There’s no shortage of critical issues for future City Council members to address. Homelessness, policing, public safety, the opioid crisis and the city’s post-pandemic recovery rank high among residents’ concerns. Who makes it through to the general election on Nov. 7 will help illustrate which way Seattle’s political winds are blowing.
Will the top vote-getters be progressives promising to tackle the root causes of homelessness, or conservatives promising more encampment sweeps? Or perhaps some of both groups? Will voters rally behind someone who wants to move money into police alternatives, or who will call to hire more officers? Will it be a general-election showdown between left and right, or will
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