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Interviews

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Meet Ray Delahanty, the Guy Behind CityNerd

From urban planner to YouTube star, Delahanty keeps walking his way toward a more urbanist future. The genesis of CityNerd is a Covid-era story of...

Susan Paine Charts Her Own Path on Edmonds City Council

Often a lone voice for housing, Paine makes a pitch for another council term. In December when the Edmonds City Council pushed back on the...

D5 Candidate Cathy Moore Lays Out Her Vision for Seattle

Moore has staked her City Council bid on frontline experience and a balanced lawyerly approach. With Seattle City Council President Debora Juarez's retirement, the District...

Preston Anderson Touts Homelessness Expertise in D1 Seattle Council Bid

Preston Anderson said he was inspired to run for Seattle City Council seeing firsthand the failure to adequately address homelessness and how it was...
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Ry Armstrong’s D3 Seattle Council Bid Stresses Shelter, Safety, and Sustainability

As a queer non-binary Broadway actor running as a radical Democratic socialist urbanist, Ry Armstong is mounting one of the more unique bids for...
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Maren Costa Builds Council Run on West Seattle Roots and Climate Organizing

Last week The Urbanist took a peek at how the Seattle's Council District 1 race is shaping up, and former Amazon tech worker turned...

Seattle Subway Leader Efrain Hudnell Announces D3 City Council Bid

This morning King County deputy prosecutor Efrain Hudnell announced he's jumping in the crowded race for the District 3 Seattle City Council seat. As...

Andrew Ashiofu Stresses Lived Experience in D3 Seattle Council Pitch

Andrew Ashiofu is running for the Seattle City Council is District 3. The winner of the race is set to replace socialist firebrand Kshama...