I'm a progressive leader with a track record of making good things happen. We deserve abundant housing, good transit and safe communities. Let's choose action.
We’ve built a big coalition of working people, renters, transit riders, youth, environmentalists, Democrats, women, urbanists, and so many people who want a safe, healthy, and thriving Seattle With effective leadership and organizing, we can reach our full potential. LET’S GO!!!
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If elected I’ll be the only public official in our region who lives w/out a car. My family relies on transit for everything.
I know how urgent this is because I experience it firsthand every day. You can count on me to fight for transit riders and the planet on Council.
When I say it’s a false choice between tree canopy and density, I’m thinking about the corner of Minor and Spring - one of the densest square blocks of housing anywhere in Seattle, and how it looks like this.
This summer my kiddo’s bff moved to Lynnwood because their family couldn’t afford Seattle anymore.
Slumber parties that used to be a 3 block walk now require hours of transit and multiple transfers.
Our policy failures hurt our kids in so many ways. We have to do better.
This morning I called Joy to congratulate her. I’m disappointed but proud that D3 voters had classy and substantive campaigns to chose from.
Thank you to my team and supporters. City Council is just one way to make change and our work carries on. Keep the faith. -Alex 💚🌎🏘️🚎🌳
I believe a city as prosperous and innovative as Seattle can do better than forcing adults to soil themselves. Other places provide safe and clean public restrooms, it’s not too much to expect them here too.
Grinding til the end - getting our last door session in, which is what will put us at 18,000 DOORS!!!! We’re feeling great. Get those ballots in folks!!!
I ran the rough numbers based on publicly available data.
This proposal is a subsidy to homeowners who statistically have the highest incomes in Seattle.
That's not progressive taxation, and this will not solve actual problems or meet our most urgent needs.
I'm all for a city capital gains tax, but am not sure this is the right proposal.
I'd be interested to see the breakdown of who will benefit the most from eliminating the tax on water. I would assume that businesses would benefit the most.
Leaders set the tone for any organization. This reprehensible behavior yet again displays the toxic culture at SPOG that makes Seattle less safe, undermines public trust, and blocks accountability or creation of common sense alternatives. 🧵
@loganb
My housing platform callls for us to go beyond 4-places across Seattle. We are not going to ADU our way out of this mess, and need a min of 200K units in the next decade.
"There is no more effective way to rein in inflation than to expand the supply of affordable housing and increase housing affordability.”
We need increased housing supply at the scale of the problem - and that's what I'm committed to making possible.
Grateful for the
@KingCountyMetro
49 saving me from riding uphill in the dark and rain tonight. The bus/ebike combo really is the key to manageable car free living.
Pre-approved designs is a way to build housing faster, cheaper, and easier.
I’ve proposed this for multiplexes in Seattle - we can partner with architects and community to create designs that reflect our history and culture.
Housing can be affordable and beautiful.
The town South Bend in Indiana has pre-approved a set of standard house designs. This aims at lowering the planning costs of simple, attractive infill development. Apparently this happens fairly often in the USA.
Broadway and Denny
Yesler / Boren / 12th
Yesler over the bridge (WB)
Union and 26th (EB)
I-90 Trail and Rainier
and on and on….
Each of these, a policy failure. But also, we can fix it! It’s just infrastructure. We get to choose.
The fact that you could be talking to five people who regularly bike in Seattle, and the "merge of death" comes up and you could get six people thinking of different spots in the city is...not great.
We can build a Seattle with safe streets, affordable housing, better transit, and healthy communities.
Honored to be the
@TheStranger
endorsed candidate in D3!
🚨The Stranger's endorsements for the Nov 7 general election have arrived. 🚨
Big corporations and landlords bought a slate of council candidates (again). They're exploiting legit fears and offering bullshit solutions.
Don't let them win.
D3 is leading voter turnout in Seattle!
With so much at stake in this election, make sure YOUR voice is heard. You have 7 DAYS to turn in your ballot in the mail or at either of D3's ballot boxes - Seattle Central & Garfield Community Center.
Let's GOTV D3!
Let's build our streets so transit flows and turn every ride into a rapid ride.
The Move Seattle Levy is our chance to do that and more. The new Council will have max 7 months to get right. I bring badly needed transpo experience to these critical decisions, ready from Day 1.
If a RapidRide line costs $150+ million dollars and takes over a decade to deliver, we need to look at what happens when we spread that money out across the system and pay for queue jumps, transit lanes, and rechannelization literally everywhere buses are getting slowed down.
Our urbanist movement is strong, savvy, and cute! Let’s keep building toward a Seattle where everyone has a safe, affordable place to live, our communities are healthy and prosperous, and where our children can have good jobs on a healthy planet. It’s not a fantasy - it’s policy!
This boogeyman rhetoric is so tired and unserious. D3 residents are sick of it and smart enough to see through it.
