Team Diva’s 2025 Seattle Election Guide

Team Diva’s 2025 Seattle Election Guide

Team Diva’s primary goal has always been to expand housing options for everyone in and around the Puget Sound region. The group of endorsements below is a showcase of candidates who share the same vision.

Mayor – Katie Wilson for Seattle

Our current mayor Millions spent on hotel rooms to house people without homes. Then it stopped filling it.

People moved out of their homes and couldn’t access services because the current mayor cares more about different egos than getting the job done.

The Seattle rents have risen every year Mayor Bruce Harrell has been in office. Why? The current mayor is supported by major donors, including the Washington Realtors and other real estate companies. These donors care more about profits than actually solving Seattle’s housing crisis.

Meanwhile, Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office admitted in early 2025 that they expected 30% of small businesses to go out of business due to a combination of rising rents, labor costs, and the fact that fewer of us have cash like we used to. So far this year, more than 16% of Seattle restaurants have closed.

The current mayor is not good for housing or for small businesses. The only thing he’s good at is… supporting wealthy real estate donorss and having the Police harass the LGBTQ+ community at Denny Blaine.

Moving forward – VOTE FOR KATIE WILSON

Katie Wilson stands in stark contrast to the current mayor. Admittedly, she is a bit clumsy and a policy nerd. Mrs. Wilson HAS A REAL HOUSING PLAN!!!

This is why we are voting for Katie Wilson for mayor:

• Revitalize the city center: Katie Wilsons Economic development plan is focused on creating vibrant communities. In particular, the policy nerd in Katie Wilson understands the barriers we currently have and has a plan to minimize red tape for small businesses.
• 4,000 new emergency housing units: Katie Wilson focuses on opening 4,000 new emergency homes.
• Tiny House Villages: Katie Wilson’s strategies include opening more Tiny-House Villages, which are very popular with those without housing. One of the ideas I like is that Katie wants to work with a variety of organizations to help build these communities.
• Rental vouchers: She wants to introduce a municipal rental voucher system to subsidize rents. This would specifically support households that do not require intensive support services. Katie Wilson wants to work
• Create housing with behavioral health services: No joke. It is difficult to get housing and services in today’s Seattle area.
• Reduce administrative burden: One of the major obstacles to creating more affordable housing and retail space is the administrative burden that comes with it. Seattle needs to be a leader in this area.

City Attorney – Erika Evans

Seattle loves to make losing choices and I hope that for once they will choose someone who is not aligned with the current administration in Washington DC. Ann Davidson voted for Trump and used Trump’s policies “Tough on crime” in a losing way in our city!

According to ProPublica – Data from Davison most recent quarterly report indicates that the percentage of declines (to continue) under Davison was similar, and sometimes higher, than under Holmes, ranging between 40 and 50 percent. In the first quarter of 2025, Davison’s decline rate was 48 percent – ​​two percent higher than what Lindsay called the “worst” years under Holmes.

Erika Evans has MORE experience than the current city attorney. She has already worked in office and at the federal level. Erika Evans has the skills and experience to be an effective prosecutor in our current environment in the federal government.

Here’s why we’re voting for Erika Evans in Erika’s words:

The city attorney should absolutely not be afraid to challenge President Trump and stand up to him. We must ensure Seattle is safe for all people. I think a big role that the City Attorney’s Office can play right now is to bring positive lawsuits when it impacts the City of Seattle, and to work with the Attorney General on some of these issues.

A major failure that we see is [Davison] hiding and doing nothing and saying nothing when people are really scared right now. I spoke with a professional who said they recently took multiple IDs with them in Seattle because they were afraid of being identified as a potential immigrant.

Ann has isolated herself. She left the Democratic Party to become a Republican and vote for Trump and his administration for the first time. Ann Davidson is not part of the community and unresponsive to what is happening here in Seattle. Check out the following – Excerpt from PubliCola >

District 2 – Eddie Lin

Yes – Eddie Lin is not as enthusiastic about social housing as we would like. But fortunately he was not supported by the brokers. This means that Eddie Lin is not in the pockets of Big Real Estate Money.

This is why we vote for Eddie Lin:

The reason we are voting for Eddie is because we know he cares about our district. He was supported by all other candidates who ran for this seat at the same time, but did not get the top two places. Eddie Lin also has a clear understanding of the housing issues in our city.

District 8 – Alexis Mercedes Rinck

Alexis Mercedes Rinck’s ideas are so good that the current mayor copies them to appear more ‘progressive’. Divas like other divas!!!

Ward 9 – Dionne Foster

Team Diva is in love with Dionne Foster. She runs with an energy and a vision for our city that we have longed for. Dionne Foster clearly understands why we have an inverted tax system in this state. In short, people from lower income groups pay more of their income in taxes through our current system than people from higher income groups. It’s an issue we’ve been working on in this state for years.

In the meantime…

Homelessness is a policy issue. People like Sara Nelson continue to promote homelessness by not supporting fair tax revenues to solve the problem. Sara Nelson is also supported by Big Real Estate Money.

Where has the big real estate money brought us?

Do the right thing, Seattle. Vote for Dionne Foster.

King County Executive – Girmay Zahilay

Do you know who’s after Our Guy Girmay? Big real estate money! They would much rather have someone in their pocket than Girmay Zahilay as leader.

Here’s the deal. Girmay Zahilay has been our personal King County Council Person and he has worked on a progressive approach to housing, mental health and small business support. He is extremely smart and well connected.

Personally, we are impressed with how much we see him in the community. He knows the local Rainier Beach ice cream shop owner (and many others) and what they need in their small business.

Meanwhile, do we really think that the candidates for Big Real Estate Money actually care about the ice cream parlor owner? No!

King County Prop 1 – Emergency Medical Services – Approve

This is an easy one!

City of Seattle Prop 1 – Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Tax – Approve

This is an easy one!

City of Seattle Prop 2 – Changes to the B&O tax

We’re still undecided on this. The city and state need new revenue. But the B&O tax taxes a company’s gross income, not net income. So it is a regressive tax. The consequences of this are greatest for smaller companies. We are currently reading the GSBA perspective and will contact you.

Statewide Measure – Resolution 8201 – Approve

Our first gut reaction was: no, don’t put public money into the stock market. But then we looked at the messages of support. The quote below from the president of the Nurses Association really struck us.

Justin Gill, president of the Washington State Nurses Association: “Nurses support 8201 because when our patients are disabled, suffering from dementia or simply aging, they need a reliable, guaranteed fund for their long-term care needs.”

Seattle 2025 Election Guide: Other information on how to register and vote in Washington State

Three ways to register

Registering is easy and safe onlineby post with a paper formor at a province election office. Please check your registration StemWA.gov.

Frequently asked questions about voting by mail

Everything about voting in Washington. Extra quick links to USPS and Election Mail Resources.

What should I do if I miss the deadline for online or postal registration?

Washington offers same-day registration services through Election Day. After the 8-day deadline, you must register (or update) in person at a voting center. Contact your local county election office for details.

Thanks for checking out Team Diva’s 2025 Seattle election guide

We love that Divaland likes to get out and vote, and the stakes are high. Democracy may not be a perfect system, but we can all do our part to move things in the right direction.