Seattle City Attorney is a nonpartisan position, but Ann Davison switched parties to run as a Republican in the 2020 lieutenant governor primary. The City Attorney’s Office handles misdemeanor crimes, while felonies are the King County Prosecutor’s jurisdiction.
In her 2021 campaign challenging then-City Attorney Pete Holmes, Davison promised to take a tough-on-crime approach, in contrast to Holmes’ decision to prosecute fewer low-level misdemeanors.
Holmes’ reelection bid ended in the primary and Davison faced Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, a former public defender and police abolitionist. Reeling from the pandemic, rising public disorder and the growing fentanyl crisis, voters chose Davison over Thomas-Kennedy 51.5%-47.7%.
Davison is making a bid for reelection this year.
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