City of Woodinville

Claudia Balducci is running unopposed for re-election to the King County Council from District 6. 

First elected in 2015, Balducci previously served as the mayor of Bellevue during her 12 years on the Bellevue City Council. She is also the founder and chair of the Regional Affordable Housing Committee and a board member of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. 

Balducci is running on a platform of affordable housing, updating transportation options, and ensuring climate justice. A few of the policies that she and the council worked on this term include putting a fully serviced shelter on the Eastside for people experiencing homelessness, improving and electrifying buses, and passing gun violence prevention policies. Balducci spearheaded a successful effort to create a Sound Transit "starter line" to connect Bellevue and Redmond while work continues on the East Link Extension to Seattle.

Balducci is one of the brightest and most effective progressive leaders in our region. She has earned your vote for re-election to the King County Council.  

David Edwards is running for Woodinville City Council, Position 2. He works as an attorney and serves on the Woodinville Planning Commission and the Evergreen public hospital board. He has lived in East King County for 30 years and volunteers with the Woodinville Farmer's Market.

Edwards is running to increase transparency in local government and protect local parks and green spaces as the city grows. He also wants to improve relationships with other local leaders to ensure that the voices of Woodinville residents are represented in important regional decisions. Finally, he's committed to keeping Woodinville a safe and welcoming place to live and raise a family.

Edwards is running against software engineer Shengquan Liang, who also serves on the planning commission. He wants to improve walkability and make data-driven decisions for Woodinville. Unfortunately, Liang opposes policy changes that would make housing more affordable in Woodinville. Without these long overdue reforms, spiraling housing costs will continue to displace our seniors and prevent young people from buying their first homes.

Edwards' platform and strong endorsements make him the clear choice for Woodinville City Council, Position 2.

Mayor and incumbent council member Mike Millman is running for re-election to Woodinville City Council, Position 4. Millman is a small business owner and spent nearly three decades with the Everett Fire Department where he held a number of leadership positions. He has been an active community leader serving as an elected fire commissioner and on the city’s planning commission.

If re-elected, Millman wants to invest in infrastructure, community safety, and public green spaces. Specifically, he is in favor of expanding the roadway where cars enter and exit Woodinville, adding a mobile integrative health unit staffed by medical personnel and social workers, wraparound services in homeless shelters, and continuing to invest in parks and trails like the Wood Trails park and the Eastrail Corridor project. Millman has earned a long list of endorsements in this race, including from many local leaders.

The other candidate in this race is Shan Evans, who has worked in administrative assistance for a number of large corporations. Evans serves on the Woodinville Public Spaces Commission. In this race, she is running on a vague platform to restrict some community funding, manage growth responsibly, and improve infrastructure.

We recommend Mike Millman in this race for Woodinville City Council, Position 4.

Electrical engineer Han Tran is running for Northshore School Board, Director District 3 to replace David Cogan, who is not seeking re-election. Tran is an active community advocate, previously running for Bothell City Council in 2021 on a strong progressive platform. In addition, she participated in the school district’s Ethnic Studies Work Team and served as a Washington Human Rights Commissioner.

As an immigrant and a working mother of Northshore district students, Tran wants to champion equity and inclusion, empower educators, and bring a holistic and progressive approach to addressing the district’s needs. She would work to close opportunity gaps by implementing targeted academic support, culturally responsive teaching, and accountability metrics. Tran also believes in empowering staff with high quality professional development and data-informed decisionmaking. The rest of her campaign priorities are equally detailed and community-centric, reflecting her deep knowledge of the issues and the district. In this race, Tran has received an impressive list of progressive endorsements from unions, Democratic organizations, and elected officials.

Myriam Juritz, a substitute teacher with a Doctorate in Engineering in the Northshore School District, is running against Tran for the District 3 director seat. Juritz serves on the board of the Northshore Schools Foundation, and has also served with the Natural Leaders program, NSD Parent Advisory for Student Success, and more. She is a Spanish-speaking immigrant and credits her upbringing in political unrest as motivating her to run for local government to ensure that community needs are met. Juritz has also volunteered in the district extensively to help improve the Dual Language program, English Language Arts, and the Wellness and Safety Task Force. Her campaign platform emphasizes improving academic excellence and student health, both mental and physical. She states that fact-based education, resilience, and long-term fiscal responsibility is core to improving schools and education. However, her available platform is not as detailed as Tran’s, nor has she earned as many community endorsements.

Tran is the clear choice in this race and deserves your vote for Northshore School Board Director, District 3.