Election 2019

What candidates have to say about disability issues

We sent questionnaires to candidates for the King County Council and to local city council candidates to find out their thoughts on housing stability, safety, transit and other issues of concern to people with disabilities.

• You can read our questionnaire, here

You can click through to read individual responses, below

King County Council

District 2
Serving parts of Renton and Seattle's Central Area, Capitol Hill, Beacon Hill, the Rainier Valley, Seward Park, Skyway, UW, Ravenna, and Laurelhurst communities.

• Girmay Zahilay - Won the primary with 56 percent of the vote.
  Candidate Zahilay's response
  Contact: info@electgirmay.com, www.electgirmay.com

• Larry Gossett - Sitting council member. Came in second with 36 percent of the primary vote.
  Has not yet answered the questionnaire.
  Contact: larrygossett09@gmail.com, www.larrygossett.org

District 4
Serving the Seattle communities of Downtown, Belltown, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Fremont, Ballard, Greenlake, Greenwood, and North Seattle.

• Abigail Doerr - 1 of 2 candidates to file, so there was no primary vote
  Candidate Doerr's response
  Contact: abigail@abigaildoerr.com, www.abigaildoerr.com

• Jeanne Kohl-Welles - Was the first candidate to respond! She is the sitting council member for this district.
  Council Member Kohl-Welles' response
  Contact: jeanne@jeannekohlwelles.com, www.jeannekohlwelles.com

District 6 
Serving the communities of Beaux Arts Village, Bellevue, Bothell, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Kirkland, Medina, Mercer Island, Redmond, Woodinville, Yarrow Point, and parts of unincorporated King County.

• Bill Hirt - 1 of 2 candidates to file, so there was no primary vote.
  Has not yet answered the questionnaire.
  Contact: wjhirt2014@gmail.com; www.stopeastlinknow.blogspot.com
   
• Claudia Balducci - Sitting council member. Has not yet answered the questionnaire. Contact: info@claudiabalducci.com, www.claudiabalducci

District 8
Serving parts of Burien, SeaTac, Seattle (including Downtown, International District, Pioneer Square, SoDo, and West Seattle), Tukwila, and unincorporated King County (including Vashon).

• Joe McDermott - Sitting council member. Has not yet answered the questionnaire. Contact: info@joemcdermott.org, www.joemcdermott.org

• Michael Robert Neher - Has not yet answered the questionnaire. Contact: michael@michaelneher.com, http://www.facebook.com/Michaelforkingcounty

Local council races

ALGONA

AUBURN

BEAUX ARTS VILLAGE

BELLEVUE - Two candidates have responded

BLACK DIAMOND

BOTHELL

BURIEN - Two candidates have responded

CARNATION - One candidate has responded

CLYDE HILL

COVINGTON

DES MOINES

DUVALL

ENUMCLAW

FEDERAL WAY - Three candidates have responded

HUNTS POINT

ISSAQUAH

KENMORE - Two candidates have responded

KENT

KIRKLAND - Two candidates have responded

LAKE FOREST PARK - One candidate has responded

MAPLE VALLEY  - One candidate has responded

MEDINA

MERCER ISLAND - Two candidates have responded

MILTON  - One candidate has responded

NEWCASTLE

NORMANDY PARK -  One candidate responded

NORTH BEND

PACIFIC

REDMOND - One candidate has responded

RENTON

SAMMAMISH  - Three candidates have responded

SEATAC - One candidate has responded

SEATTLE - Eleven candidates have responded

SHORELINE - One candidate has responded

SKYKOMISH

SNOQUALMIE - Two candidates have responded

TUKWILA - One candidate has responded

WOODINVILLE - Two candidates have responded

YARROW POINT