Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County,Washington,United States. A port city,it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound,32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle,36 miles (58 km) southwest of Bellevue,31 miles (50 km) northeast of the state capital,Olympia,58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park,and 80 miles (130 km) east of Olympic National Park. The city's population was 219,346 at the time of the 2020 census. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the third-most populous in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound region,which has a population of about 1 million.
Kay Waldo Barnes is a former American politician and two-term Mayor of Kansas City,Missouri,and the first woman to be elected to the office.
The Tacoma City Council is the major governing body in the city of Tacoma,Washington. The city council has one mayor and eight council members,who are elected to serve four-year terms. The city council has the power to write the laws of the city,budget the city's finances,and make other decisions for the city. The city council holds meetings on the first floor of the Tacoma Municipal Building.
Sheila Ann Dixon is an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Baltimore,Maryland,after mayor Martin O'Malley was sworn in as governor on January 17,2007. Dixon,then president of the Baltimore City Council,served out the remaining year of her term and won the mayoral election in November 2007. Dixon was the first African-American woman to serve as president of the City Council,Baltimore's first female mayor,and Baltimore's third black mayor.
Karen Ruth Bass is an American politician,social worker and former physician assistant who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010,serving as speaker during her final Assembly term.
Sharon Weston Broome is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge,Louisiana. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10,2016. Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
Marilyn Strickland is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Washington's 10th congressional district. The district is based in the state capital of Olympia,and also includes much of eastern Tacoma.
Kshama Sawant is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. She was a member of Socialist Alternative,the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office.
The Tacoma Police Department (TPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Tacoma,Washington,United States. The TPD employs 334 sworn officers and 38 civilian employees. The Chief of Police is Avery L. Moore.
Michelle Wu is an American politician serving as the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,since 2021.
Patrice A. McCarthy is an American politician serving as the 11th Washington State Auditor since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
LaToya Cantrell is an American politician serving as the Mayor of New Orleans,Louisiana since May 7,2018. A Democrat,Cantrell is the first woman to hold the office. Before becoming mayor,Cantrell represented District B on the New Orleans City Council from 2012 to 2018.
Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and politician who is serving as the attorney general of Massachusetts. Campbell is a former member of the Boston City Council. On the city council,she represented District 4,which includes parts of Boston's Dorchester,Mattapan,Jamaica Plain,and Roslindale neighborhoods. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the council in November 2015 and assumed office in January 2016. She served as president of the council from January 2018 until January 2020. Campbell unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 2021,placing third in the nonpartisan primary election behind Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu,the latter of whom would go on to win the general election.
Kim Michelle Janey is an American politician and community organizer who served as acting mayor of Boston for eight months in 2021. She served as president of the Boston City Council from 2020 to 2022,and as a member of the council from the 7th district from 2018 to 2022. As a black woman,her tenure as acting mayor made her the first woman and the first person of color to lead the city.
Lauren Stein McLean is an American politician and entrepreneur currently serving as the mayor of Boise,Idaho. McLean was elected in the 2019 mayoral election,defeating incumbent mayor Dave Bieter. She assumed office on January 7th,2020.
Manuel Ellis was a 33-year-old African American man who died during an arrest on March 3,2020,in Tacoma,Washington by the Tacoma Police Department. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department initially claimed that Ellis had attacked a police car and officers,leading to the arrest. State prosecutors quoted civilian witnesses as saying that Ellis did not attack the police car or officers;they also said it was the officers who attacked Ellis after a conversation. Video of the incident showed officers repeatedly punching Ellis,physically retraining him,and using a Taser. State prosecutors stated that "Ellis was not fighting back",citing witness statements and video evidence. A police radio recording showed that Ellis said he "can’t breathe". Ellis told officers "can't breathe,sir" multiple times,according to prosecutors. Ellis was hogtied,face-down,with an officer on him,for at least six minutes,and a spit hood was placed on his head in this position,stated prosecutors. Ellis died at the scene while receiving medical aid from paramedics.
The 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election was held on November 8,2022. Incumbent Kim Wyman,a Republican,resigned from the office on November 19,2021,to become the senior election security lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security. Washington governor Jay Inslee,a Democrat,announced he would appoint state senator Steve Hobbs as her replacement,the first Democrat to hold the office in more than fifty years.
Sara E. Nelson is an American businesswoman and politician serving as a Seattle City Council member from Position 9. A member of the Democratic Party,she defeated Nikkita Oliver in the 2021 election. On January 2,2024,the city council voted unanimously to appoint her City Council President upon the retirement of Debora Juarez.
Sheng Thao is an American politician who is the 51st and current mayor of Oakland,California. She is the first Hmong American mayor of a major city in the United States. She was elected as mayor of Oakland in November 2022 and started her term in January 2023. On November 5,2024,Thao was recalled. She is the first mayor in Oakland’s history to be recalled.
Lori Ann Palmeri is an American urban planner,community organizer,and Democratic politician. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Wisconsin's 54th Assembly district since January 2023. She previously served as the 67th mayor of Oshkosh,Wisconsin.
