Meet the 2023 candidates for Seattle's District 1 City Council race

In District 1, eight candidates are vying for a Seattle City Council seat that will be vacated by two-term Councilmember Lisa Herbold at the end of the year. They are Preston Anderson, a clinical social worker; Lucy Barefoot; Stephen Brown, president of Eltana bagels; Maren Costa, a climate activist; Jean Iannelli Craciun, a sociologist; Mia Jacobson; Rob Saka, an attorney; and Phil Tavel, an administrative law judge. The district, which was expanded slightly east during the redistricting process in 2022, represents about 105,000 people from West Seattle and neighborhoods such...