Live updates: Seattle City Council special election

Four candidates are vying for the citywide Position 8 seat left vacant by former Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda.

Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow • Mar 14, 2025

Aug 22, 2024

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                <h1>Live updates: Seattle City Council special election</h1>
                <h2><p>Four candidates are vying for the citywide Position 8 seat left vacant by former Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/ashli-blow/">Ashli Blow</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Aug 22, 2024</time></p>
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            <p>The ballots from the August 6 primary election have been finalized by the Washington State Secretary of State's Office. Here are the totals so far in the Seattle City Council race.</p><p>For more detailed results, visit the King County election results page for the Seattle City Council race or the Secretary of State’s Office website for all statewide, legislative and Congressional results. If you still have questions about voting in Washington or the status of your ballot, check out the FAQ section of the <a href="https://crosscut.com/voter-guide/washington-statewide-voter-guide-2024?ref=avalancheghost.one">Cascade PBS Statewide Voter Guide</a>.</p><p>For more Washington state primary election results, visit the <a href="https://crosscut.com/node/101381?ref=avalancheghost.one">Washington State Primary Election Live Results page.</a></p>
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The ballots from the August 6 primary election have been finalized by the Washington State Secretary of State's Office. Here are the totals so far in the Seattle City Council race.

For more detailed results, visit the King County election results page for the Seattle City Council race or the Secretary of State’s Office website for all statewide, legislative and Congressional results. If you still have questions about voting in Washington or the status of your ballot, check out the FAQ section of the Cascade PBS Statewide Voter Guide.

For more Washington state primary election results, visit the Washington State Primary Election Live Results page.

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By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal