Seattle’s first-term Mayor Jenny Durkan announced on Monday that she won’t seek reelection.This almost ensures the unthinkable: Seattle will drift even further to the left.
The news didn’t come to me as a shock. I have been hearing rumors for the last couple weeks that Durkan was reconsidering reelection after being rendered powerless by a City Council that repeatedly stands in her way.
After the last Council election, she was left with a majority of members who would never be her political allies. At the same time, the mayor faced daily political pressure from the city’s most vocal and fringe activists, pressuring her to adopt their dangerous plans, including defunding the police.
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