Trump fatigue? Female mayoral candidates dominate in Seattle
SEATTLE — When political consultant Cathy Allen and others learned the top four vote-getters in Seattle’s mayoral primary race were women, she paused to think.
“When was the last time Seattle had a woman mayor?” she wondered. A few prominent women who ran unsuccessfully over the years sprang to mind, but not any who won. So Allen checked and discovered the last female mayor of the Pacific Northwest’s largest city was elected in 1926.
“We’re sitting here going, ‘This can’t be,’” she said. “This is our progressive city.”
After 91 years, Seattle is poised to elect its second female mayor next week. Voters will choose between urban planner Cary Moon or former U.S. attorney Jenny Durkan to lead this city dealing with the benefits and headaches of an economy booming for some more than others as e-commerce giant Amazon expands. There are the only two candidates on the ballot.