This Tuesday night, Kamala Harris is scheduled to face off against Donald Trump in what could end up being the final presidential debate before November. But next week, you will find more useful political discourse happening much closer to home.
The Seattle City Club is coming to Capitol Hill’s Seattle Central College for a night of debates in local races.
At 7 PM, Wednesday, September 18th, Seattle City Council candidates for the body’s citywide Position 8 seat Alexis Mercedes Rinck and Tanya Woo will take the stage.
CHS reported here on Rinck and Woo going through in the August primary as Seattle’s progressive vs. centrist political battle lines were drawn.
The progressive-leaning 43rd District Democrats have endorsed Rinck, a queer, Central District Latina who hopes to fully fund city services and get corporations to pay their fair share in taxes. Rinck has said she is “a living testament” to investments in early childhood support and education, and that she understands the importance of investing in youth and city services as someone whose family needed these resources.
Woo, meanwhile, has grown as a leader in the Chinatown International District’s community before her appointment to the council last year where she has become a staunch ally to the centrist and pro-business efforts of Council President Sara Nelson.
Following the Position 8 debate, candidates Nick Brown and Pete Serrano will face off for a debate over their qualifications for state Attorney General.
You can learn more and register for the events here.
Meanwhile, if you would rather stay out of politics altogether and focus on change in your neighborhood, skip Harris vs. Trump and take part in Tuesday night, September 10th’s restart of the Capitol Hill Community Council.
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