who is the district attorney for the city of seattle

How many lawyers are there in Seattle Washington?

Ann Davison defeated Nicole Thomas-Kennedy in the general election for Seattle City Attorney on November 2, 2021. Nonpartisan primary election Nonpartisan primary for Seattle City Attorney Nicole Thomas-Kennedy and Ann Davison defeated incumbent Pete Holmes in the primary for Seattle City Attorney on August 3, 2021.

What does a district attorney do?

Nov 08, 2021 · Ann Davison defeated Nicole Thomas-Kennedy in the general election for city attorney of Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 2, 2021. According to King County’s unofficial election results updated on Nov. 4, Davison received 55.1% of the vote to Thomas-Kennedy’s 44.1%. Crosscut, a nonprofit Seattle news site, said the race was “one of clear contrasts and highlights …

Who is running for Seattle City Attorney?

1 day ago · The month before she took office, Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison voiced concerns over a backlog of nearly 4,000 un-filed criminal cases, vowing to prioritize the clearance of …

Who do district attorneys work for?

Nov 06, 2021 · (Jennifer Buchanan/AP) Ann Davison, a Republican who ran on a law-and-order platform, has been elected Seattle city attorney, according to the Seattle Times, beating a left-wing opponent who had...

Candidates and election results

Ann Davison defeated Nicole Thomas-Kennedy in the general election for Seattle City Attorney on November 2, 2021.

Candidate profiles

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Noteworthy primary endorsements

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Campaign ads

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Campaign finance

The following chart shows campaign finance information from the most recent filings with the Seattle Ethics and Election Commission. It was last updated on July 20, 2021, and does not include candidates who dropped out of the race or did not file reports.

What was at stake?

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Election history

Seattle held general elections for mayor, city attorney, and two at-large seats on the city council on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on August 1, 2017. The top two vote recipients after the final count of the primary vote advanced to the general election. The filing deadline for this election was May 19, 2017.

Mayor

In the primary election, the group did not come to a consensus for endorsing any of the 15 candidates for Seattle’s next mayor. With the field now narrowed to just two, the 34th Democrats voted this time to endorse Lorena Gonzalez in the general election, who attended the meeting herself to plead her case.

City Council

An endorsement for one of two seats on the Seattle City Council wasn’t quite as straightforward, with the group voting not to support any candidates in the Position 9 race between Sara Nelson and Nikkita Oliver.

Seattle City Attorney

With incumbent Pete Holmes out of the Seattle City Attorney race, it now comes down to Democrat Nicole Thomas-Kennedy and Republican Ann Davison. That left the 34th Democrats with one candidate to decide on, having initially endorsed Holmes prior to the primary election.