Phone
+1 206.657.6287
Email
manager@armstrongforall.com
Town where you live
Seattle, WA
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Ry Armstrong is a climate justice nonprofit leader, union organizer, and Seattle native with a record of fighting for housing, labor, and LGBTQ+ rights. They lead regional policy work at Sustainable Seattle and serve on the National Council of Actors’ Equity Association.
I manage a climate justice nonprofit that works at the intersection of environmental policy, racial equity, and community resilience. I also serve on the National Council of Actors’ Equity Association, a 50,000+ member AFL-CIO union, where I actively fight for workers’ rights against huge corporations. I’ve worked across sectors—environmental justice, labor, housing, arts, and policy advocacy—building coalitions and managing budgets that move real resources to the communities that need them most. I’ve helped advance local legislation, build cross-sector partnerships, and push policy advocacy that drives real change. I’ve seen firsthand how power moves in this city—and who keeps getting left out. I’m not here to watch Seattle stay stuck or slowly fall apart. I’m here to lead with real courage, break the cycle of broken promises, and deliver bold solutions that Seattle deserves.
While serving on Seattle’s LGBTQ Commission, I helped advance the Welcoming City policy, protecting access to gender-affirming and reproductive care, and extending Washington’s Shield Law to block sharing health info with out-of-state authorities. I also worked to advance Prop 1A, securing public housing funding for Seattle. As a climate justice nonprofit executive, I manage coalitions and budgets to drive equitable climate policies and programs. I serve on the national council of Actors’ Equity, fighting for fair pay and labor rights. My work centers equity, accountability, and real community power.
In Seattle, the Mayor has a lot of power to make change, but too many mayors have wasted that power by protecting the way things are, even when it’s not working. I’m running because our city is in crisis. People can’t afford rent, public safety isn’t working for everyone, and basic services keep breaking. We need a Mayor who will use their power to fix what’s broken and fight for regular people, not just the wealthy or well-connected. I’ve helped pass policies on housing, climate, and LGBTQ+ rights, and I know how to get things done. I’m running to represent working people and communities who are too often ignored. I want a city that works for all of us. Real change takes real courage.
1. Homelessness crisis. Thousands of people are living outside on our streets and in unsafe conditions. There aren’t enough shelter beds or supportive services to meet the scale of this crisis, leaving people vulnerable and communities stretched thin.
2. Affordable housing. Rents keep rising faster than people’s incomes, and affordable housing isn’t being built fast enough to keep up with demand. Developers aren’t being given the right tools to incentivize building truly affordable homes, causing families and working people to be pushed out of their neighborhoods.
3. Policing and public safety. The city relies heavily on police for a wide range of issues, even when mental health professionals and community-based responses are more effective. The current CARE team is being underutilized and misused, and we are failing to invest in what will actually help. Many people don’t feel safe or supported, and public safety efforts often fail to address the root causes of harm.
To tackle homelessness, I will treat the crisis like the real emergency it is by creating 1,000 new shelter beds in 100 days, using underutilized city properties and partnering with the county to secure and convert facilities quickly.
For affordable housing, I’ll fight to build more public housing fast and incentivize developers to build truly affordable homes at scale. We must work with the State to make it possible to pass better rent stabilization rates and strengthen tenant protections to stop displacement. I also want to create a vacancy tax to get empty units back into use and discourage people from treating housing like just another market investment strategy.
For public safety, I will fully fund an expanded and self-managed CARE team so that we invest in mental health and substance abuse crisis response, allowing police to respond only to calls that truly require an armed response.
Phone
(206) 637-6602
Email
doctorblissformayor@gmail.com
Town where you live
Seattle
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As a physician who manages patients who struggle with homelessness, addiction & mental illness, I was trained to look deep into a problem, not just treat symptoms. As Chief of Staff, ER Director, and Hospitalist Director, I have used the same approach to change large hospital systems.
As a doctor and in many leadership positions in government including chief of staff, director of emergency services and director of hospitalist services, I have learned how to deal with complex systems to find and treat the root cause of problems rather than just treating symptoms. I have spent the majority of my career in the veterans administration, rural access hospitals, and community health centers in both leadership positions as well as as a primary care and ER doctor, providing care to all, rich and poor alike. Leadership is similar to being a physician: to achieve meaningful change you need to have a deep systems-based understanding of what the problem is and carefully consider treatment options to avoid unintended consequences. To achieve a deep understanding of any problem, you have to be willing to listen to all sides and to have an open mind. In order to be an effective leader, you have to exemplify integrity, compassion and wise action, which my track record reflects.
