The crowded race for Seattle mayor thickened further this week with another candidate with connections to the city’s past joining the fray.
Art Langlie, grandson of a former Seattle mayor and governor, announced his campaign this week.
“I ask your time and open mind in considering a new voice, a tested perspective and a dedication to a city I love,” Langlie’s announcement reads. “I’ll address the basic priorities from fixing our roads and bridges to making our neighborhoods safer. I want to rethink some of the new, well-intended moves that are costing us a fortune while basic services are placed on a back burner.”
The executive vice president at Holmes Electric, a Seattle electrical contractor, would follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, Arthur B. Langlie, a Republican who served as governor of the state two times in the 1940s.
Seattle’s mayor is a nonpartisan position. Langlie says he is an independent voter.
The business friendly candidate hailing from the city’s northeast joins Durkan administration top brass Casey Sixkiller who also announced he is joining the race for mayor this month. Sixkiller, currently the deputy mayor, is the son of a star University of Washington quarterback.
Seventeen candidates are now in the race for mayor including Seattle political veteran Bruce Harrell, SEED Seattle’s interim director Lance Randall, Chief Seattle Club executive director Colleen Echohawk, who would be the city’s first Native mayor, city council president Lorena González, former state lawmaker Jessyn Farrell, and Capitol Hill architect Andrew Grant Houston.
Mayor Jenny Durkan in December announced her decision not to seek reelection kicking off the wide open race for August’s primary. The top two candidates will go through to November’s general election.
You can learn more at artlanglie.com.
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