Calendar Mark: July 17 For GSBA’s “Meet the Candidates 2019”

June 21, 2019• byMichael Strangeways

Egan Orion and Zachary DeWolf both qualified this week to participate in Seattle's Democracy Voucher program which helps fund city wide political races.

Egan Orion and Zachary DeWolf running for the Distric 3 seat on the Seattle City Council

It’s almost a month away but you should put this on your calendar of things to do in July if you’re not out of town: the GSBA’s MEET THE CANDIDATES forum for the 2019 local elections in the Greater Seattle area. It’s happening Wednesday, July 17th at the Amazon Meeting Center on 7th Avenue. It’s a free event but you do need to register to attend!

MANY of the candidates in the races are SCHEDULED to attend…doesn’t mean they will; after all, other things do come up. We won’t hold it against them….unless they dump us for a different event…

Meet Your Candidates

Join Us for the 2019 LGBTQ Civic Engagement Reception

Date: Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Time: 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM

Fee: Free

Address: 2031 7th Ave, Seattle, WA

Location: Amazon Meeting Center

Free to attend, registration required

REGISTER NOW

Join GSBA and our community partners for an evening of civic engagement and connecting with candidates running for office in the Puget Sound. This pre-primary, non-partisan event will include candidates for city councils, county councils, judges, and more.

Community partners will be on hand to help you update your voter registration, learn how to run for office yourself, understand issues in your district, and spread the word about Census 2020.

Candidates running for King County Council, Seattle City Council, King County Superior Court, King County Appeals Court, Seattle School Board, Bellevue City Council, and more have been invited. All candidates for each race are invited; this is a non-partisan event and attendance at this event should not be considered an endorsement in any form by any participating organization or individual. Candidates in attendance will be listed as they confirm.

Appetizers and refreshments will be generously provided by our sponsors at Amazon and glamazon. There is no cost to attend, but RSVP is required.

Meet These Candidates

King County Assessor

John Wilson

King County Council

2) Larry Gossett, Girmay Zahilay

4) Abigail Doerr, Jeanne Kohl-Welles

8) Joe McDermott, Michael Robert Neher

Seattle School District

1) Liza Rankin

3) Chandra Hampson, Benjamin Leis, Rebeca Muñiz

6) Crystal Liston, Molly Mitchell

Judicial Races

Court of Appeals, Div 1, Dist 1 – John Chun

These lists of candidates and elected officials are confirmed to attend as of June 20.

Port of Seattle Commission

2) Grant Deffinfer, Nina Martinez, Ali Scego, Preeti Shridhar

5) Fred Felleman, Jordan Lemmon

Bellevue City Council

7) James Bible

Seattle City Council

1) Lisa Herbold, Brendan Kolding, Phil Tavel

2) Ari Hoffman, Chris Peguero, Phyllis Porter, Mark Solomon, Omari Tahir-Garrett

3) Zachary DeWolf, Ami Nguyen, Egan Orion, Kshama Sawant

4) Sasha Anderson, Frank Krueger, Beth Mountsier, Emily Myers, Joshua Newman, Alex Pedersen, Heidi Stuber, Cathy Tuttle

5) John Lombard

6) Jay Fathi, Segio García, Melissa Hall, Jon Lisbin, Kate Martin, Joey Massa, Terry Rice, Heidi Wills

7) James Donaldson, Michael George, Don Harper, Isabelle Kerner, Jim Pugel, Jason Williams

Come Prepared

Make the most out of your Civic Engagement Reception experience by learning which district you live in, which candidates you will be choosing from, and what issues are most important to you for that position. Bring notes on your phone or on an index card to remind yourself who you want to speak with and what questions you want to ask.

Are you nervous about approaching candidates? Bring a friend with you so you can reinforce your points.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.