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The crowded race for Seattle mayor has intensified this week, with another candidate with ties to the city’s past to join the fight.
Kind of Langlie, Grandson of a former Seattle mayor and governor, announced his campaign this week.
“I ask for your time and openness if you think about a new voice, a tried-and-tested perspective and a commitment to a city that I love,” says Langlie’s announcement. “I’ll cover the basic priorities, from repairing our roads and bridges to making our neighborhoods safer. I want to rethink some of the new, well-intentioned moves that are costing us a fortune as basic services take a back seat. “
The Executive Vice President at Holmes Electric, an electrical contractor in Seattle, would follow in his grandfather’s footsteps Arthur B. Langlie, a Republican who served as governor of the state twice in the 1940s.
The Seattle Mayor is an impartial position. Langlie says he is an independent voter.
The business-friendly candidate from the northeast of the city joins the Durkan administration Casey Sixkiller who has also announced that he will take part in the mayor race this month. Sixkiller, currently Deputy Mayor, is the son of a University of Washington star quarterback.
Seventeen candidates are now in the running for mayor, including the Seattle political veteran Bruce Harrell, SEED Seattle Interim director Lance RandallColleen Echohawk, executive director of the Chief Seattle Club who would be the city’s first mayor; Council president Lorena González, former state lawmaker Jessyn Farrelland Capitol Hill architect Andrew Grant Houston.
Mayor Jenny Durkan In December, she announced her decision not to seek re-election to begin the open race for the August primary. The top two candidates will run until November’s general election.
You can learn more at artlanglie.com.
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