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The 2021 Seattle City Attorney election was held on November 2, 2021. Incumbent City Attorney Pete Holmes sought reelection to a fourth term in office, but came third place in the officially nonpartisan August 3 primary election and failed to advance to the general election, with both Nicole Thomas-Kennedy and Ann Davison finishing ahead of Holmes in the primary. Davison defeated Thomas-Kennedy in the general election.
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [b] | Margin of error | Ann Davison | Pete Holmes | Nicole Thomas-Kennedy | Other | Undecided |
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Change Research (D) [13] [A] | July 12–15, 2021 | 617 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 4% [c] | 53% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Nicole Thomas-Kennedy | 71,367 | 36.39 | |
Nonpartisan | Ann Davison | 64,179 | 32.72 | |
Nonpartisan | Pete Holmes (incumbent) | 60,093 | 30.64 | |
Write-in | 500 | 0.25 | ||
Total votes | 196,139 | 100.00 |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
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1 | Oct. 7, 2021 | Seattle Channel | Brian Callanan | YouTube | P | P |
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Candidate totals raised are as of filings on or before November 2, 2021, and totals spent reflect expenditures up to October 25, 2021. Independent expenditures are up-to-date as of filings on or before November 1, 2021.
Candidate | Campaign committee | Independent expenditure | References | ||
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Raised | Spent | For | Against | ||
Ann Davison | $439,216.26 | $370,194.11 | $9,930.34 | $14,000.00 | [43] [44] [45] [46] |
Nicole Thomas-Kennedy | $428,408.98 | $348,061.48 | $1,176.29 | $425,462.86 | [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [b] | Margin of error | Ann Davison | Nicole Thomas-Kennedy | Other | Undecided |
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Change Research (D) [57] [A] | October 12–15, 2021 | 617 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 43% | 24% | 2% [d] | 30% |
Strategies 360 (D) [58] | September 13–16, 2021 | 450 (RV) | ± 4.6% | 19% | 16% | – | 65% |
287 (LV) | ± 5.8% | 26% | 19% | – | 55% | ||
Elway Research [59] | September 7–9, 2021 | 400 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 26% | 22% | 8% [e] | 45% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Ann Davison | 132,638 | 51.49 | |
Nonpartisan | Nicole Thomas-Kennedy | 122,947 | 47.73 | |
Write-in | 2,004 | 0.78 | ||
Total votes | 257,589 | 100.00 |
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