You could be District 5’s next City Councilmember.
The Seattle City Council opened its application window on July 2 to fill the coming vacancy when Councilmember Cathy Moore resigns from her post July 7. Moore is departing a year and a half into her first Council term, citing health and personal reasons.
The Council is accepting applications through July 9 and is expected to choose an appointee on July 28.
To qualify, you must be a U.S. citizen, a registered Washington voter, be able to read and write English and have lived and been registered to vote in north Seattle’s District 5 for at least 120 days.
The appointed Councilmember will serve until the November 2026 election, at which point District 5 residents will elect someone to finish the remainder of Moore’s four-year term through 2027.
Council vacancies are now familiar territory for Seattleites. Former Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda left her citywide Position 8 seat at the start of 2024 after being elected to the King County Council.
The Seattle Council appointed Tanya Woo to the Position 8 seat, then Seattleites elected Alexis Mercedes Rinck last November to finish Mosqueda’s term. Rinck is running to remain in the seat this year.
Former District 2 Councilmember Tammy Morales resigned from her position one year after being reelected, alleging that her colleagues had “eroded our checks and balances as a Legislative department and undermined my work as a policymaker.”
The Council appointed Mark Solomon to the D2 position. Solomon is not among the four candidates running in D2 to represent the district for the remaining two years of Morales’ term.
