Chris Hoeppner
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Public service/volunteer experience: Longtime member of the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

Helped to organize labor support in Seattle and Washington state for coal miners in Utah fighting to win United Mine Workers of America representation.

Joined Alaska Airline workers... More »

Richard Lee
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Public service/volunteer experience: Twelve years as weekly program host of a public-affairs TV newsmagazine on non-commercial public-access television.

Greg Nickels
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Political experience: King County Council member, 1988-2001; Seattle mayor, 2002-present.

Public service/volunteer experience: Sound Transit Board of Directors, 1993-present; Puget Sound Regional Council; Trade Development Alliance Board of Directors; Mountains to Sound Greenway Board of Directors; Healthy Indoor Air for All Washington, leadership committee member; Puget Soundkeeper... More »

Al Runte
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Public service/volunteer experience: Fundação O Boticário de Proteção à Natureza, Curitiba, Brazil, editorial board, Natureza & Conservação, 2002-present; Center for the Study of the Environment, Santa Barbara, Calif., board of directors, 1995-present; National Parks and Conservation Association... More »

Luke Williams
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Public service/volunteer experience: Army, AmeriCorps, King County Youth Confinement, Queen Anne and Ballard swimming pools.

Christal Olivia Wood
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Political experience: None

Public service/volunteer experience: For years, I've been a passionate activist on behalf of human services and social-justice issues, including race relations, the World Trade Organization, neighborhood gentrification and the Iraq War. I've volunteered for United Way Days of Caring and... More »

Richard Conlin
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Political experience: Elected to the Seattle City Council in 1997 and re-elected in 2001. From 1998 to 2001, chaired the Neighborhoods Committee, moving 37 neighborhood plans through council approval and tripling the Neighborhood Matching Fund. Currently chairs the Transportation Committee... More »

Public service/volunteer experience: Founding board member of Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, BikeWorks, Positive Futures Network and Sustainable Seattle, a volunteer network dedicated to promoting our long-range environmental, economic, cultural, and social vitality. First publisher of YES... More »

Darlene Madenwald
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Public service/volunteer experience: Chairwoman of Washington State Maritime Commission, 1992-1993 (appointed by Gov. Booth Gardner in 1990); Skagit County Planning Commissioner, 1978-1985 (appointed by County Commissioners); president, Washington Environmental Council, 1990-1994; founding... More »

Paige Miller
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Political experience: Port of Seattle commissioner elected 1987, 1993, 1997, 2001.

Public service/volunteer experience: As a Port commissioner, I led in getting light rail all the way to the airport, getting the third runway built, and peacefully ending the litigation with the cities surrounding the airport. I also was a leader in revitalizing the Seattle waterfront with... More »

Linda Averill
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Public service/volunteer experience: I've been a delegate to the King County Labor Council for Amalgamated Transit Union 587 since 1995. I also write for the Freedom Socialist newspaper on topics ranging from the need for nationalized health care and gay rights to the adverse impact of free-trade... More »

Ángel Bolaños
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Public service/volunteer experience: Since moving into Seattle I had been involved in a variety of issues including human and civil rights, peace, immigrant rights, and other community-building and development matters, and concerns such as education and the call for more accountability in... More »

Casey Corr
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Public service/volunteer experience: As a journalist for 25 years, employers’ ethics rules strictly limited Corr's outside activities. A partial list includes: youth basketball coach, fundraiser for schools and church, member of neighborhood community council, executive committee member... More »

Jan Drago
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Political experience: Seattle City Council, 1994-present

Public service/volunteer experience: Mountains-to-Sound Greenway Trust, board member; Trade Development Alliance, board member; Seattle King County Convention & Visitors Bureau, board member; Seattle Art Museum, board member; Port Jobs, board member; Sister Cities Coordinating Council, member... More »

Richard J. McIver
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Political experience: Currently serving second full term on Seattle City Council, Position 8. Chairman of Budget Committee. Before being elected twice, he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the council in early 1997. In addition, McIver serves on the Sound Transit Board of... More »

Public service/volunteer experience: Before joining the Seattle City Council, Richard served as a board member and was active with the following local organizations: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Neighborhood House, Center for Urban Studies, Cascadia Revolving Loan Fund, Loren Miller Bar Association... More »

Dwight Pelz
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Political experience: Washington State Senate, 37th Legislative District, 1991-1997; Metropolitan King County Council, 5th District, 1997-Present.

Public service/volunteer experience: Active in public service since 1975. For 15 years, a community and union organizer for grassroots groups on a variety of social issues. In 1977, led the statewide initiative campaign that repealed the sales tax on food.
Pelz has represented the diverse... More »

Robert Rosencrantz
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Public service/volunteer experience: I currently serve on a number of boards: Montlake Community Club; Thornton Creek Alliance, dedicated to preserving and restoring an ecological balance in the Thornton Creek watershed; Friends of the Cedar River Watershed, dedicated to the protection and... More »