2024 Seattle City Council Special Election
SHSC’s Conversation with City Council Position 8 candidates!
Click here to watch Executive Director Marissa Perez’s conversations with Seattle City Council Position 8 candidates Tanya Woo and Alexis Mercedes Rinck. The discussions were both wide-ranging and robust, exploring various ideas and perspectives on how best to support and strengthen human services in Seattle and King County.
Watch the full video, filmed at YouthCare—an SHSC member organization—to hear the candidates' visions for addressing community needs and fostering just and thriving communities.
SHSC’s 2024 City of Seattle Special Election Candidate Questionnaire
The Seattle Human Services Coalition (SHSC) is a multi-cultural, multi-racial community of human service providers and concerned individuals who help Seattle residents reach their full potential. Together we help shape public policy on issues such as ending homelessness, hunger relief, domestic violence prevention, quality affordable childcare, healthcare, racial equity, youth development, community safety, and more.
SHSC’s 2024 City of Seattle Special Election Candidate Questionnaire provides an opportunity for candidates to communicate their perspectives on important human services issues in Seattle and King County and allows residents to make informed decisions when casting their votes.
We have invited all candidates running for Seattle City Council Position 8 to respond to our candidate questionnaire. Human service providers including members of SHSC and Candidate Forum co-sponsors submitted the questions, which were then selected for inclusion by a committee of SHSC members. The questions were chosen to cover a wide range of human service issues in our region that impact Seattle and King County residents’ ability to build our well-being and reach our full potential.
After the primary, SHSC and co-sponsors will interview the two General Election candidates in a robust discussion about human services, and how they intend to create just and thriving communities. The discussion will be recorded and shared here on our website and social media pages, so be sure to check back and watch the candidate interviews!
SHSC does not make candidate endorsements or show preference toward any candidate. This effort constitutes nonpartisan voter education allowed under state and federal law and helps you evaluate each candidate according to their beliefs, policy priorities, and solutions to the challenges of Seattle residents reaching their full potential.
Note: All Seattle City Council candidates who filed were invited to participate and all who took the time to address our issues are posted. Some candidates chose not to respond.
Questionnaire responses from Seattle City Council Position 8 candidates
Click on the candidate's name below to read how they answered our questions. Candidate names without links did not send a response to the survey.*
Tanya Woo — Alexis Mercedes Rinck — Saunatina Sanchez — Tariq Yusuf
Your vote is your voice: Make your voice count!
