2024 Seattle City Council special election

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2024 District 8 special election
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Candidate Alexis Mercedes Rinck Tanya Woo
Popular vote215,642153,146
Percentage58.24%41.36%
Councilor before election

Tanya Woo
Democratic

Elected Councilor

Alexis Mercedes Rinck
Democratic

The 2024 Seattle City Council special election was held on November 5, 2024, following a primary election on August 6. [1] [2] The election occurred to fill a vacancy for the 8th district due to the resignation of Teresa Mosqueda, who was elected to the King County Council in the 2023 election. [3] Tanya Woo was appointed in January 2024 by the City Council to the seat until the general election occurred to fill the seat for the remainder of the term. [3] The next regular election for the 8th district occurred in 2025. [4]

Contents

Endorsements

Alexis Mercedes Rinck
State legislators
City council members
Organizations
Labor unions
Political parties
Newspapers
Tanya Woo
Governors
City council members
Organizations
  • Democrats for Diversity and Inclusion [21]
  • Justice Opportunity Liberty Politico (JOLPOL) [22]
Newspapers
Saunatina Sanchez
Organizations

Primary results

2024 Seattle City Council District 8 special primary election [2]
CandidateVotes%
Alexis Mercedes Rinck 99,39450.18%
Tanya Woo (incumbent)76,00838.38%
Saunatina Sanchez8,6214.35%
Tariq Yusuf7,5213.80%
Saul Patu5,9583.01%
Write-in 5540.28%
Total votes198,056 100.00%

Debate & forum

Primary election

2024 Seattle City Council special election primary candidate forum
No.DateHostModerator Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Tanya Woo Alexis Mercedes Rinck Saunatina Sanchez
1Jun. 3, 2024 [24] Haller Lake United Methodist Church Colleen EchohawkPPP

General election

2024 Seattle City Council special election debate
No.DateHostModerator Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Tanya Woo Alexis Mercedes Rinck
1Sep. 18, 2024 [25] KCPQ
Seattle City-Club		John HopperstadPP

General results

2024 Seattle City Council District 8 special general election [1]
CandidateVotes%
Alexis Mercedes Rinck 215,64258.24%
Tanya Woo (incumbent)153,14641.36%
Write-in 1,4910.40%
Total votes370,279 100.00%

References

  1. 1 2 "Election Results - November 05, 2024 - Official Final Election Results" (PDF). King County . November 26, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Election Results - August 06, 2024 - Official Final Election Results" (PDF). King County . August 20, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Seattle City Council seeks applicants for vacant seat". king5.com. January 4, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ Cohen, Josh (May 15, 2025). "Alexis Mercedes Rinck has 4 challengers in Seattle's Position 8". Cascade PBS . Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Cohen, Josh (7 August 2024). "Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Tanya Woo lead in Seattle primary". KCTS-TV . Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  6. 1 2 "2024 Endorsements". National Women's Political Caucus of Washington. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Service Employees International Union 6". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Service Employees International Union 775". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ "SEIU 925 Election Endorsements 2024". SEIU Local 925. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  10. ↑ "UFCW 3000United Food & Commercial Workers Local 3000". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ "United Auto Workers (UAW) -Washington Endorsements". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ "2024 Endorsements". King County Democrats. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Washington State Stonewall Democrats". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Working Families Party Washington Endorsements". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  15. ↑ "WA Legislative District 32 (LD32) Democrats". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  16. ↑ "WA Legislative District 34 (LD34) Democrats". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Endorsements for the 2024 Primary!". 36th District Democrats. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  18. ↑ "WA Legislative District 43 (LD43) Democrats". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  19. ↑ "WA Legislative District 46 (LD46) Democrats" . Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  20. ↑ "The Stranger Endorsements" . Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Democrats for Diversity and Inclusion". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Justice Opportunity Liberty Politico (JOLPOL)". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  23. ↑ "The Seattle Times - Washington Endorsements". Blue Voter Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  24. ↑ Seattle City Council Position 8 2024 - Candidate Forum in D5 - June 3, 2024. capeclearisland2. June 4, 2024 – via YouTube.
  25. ↑ Seattle City Council Debate: Alexis Mercedes and Tanya Woo. FOX 13 Seattle. September 19, 2024 – via YouTube.
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