Clyde Hill is a city located in King County,Washington. It is part of the Eastside region,located to the east of Seattle,and is bordered by the cities and towns of Bellevue,Kirkland,Medina,Yarrow Point and Hunts Point. The population was 2,984 at the 2010 census.
Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat,Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia,representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979,in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995,and again from 2005 to 2014.
Gregory J. Nickels is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle,Washington. He took office on January 1,2002 and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009,Nickels finished third in the primary election for Seattle mayor,failing to qualify for the November 2009 general election,and losing his bid for a third term as mayor. He left office on January 1,2010.
Robert Marion McKenna is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 17th attorney general of Washington from 2005 to 2013 after serving on the Metropolitan King County Council from 1996 to 2005. A member of the Republican Party,he ran for Governor of Washington in 2012,losing to Democrat Jay Inslee.
Robert Alan Hasegawa is an American labor leader and politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 11th Legislative District since January 2013. Hasegawa is a lifelong resident of Seattle's Beacon Hill. He previously served in the Washington State House of Representatives,and is retired from the Teamsters Union where he was a member and union leader for over 32 years.
Robert Watson Ferguson is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 18th attorney general of Washington. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. Prior to serving as Attorney General,Ferguson was a member of the King County Council.
The 2009 Seattle mayoral election took place November 3,2009. Incumbent Seattle mayor Greg Nickels sought reelection but finished third in the August 18,2009 primary election. The general election was instead between Joe Mallahan and Michael McGinn. McGinn beat Mallahan in the election with 51% of the vote share,becoming Seattle's next mayor.
Gary Faye Locke is an American politician,attorney,and former diplomat from the state of Washington. Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005,where he was the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental U.S. During the Obama administration,Locke served as Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011,and as Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2014,the first Chinese American to serve in the role.
Bruce Allen Harrell is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle,Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020,he was president of the city council. He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18,2017. He was elected mayor in his own right in the 2021 Seattle mayoral election,becoming the second Black mayor since Norm Rice,and the first African-Asian American mayor of the city.
Timothy L. Burgess is an American journalist and politician from Seattle,Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2007 to 2017,and served as Mayor of Seattle for 71 days in late 2017. Prior to his political career,Burgess was a radio journalist and Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer.
Edwin Mah Lee was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death in 2017. He was the first Asian American to hold the office.
The 2013 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 5,2013. This off-year election featured several special elections to the United States Congress;two gubernatorial races;state legislative elections in a few states;and numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
Kshama Sawant is an Indian-American politician and economist who has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. She is a member of Socialist Alternative,the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office.
Kamyar Cyrus Habib is an American Jesuit,former politician,lawyer,and educator who served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Washington from 2017 to 2021. As of the time of his departure from office,he was the first and only Iranian American official to hold statewide elected office in the United States.
Mia Su-Ling Gregerson-Dahle is an American politician. A Democrat,Gregerson has served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 33rd Legislative District since 2013. Prior to this,she served on the SeaTac city council from 2008 to 2016.
The 2017 United States elections were held,in large part,on Tuesday,November 7,2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey,as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the Virginia House of Delegates. Numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Special elections were also held for one seat of the U.S. Senate,representing Alabama,and six seats of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrats picked up the governorship in New Jersey and the Alabama Senate seat that was up for a special election. The governorship in Virginia and the six House seats that were up for special elections did not change party hands.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on November 8,2016,to elect the 10 U.S. representatives from the state of Washington,one from each of the state's 10 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 2.
Maria Lorena González is an American lawyer and former politician who was a member of the Seattle City Council from position 9. She was the first Latinx elected to the council. She was a candidate for mayor of Seattle in 2021 but was defeated by Bruce Harrell 59 percent to 41 percent.
Claudia M. Balducci is an American politician from the state of Washington. She is the Chair of the King County Council,representing District 6. She previously served as the mayor of Bellevue,Washington.
My-Linh T Thai is an American politician and pharmacist who serves in the Washington State House of Representatives representing the 41st district in King County. Thai,a Vietnamese immigrant who lives in Bellevue,served as a school board member prior to her election in 2018,replacing retiring legislator Judy Clibborn.
