Community organizer Tanya Woo recently won the open seat at the Seattle City Council, but the race is far from over.
Tanya Woo appointed to position 8 on city council — Called “the people’s choice”
When Tanya Woo’s father died, struggling to save the family’s building, which had flooded, she was on a flight back from Indonesia.
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Tanya Woo has been appointed to fill the vacant seat on the Seattle City Council District—this comes on the heels of Woo’s impressive performance in the District 2 race, where she lost by only 403 votes.
Candidates make their final case for position 8 as incendiary email creates background “noise”
Upon the moment it was her turn to speak, every candidate turned to look eagerly at Tanya Woo, who had been the subject of a media campaign that associated her with big business and positioned her as an enemy of labor unions.
Outsider versus insider at candidate forum for position 8
Some presented themselves as marginalized, others as insiders.
Many Asian Americans nominated for position 8
After a special city council meeting on Jan. 12, a group of supporters of Tanya Woo, who had just been nominated to fill a vacant seat, were standing inside the doors to Fifth Avenue.
AAPI candidates for city council position 8 up close
Rising to the pinnacle of the Seattle City Council is an aspiration that is driven by family experience, personal values, and, perhaps, a dream of restoring lost justice.
Louisa Hotel fire shows a pattern of distress
On the night of Dec. 8, Tanya Woo was out with other volunteers assisting the unhoused population and trying to prevent fires in the Chinatown-International District (CID).
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Eina Kwon was eight months pregnant when she was shot and killed on June 13 near the Belltown restaurant that she and her husband, Sung Kwon, owned.
With no AAPI on the city council, and an upcoming vacancy, attention turns to Tanya Woo
After the results of the city council election revealed that not a single Asian American or Pacific Islander (AAPI) candidate was elected, there was widespread concern and disappointment within the community—and hope that the only AAPI candidate who ran from South Seattle would be appointed to a seat opening around the end of the year.