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aaronjacobson.bsky.social
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Always concerned about housing and land use.
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typewriteralley.bsky.social
Kurt Dresner still trails incumbent Jon Pascal. But right now it looks like three of the four Cherish Kirkland-aligned "sanity slate" candidates are going to lose.
Council Position No. 1 Ken Oberman 11,620 49.19% Jay Arnold 11,940 50.54% Write-in 64 0.27% Council Position No. 3 Shilpa Prem 12,119 51.09% Catie Malik 11,525 48.59% Write-in 77 0.32% Council Position No. 5 Ken MacKenzie 10,457 44.28% Neal Black 13,106 55.50% Write-in 50 0.21% Council Position No. 7 Jon Pascal 12,330 52.15% Kurt Dresner 11,237 47.52% Write-in 78 0.33%
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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typewriteralley.bsky.social
Another election update: progressive candidates Shilpa Prem and Jay Arnold have TAKEN THE LEAD in their races for the Kirkland City Council after previously being behind. So much for that reactionary anti-growth backlash in Kirkland.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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alyciaramirez3.bsky.social
Catie responded to the question about this today and proudly said she stood by it.

She's proud to say that trans girls and women are just "men pretending to be women".

This kind of bigotry isn't what we need on Kirkland City Council.

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Chat screenshot with a map background. Alycia asks about addressing a GOP questionnaire on trans student athletes. Catie Malik's committee replies, emphasizing women's rights and supporting her previous stance.
September 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
aaronjacobson.bsky.social
Some extra context here, these shifts are much larger than the Biden 2020 -> Harris 2024 shifts.
December 12, 2024 at 4:52 AM
aaronjacobson.bsky.social
Interesting to see large shifts at the precinct level between Alexis Mercedes Rinck's (2024) and Teresa Mosqueda's (2021) results despite a similar citywide result.
A map showing the shift in support from Mosqueda to Rinck. Neighborhoods like West Seattle and Queen Anne shifted towards Rinck compared to Mosqueda while Capital Hill, Central District, and South East Seattle shifted away.
December 11, 2024 at 7:11 AM