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Vote for Gene Burrus for City Council District 7

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Vote for Gene Burrus for City Council District 7

Since February, we have been diligently evaluating all of the City Council candidates in District 7, researching their background, exploring their websites, attending numerous candidate forums, and conducting personal interviews with, and evaluating answers to written questionnaires sent to the five best candidates according to our values and critical issues for downtown livability.

After the most recent downtown Forum on July 10th, our Board met again to evaluate their performance and agree on an endorsement for the Primary Election on August 6.

The final five of Gene Burrus, Daniela Eng, Michael George, Andrew Lewis, and Jim Pugel are all good people, and were collegial and professional in each venue where we engaged with them. This was a difficult decision, and after much review and discussion, and a final personal interview with our top contenders, we voted and agreed to endorse Gene Burrus. Gene most closely aligns with our values, and understands and supports without equivocation our Downtown Residents Alliance positions on the critical issues for downtown livability.

Mail your ballots now with a Vote for Gene Burrus in District 7. Primary Election Day is August 6.

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District 7 Council Candidates Answer Key Questions

After researching all of candidates in the District 7 Seattle City Council race, attending a number of Candidate Forums, and talking with the five we thought were best aligned with our values and downtown livability, we emailed each of them a list of five key questions and asked for short, succinct answers. Below are the answers we received, in alphabetical order, without edits:

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District 7 Council Candidates Answer Key Questions
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Primary Election Results

After a long and way too expensive primary season, the results are in (at least most of them). While it appears that each of the three incumbents up for reelection made the runoff, none of them received 50% or more of the vote, which has to be somewhat disappointing for their campaigns.

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Primary Election Results
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Seattle City Council election: November 4th, 2019

The Seattle City Council race in District 7 continues to be fierce. Two strong candidates emerged from the August primary with no clear leader (by vote count).

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Seattle City Council election: November 4th, 2019
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Five DRA Endorsed Candidates Now Leading City Council Races

After three days of election results, it appears that Andrew Lewis is on the way to victory in our District 7, one of five Downtown Residents Alliance (DRA) endorsed candidates now leading in their City Council races (out of 7).

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Five DRA Endorsed Candidates Now Leading City Council Races