As a physician I have served the public my entire career. I have extensive experience working with those who struggle with mental illness or addiction, immigrants, the poor, homeless, and victims of violent crime. Because of my experience, I can help Seattle to heal from the wounds inflicted on it from its epidemic of homelessness, crime and ensuing problems. I recognize that our problems around issues of homelessness are complex and cannot be solved with simple solutions such as cottage housing. When a person suffers from illness, we care for them with a variety of services and specialists if and when they are ready to be well again. However, it is unhealthy for everyone in our city to enable those who are addicted or ill by permitting them to live on the streets, steal to support themselves, and get sicker and sicker. This is not compassion, it is a cruelty to the person who is suffering, and to our city and all of us living in it.
I am running for mayor because our campaign finance system is corrupt and we need better choices for elected officials. Our campaign finance system provides special privileges to our wealthy through legalized bribery of public officials through campaign contributions in exchange for special favors. This corruption leaks into our government and undermines our democracy, wastes our precious tax dollars, and leaves our poor and minority communities with very little say in our government. I limit campaign donations to $10 max, so that I am free to represent everyone equally. Moreover, I am running for mayor because I am tired of seeing our leaders adopting extreme positions on one or the other side of the political spectrum along with the loss of dialog and civil discourse. Leaders today fight for their rights at the expense of the other side and excommunicate those who disagree with them. I will work to bring people from all perspectives together to find real solutions.
Seattle is sick because of Institutionalized Economic Inequality, Increasing Crime and Lawlessness, Mismanaged Growth, and the ensuing problems from these diseases. Because of our economic system, poor and middle class people are deprived of a good education, equal representation in government, and adequate representation in our court systems, creating a never ending cycle of misery. Crime in our city is no longer reported by too many, and all are suffering. Exacerbating the rising crime in our city is the trend for people to pick and choose which laws they will follow or break, leaving our society broken. The mismanagement of growth in our city is leading us down a path that will choke out all greenspaces when single family lots are converted to concrete jungles, and streets are strangled with single driver cars, leading to astronomical traffic and carbon emissions.
Institutionalized Economic Inequality, Increasing Crime, and Mismanaged Growth are curable problems. The root cause of Institutionalized Economic Inequality is our current system of campaign finance. When we get money out of politics and people get real representation, we work together to find solutions so all people have real equal opportunities in education, justice and life. The crime rates in our city can be cured by working with police, the prosecutor's office, and our community to end our enabling of lawless behavior, from tag graffiti or boosting as a lifestyle, to allowing gangs and systematic theft that closes down local business. Growth can be managed with wisdom by creating public transit corridors of 5-7 story mixed-use density that allows our green spaces to stay green, creates real affordable housing with walkable services and workplaces, and provides public transit within 5 minutes, and then lobbying the state to also adapt its growth plan for wiser action.
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Phone
206228
Email
ThePeoplesVoice206@outlook.com
Experience (300 characters max)
My journey to this campaign has been shaped by real-world experience, not political privilege. I’ve worked on the front lines of Seattle’s housing crisis — as a leasing consultant, a tenant advocate, and a real estate professional with an Associate of Applied Science degree from North Seattle Colleg
1. How has your experience prepared you for this position?
My experience is rooted in both lived struggle and professional training. I’ve worked in housing and leasing, directly supporting people navigating Seattle’s affordability crisis. I hold an Associate of Applied Science degree in Real Estate from North Seattle College, and I’ve used that knowledge to advocate for practical, community-driven housing policy. I know what it means to survive a system that wasn’t built for us — and now, I’m working to rebuild that system for everyone.
My time as a housing advocate, organizer, and public servant has taught me that leadership isn’t about appearances — it’s about showing up, listening, and acting. I bring not only technical understanding of real estate and city policy, but also the determination of someone who’s lived the struggles our communities face every day.
2. What is your record of public service?
My public service record is defined by advocacy, consistency, and grassroots leadership. I’ve run for Seattle City Council twice — in 2019 for District 1 and in 2023 for District 2 — to bring attention to urgent issues like housing justice, police accountability, and equitable development. These campaigns gave voice to the people most impacted by city decisions — renters, youth, working families, and underserved neighborhoods.
Beyond elections, I’ve worked hands-on in housing and leasing. I’ve stood with tenants facing eviction, worked alongside immigrant communities at risk of displacement, and organized in solidarity with labor, environmental, and youth justice movements. I’ve shown up in city council chambers, on the streets, and in the community to ensure public service means public accountability.
3. Why did you decide to run for this position?
I decided to run because I see the disconnect between the people and their government. For far too long, our city has prioritized corporate interests over community needs. I’m running to change that — to return power to the people, where it belongs.
My campaign, “The People’s Voice,” is about action, not talk. It’s about building a Seattle that works for all of us — not just the well-connected few. I’m running because I’ve seen the impact of inaction. I’ve lived through it. And I’m ready to lead with urgency, integrity, and compassion.
