Seattle deserves a City Attorney who shares our values, will keep us safe, and always stands up for our rights. I am running to deliver real public safety—holding violent offenders accountable and addressing root causes that perpetuate crime and harm. I’ve spent my career fighting for victims of violence, children, and underrepresented communities. I’ve prosecuted wage theft, hate crimes, and held gun and fentanyl traffickers accountable.

I’m the only candidate with experience as a city and federal prosecutor, a civil defense lawyer for the City of Seattle, and as a pro tem judge. I know that the law is not just about punishment—it’s about justice, balancing accountability with compassion.

I was raised in a union household rooted in civil rights and economic justice. My grandfather, a field laborer, later used his 1968 Olympic platform to stand up for civil and human rights. My mom was a construction worker and a social worker. My dad is a proud transit driver. They showed me the values of hard work, fairness, and courage.

With your vote, I’ll bring needed reform to this office: restore the Community Court that helps rehabilitate lives, end unacceptable delays in prosecuting domestic violence and DUI cases, and prevent gun violence. I left my job as an Assistant U.S. Attorney when Trump took office. We need a City Attorney who defends our rights and the rule of law with passion and principle—not political convenience.

Proudly endorsed: WA State Attorney General Nick Brown; Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion; Councilmembers Mosqueda, Zahilay; Port Commissioners Cho, Calkins, Hasegawa; City Councilmembers Rinck, Hollingsworth, Juarez; MLK Labor, ATU587, UFCW3000, SEIU775 & 1199; Alliance for Gun Responsibility; King County & District Democrats, Legislators; over 100 legal, civil rights leaders, and more!

Let’s build a safer, more just Seattle—together.

I’m an outsider to Seattle’s political environment, and since being unexpectedly elected in 2021, I’ve led the fight to fix what insiders broke in our City. I’ve made Seattle safer and I’m using the full weight of my office against Trump’s threats to protect our communities.

Political insiders that broke our City want to “take the office back” to the time before I was elected, with rampant crime and repeat offenders let off the hook. I wasn’t recruited by insiders. I ran because I couldn’t sit and watch Seattle continue to slide to disorder. I’m proud to be Seattle’s first woman, and mom, to serve as City Attorney.

Since taking office, I’ve taken bold action to dismantle human trafficking networks on Aurora, disrupting open air drug markets, and launched a Drug Prosecution Alternative, providing treatment pathways.

On corporate accountability, I secured $160 million from Monsanto for dumping toxins into the Duwamish, and sued Kia/Hyundai for making their least expensive cars easier to steal. On gun violence, I proposed legislation that Council unanimously approved. Innovating like only a political outsider can, I brought data transparency to our criminal justice system, now a national model, and pushed the state to fix the DUI toxicology backlog to keep our roads safer.

My success running the office has earned endorsements by former Governors Gregoire and Locke, Congressman Adam Smith, King and Pierce County Prosecuting Attorneys, Rev. Harriett Walden, Pastor Aaron Williams, Seattle Fire Fighters and Building Trades’ unions, a majority of the City Council, and retired judges.

Seattle’s turning a corner, but can’t go back to when we didn’t have accountability at city hall or on our streets. Ask yourself: is Seattle better than four years ago? We have more work and I look forward to continuing what we began.