Candidate Introductions Candidate Name: Andrew Grant Houston Campaign Name: The Rising Tide Campaign website: www.agh4sea.com City Position: Mayor Campaign Telephone Number: 206-981-6697 Candidate Introduction: Andrew Grant Houston AIA, Founder of House Cosmopolitan, and Board Member of Futurewise is a resident of Capitol Hill and a member of many organizations including Share The Cities and The Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Council. He also serves as the Interim Policy Manager for CM Mosqueda. His decision to run for Mayor comes after years of housing advocacy with little change, and last year’s wildfires highlighted the urgent need for shelter. Andrew is a queer architect of color, small business owner, and has a vision of transforming Seattle into one of the most vibrant, sustainable cities in the world. He believes it’s time to transform our economy in preparation to the uncertainty that comes with climate change. That includes fair wages, sustainable infrastructure, as well as the support of local farmers; investment in the arts; aiding community-led safety; cleaning our waterways; and ensuring housing at every income level. This is a vision for a healthier Seattle; where creativity and culture thrive, where opportunities are around every corner, and vibrant local businesses on tree-lined avenues. A Seattle with a real commitment to combating displacement, increasing the quality of life for everyone, and shifting power into the hands of the public. This candidate is participating in the Democracy Voucher Program. Language: English 1 Published 05_17_2021 Candidate Introductions Candidate Name: Bruce Harrell Campaign Name: Bruce for Seattle Campaign website: BruceForSeattle.com City Position: Mayor Campaign Telephone Number: (206) 486-0377 Candidate Introduction: I’m running for Mayor to unite Seattle around our collective values of opportunity, inclusion, and equity. Together, we’ll take bold action to address our homelessness crisis, lead a strong economic recovery for Seattle’s small businesses and families, and implement police reforms that change the culture of policing, not just the practices, to ensure ALL our families are safe. Raised in a working-class, biracial household, I’ve spent my life and career in Seattle. I love this City—who we are and who we can be. On City Council, I worked to break down barriers to success—passing Seattle’s first anti-bias police laws, ban-the-box to prevent workplace discrimination, and increased support for BIPOC kids in our public schools. I launched my campaign with actionable plans to address Seattle’s most pressing issues and will take on the climate crisis, reduce gun violence, expand health care for ALL Seattle residents, and invest in transit and transportation infrastructure. Our grassroots campaign is proudly endorsed by the most diverse coalition of any mayoral candidate, including Black and AAPI community leaders, former Governor Gary Locke, former Mayor Norm Rice, advocates for civil rights and police reform, and neighbors across Seattle. I’d be honored to earn your support. This candidate is participating in the Democracy Voucher Program. Language: English 2 Published 05_17_2021 Candidate Introductions Candidate Name: Colleen Echohawk Campaign Name: Echohawk for Seattle Campaign website: www.echohawkforseattle.com City Position: Mayor Campaign Telephone Number: 206.682.7328 Candidate Introduction: Colleen Echohawk is running on a People-First platform to achieve equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. For over 20 years, Colleen has served the most marginalized of our community, and as the executive director of the Chief Seattle Club created nearly $100 million in new affordable housing in Seattle. Colleen is committed to affordability, and knows a neighborhood isn’t complete without childcare, culturally relevant foods, frequent public transportation, economic opportunity, inclusive education, and streets safe enough for children to play on. As Mayor, Colleen will work to make Seattle a holistic home for the essential workers that keep our city running. Central to her People-First platform is an investment in community-based solutions and businesses so City contracts are awarded equitably, and profits are shared with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-led organizations. Colleen knows it’s time for our justice system to resolve conflict, rather than perpetuating multi- generational trauma. She will establish a Public Safety Department led with neighborhood-based mental health care workers to care for members of our community hit hardest by racial injustice and the pandemic. Colleen Echohawk is an enrolled member of Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation and a member of Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake. This