4. What are the three major issues facing your city?
Housing and Homelessness
Community Safety and Accountability
Economic Inequality and Job Instability
Housing and Homelessness
Declare a housing emergency on Day 1
Launch a Seattle Homeless Operations Center modeled after Houston’s success
Expand transitional and permanent housing using social housing and adaptive reuse
Freeze harmful encampment sweeps and invest in wraparound services
🚔 Community Safety and Accountability
Establish a Community Safety Corps to handle mental health and nonviolent calls without police
Audit the Seattle Police Department and redirect funds to youth, healing, and prevention programs
Prioritize restorative justice and rebuild trust through community-led safety plans
💼 Economic Inequality
Create a Seattle Worker Transition Fund for laid-off, gig, and contract workers
Invest in green job training, apprenticeships, and youth employment pathways
Fight displacement through property tax relief and renter protections
Email
info@wilsonforseattle.com
Town where you live
Seattle
Experience (300 characters max)
As co-founder and executive director of the Transit Riders Union, I’ve spent 14 years building and managing large coalitions to win transformative policies for working families in Seattle and across King County. I’ve also written extensively about policy and politics for local publications.
I’ve spent years listening to ordinary people’s experiences in communities throughout the city, leading research teams and surveys to understand real needs around transit, housing, and work, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to write, pass, and implement legislation. I’ve led public outreach campaigns, authored articles and reports, hired talented staff, trained and coordinated hundreds of volunteers, and worked side by side with local nonprofits, labor unions, elected officials, and staff across City and County departments to make change happen.
I also have extensive experience with city tax policy and the budget process. In 2020, I led on designing and passing the JumpStart Payroll Expense Tax, which prevented devastating cuts to public services during the pandemic. In 2023, while serving on the City’s Revenue Stabilization Workgroup, I led a research team within TRU that compiled and published a detailed report on the city’s progressive revenue options.
The work I’ve done building and managing large coalitions has led directly to the implementation of major new public policies that improve people’s daily lives: the highest minimum wage in the country in Tukwila and several other King County jurisdictions; stronger renter protections that improve housing stability in eight cities around King County, including Seattle; ORCA LIFT, Seattle Youth ORCA, and other reduced and zero-fare programs that give tens of thousands of transit riders across our region greater mobility through access to an affordable fare.
In the course of that work I’ve been appointed to and served on numerous government and agency boards and committees to develop policies and programs and oversee government operations, including the Low-Income Fare Options Advisory Committee, Seattle Transit Advisory Board, Progressive Revenue Taskforce on Housing and Homelessness, Seattle Revenue Stabilization Workgroup, and more.
I decided to run after Seattle voters overwhelmingly voted to fund our new social housing developer, despite strong opposition from our current mayor and big business. It’s vital that we have city leadership that will work to carry out the will of the voters and not undermine it as the incumbent has done.
I also believe we need a mayor’s office that will responsibly manage the city budget. Unfortunately, the incumbent took none of the recommendations of the Revenue Stabilization Workgroup on which I served in 2023. Now we’re facing a quarter billion dollar deficit and the City is unprepared for additional cuts to federal funding that will impact residents.
Finally, we need a mayor’s office that will lead with vision and integrity. The incumbent has been distracted by scandals and lawsuits from tackling the real challenges our city faces. As mayor, I’ll do what I’ve done throughout my career: build a team of skilled, competent, honest people united by a shared vision for our city.
Affordability: Working families are struggling, as costs including housing, childcare, and food have escalated. Similar pressures are impacting small businesses.
Homelessness & Public Safety: The failures of the incumbent’s administration to meaningfully address the homelessness crisis are contributing to our public safety problems. We’ve lost shelter capacity every single year Harrell has been in office, after he campaigned saying he’d add 2,000 units in his first year. Shelters are full and more people are unsheltered than ever. Aggressively removing encampments without real help destabilizes people, making them more vulnerable to harm and more likely to harm others.
Trump-Proof Seattle: The federal administration is relentlessly attacking immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, civil rights and democracy. Cuts to federal programs and grants are already impacting Seattle residents and the harm will be profound if vulnerable people lose Medicaid and SNAP benefits.
As mayor, I’ll pursue multiple strategies to tackle the affordability crisis and support small businesses. I’ll champion land use policies that encourage the private market to build more housing; support Seattle’s new social housing developer; invest in workforce housing and affordable homeownership. I’ll champion free summer K-8 childcare and make it easier to site and start childcare facilities.
It will be my #1 priority to rapidly reduce homelessness. I’ll open thousands of shelter units in my first term and better integrate case management, drug treatment, mental health and other services so people are successful there. I’ll rapidly resolve unsafe encampments through proven methods such as JustCARE.
I’ll work with immigrant advocacy and community organizations to protect immigrant communities from ICE. I’ll ensure that the City uses its existing revenue effectively and efficiently, and also raise new progressive revenue so we can protect the most vulnerable amid federal cuts.
