After an amazing nine-month campaign, it was a thrill to see the first election returns on Tuesday night. When the evening began, we were optimistic about our chances but expected the results to be close. Instead, we celebrated a resounding and decisive victory.
I’m excited by what this election says about our city and our region. [...]

Last week we had a great time visiting neighborhoods all over South and West Seattle with the first half of our “Bike With Mike” tour of the city. We saw many different parts of Seattle, talking to people about what makes their neighborhoods exciting, and hearing about the issues they face.

This Sunday, we’ll set out [...]

From day one, running for Seattle City Council has been an incredible experience. One of the things I have enjoyed most is the opportunity to spend time getting to know people in every part of the city. Every one of Seattle’s neighborhoods has something different to offer. The chance to find out what makes each [...]

With the election less than three weeks away, we’re bringing our vision for Seattle directly to city voters with our first televisions spot. The 30-second spots will appear on cable TV on a wide variety of stations, and we’ll be running spots everyday through the November 3 election.

Thank you—with your support, we earned a decisive victory in Tuesday’s primary and set the stage for a strong campaign in the general election. Every one of you played a critical role. Whether you volunteered to make phone calls or to go door-to-door, donated to help our efforts to reach [...]

I strongly believe that if we make the right choices today, we can create a city that is a model for both sustainability and economic vitality.
My vision for Seattle is a city where everyone does their part to protect the environment and reduce global warming just by virtue of the simple fact that they [...]

Parks and green spaces play a vital role in any city—they are essential to the health of a city and its citizens. As Seattle becomes more densely populated, it becomes more and more important that we create neighborhood parks and open spaces to meet the need for places to play: the role that people’s backyards [...]

Seattle has a fantastic history as a place where new ideas flourish and innovative companies are launched. Boeing, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Amazon, Starbucks, and Costco are just a few of the best-known examples of pioneering companies that got their start here and have played a huge role in shaping the world we live in today.
Why Seattle? [...]

We all feel the negative impacts of years of short-sighted and outmoded approaches to transportation planning in our city and our region. Today, we spend far too much time stuck in our cars in traffic. The high cost of moving freight on our congested roads adds to the cost of living for our citizens and [...]

When the people who make our neighborhoods work and bring life and diversity to our city—firefighters, teachers, small business owners, artists—can no longer afford to live in Seattle, the fabric of our city starts to unravel.
I strongly believe that anyone who works in Seattle should be able to afford to live here. But [...]