candidate is participating in the Democracy Voucher Program. Language: English 3 Published 05_17_2021 Candidate Introductions Candidate: Don L Rivers Campaign name: The Change Is Here Website: www.donlrivers.com City Position: Seattle Mayor Phone Number: (206)302-8213 Candidate Introduction: We never expected to be in the crisis we are in . We are in the process of learning as we go forward. Along with developing a understanding of cultural competency and moving forward with reformed policies. Now is the time For our city to break away from practice tribalism and recycle politicians. We will remind the world that we are still the city of Destiny. The recent verdict will be the beginning to a true interpretation for America 's history. Where, We the people decided that humanity will always have the higher moral ground to uphold justice and equality for all. Seattle is known for having a mindset of embracing diversity and speaking with our voices for real change. I will be working with real organizations that are truly doing the foot work in serving their communities . I have never waited to hold an elected seat to get things done for the citizens of Washington State . The Change is here. Thank You Don L Rivers This candidate is participating in the Democracy Voucher Program. Language: English 4 Published 05_17_2021 Candidate Introductions Candidate Name: Henry C. Dennison Campaign Name: Henry C. Dennison for Mayor Campaign website: [email protected] City Position: Mayor Campaign Telephone Number: 206-323-1755 Candidate Introduction: The only road forward for the working class is to fight for our needs — one class, ours, against the opposing class of capitalist rulers. In the face of deepening boss attacks and massive unemployment, despite coronavirus lockdowns, workers are fighting back. The Socialist Workers Party backs workers’ struggles, including the successful strike over wages by workers at Hunts Point Market in the Bronx; Marathon Oil workers’ strike over safety in Minnesota; union organizing by Amazon workers in Alabama and Yakima Valley packing house workers; the fight by farmers in India to maintain their livelihood. We need workers’ control of production and safety, and a labor party to advance working peoples' interests, self-confidence and class consciousness. My campaign puts forward demands to unite the working class: A government-financed jobs program to put millions to work. Defend working farmers and ranchers. Amnesty for undocumented immigrants. Oppose Washington’s wars. End the U.S. economic war on Cuba. Recognition of Israel and a Palestinian state with contiguous borders. Prosecute and jail cops who kill and brutalize working people. Defend a woman’s right to abortion. Defend political rights, voting rights, free speech. Stop government spying. No “cancel culture”. End solitary confinement. Abolish the death penalty. This candidate is not participating in the Democracy Voucher Program. Language: English 5 Published 05_17_2021 Candidate Introductions Candidate Name: Jessyn Farrell Campaign Name: Friends of Jessyn Campaign website: www.jessynformayor.com Position: Mayor of Seattle Campaign Telephone Number: 206.413.8059 Candidate Introduction: Jessyn Farrell is a progressive who gets things done. A former legislator, working mom, and leader of the state’s COVID economic recovery task force, Jessyn has the ability to build the necessary coalitions and bridge the divides to tackle our city’s tough challenges. Jessyn believes when we come together with common purpose, we can do big things. This starts by acknowledging that far too many were left behind pre-COVID and we have a once in a generation opportunity to tackle the root causes of inequities by enacting progressive policies proven to grow the economy and create broad prosperity. By pushing for massive investments in affordable housing, establishing free universal birth-to-5 childcare, and creating portable benefits like retirement savings, affordable health care, and paid family & medical leave for gig workers, artists, domestic workers, and small business owners, Jessyn will create a Seattle that people will not only want to live in, but can afford to. Jessyn will put forth solutions to meet the scale of our problems and sweat the details. She’ll give Seattle a much needed fresh start. This candidate is participating in the Democracy Voucher Program. Language: English 6 Published 05_17_2021 Candidate Introductions Candidate Name: Lance Randall Campaign Name: Lance Randall for Mayor Campaign website: www.lancerandall2021.com City Position: Mayor Campaign Telephone Number: Candidate Introduction: Seattle is known for its beauty, diversity and innovation around the world, which is why I chose to make the “Emerald City” my home. I believe that by working together we can