumbents, Richard Conlin and Nick Licata are running for re-election. Two City Council members are retiring – Jan Drago and Richard McIver. Fourteen candidates are currently running for Seattle City Council.
Below are the candidates running, followed by their fundraising total through March 31, 2009 and then what they’ve spent so far.
Position 2
Richard Conlin (incumbent)…. $69,511 ….. $14,770
David Ginsberg …. $10,234 ….$739
Position 4 – seat being vacated by Jan Drago
Sally Bagshaw ….$52,752 ….$23,802
David Bloom ….$27,274 ….$1,293
Position 6
Jessie Israel…. $14,919 ….$5596
Martin Henry Kaplan ….$13,450 ….0
Nick Licata (incumbent) ….$46,354….$25,272
Position 8 – seat being vacated by Richard McIver
David Miller ….$22,058 ….$7,896
Robert Rosencrantz ….$42,180 ….$31,533
Jordan Royer ….$35,485 ….$11,339
Rusty Williams ….$35,136 ….$6,358
Candidates not yet declaring a seat they are running for:
Mike O’Brien ….$33,167 ….$8,763
Dorsal Plants ….$967 ….$642
Robert Sondheim ….$1,854 ….0
Information obtained from Washington State Public Disclosure Commission and City of Seattle Ethics and Election Commission.