If you're more interested in policy than politics check out my detailed plans for how to help our city be healthy, safe, and thriving here:
Big money tests out how to scare voters. Should print out a mailer to say Ron Davis doesn't care about "open-air drug markets?" Or that Alex Hudson will align with "council extremists?"
Perfect way to spend the afternoon: bus to the library to return a read book and grab a hold, and then bus to the beach park to sun, read, and relax.
Public infrastructure slays. 🚎📚☀️⛱️
smh that the systemic fix - not mandating that only police officers review the videos, and instead allowing trained civilians to do so - isn’t mentioned.
It’s requires a law revision in Olympia, but that’s the move here.
#waleg
So grateful to have the support and endorsement of
@electefrain
,
@ryontheryse
, and
@Cooley4Council
- my fellow progressives who want to see real action on climate, housing, equity, and to build a future where we all thrive. Let’s get it!!
Our hustle is up!
We've knocked 15,728 doors and sent 35,471 texts. We're handing out flyers at the light rail station and farmer's markets, sometimes even dressed as a ballot!
Join us to GOTV - we're out here all weekend and would love to have you!
Voter turnout will decide the tight D3 race, but no ones GOTV game can compare to outgoing CM Sawant. Progressive Alex Hudson must get renters in Capitol Hill to vote or else wealthy homeowners could win a seat in the consistently renter-ruled district.
Our incoming City Council will have, at most, 7 months to approve a Move Seattle levy plan to send to voters. It’s our once-in-a-decade chance to invest in building safe and healthy infrastructure.
I’m committed to reaching our goals and know what takes to get there. Let’s go!
Seattle has laid out its 2030 mode shift goals in a new climate change response framework. Questions remain, however, about how the city will get there and how committed it is to overcoming obstacles.
Story:
So proud to be the
@TheStranger
endorsed candidate in the district I love! Let’s build progressive power and deliver a better, more just and sustainable world together!!
These candidates are low-key besties. They go out to drinks, ride bikes to forums together, and Ry asked the forum attendees to give Efrain their democracy vouchers so he could qualify. kind!
Workers make Seattle. If you like having roads, housing, libraries, parks, social programs, electricity, someone to pick up a 911 call, people to take the trash away - thank a City worker. They deserve dignity,
#rspct
and thriving wages - I am proud to stand with them!
It’s an honor to receive the endorsement of
@UrbanistOrg
!
Our city deserves to reach its full potential- a safe, affordable, vibrant city that takes care of each other and the planet.
I’m ready to keep delivering on this vision and promise in City Hall representing D3!
"From being front-and-center in negotiations around the statewide transportation package, which delivered free transit for kids on every transit agency in the entire state, to the push to reform Sound Transit’s punitive fare-enforcement regime, Hudson has shown she can deliver."
"I’m interested in evidence-based solutions that actually turn our city around."
We don't have time to waste. My approach to building a safe, healthy, thriving Seattle is based on effective, progressive solutions backed by experience getting it done.
We can do it, and we must.
Next in our
#seattleelections
series: a look at D3's race between
@JoyForSeattle
&
@AlexforSeattle
. Read about their ideas for tackling the city's big issues, what kind of representatives they want to be, who's backing them & much more.
I have to look for rental housing in the open market, and know firsthand the fear that comes with wondering if the next rent increase will push my family out.
I’m a supply-side YIMBY, the real answer is more housing. But that takes time.
We need reasonable protections now.
"Hudson is the most qualified candidate for any of this year’s open seats, blowing the rest of the field away with her political acumen, policy chops, and deep history of activism in the district."
Thank you for this endorsement
@PubliColaNews
!
Moreover, if SPOG is unwilling to come to the bargaining table and agree to real accountability, alternatives, and oversight in a new contract then they aren’t partners we can negotiate with; we’ll need a new partner.
Here's your daily reminder that design review boards obstruct making life easier for families and children. That's not moral or democratic and doesn't serve our needs.
It doesn't have to be this way.
@UrbanistOrg
Also this will have a childcare but the design review board didn’t like that so we just relabeled it “retail” (they don’t actually get to opine on specific uses, but we wanted to avoid the fight)
So grateful for the endorsement of the
@43rddemocrats
! Together we can deliver effective, progressive results that makes life better and builds healthy, thriving communities.
I'm excited to announce as a candidate for Seattle City Council in District 3. I want to bring people together to solve our biggest challenges - housing, transportation, vitality so Seattle can be a place where we can all thrive. Let's connect!
Fall 2023: Tacoma Link Hilltop extension
Spring 2024: East Link starter line
Spring 2024: Swift Orange line
Fall 2024: Lynnwood Link
Fall 2024: RapidRide G line
2025: East Link & Redmond Link
2026: Federal Way Link
2027: RapidRide J line
There is no profession where when a colleague kills someone and you callously laugh about it you are allowed to keep your job. This officer has lost all credibility and should not remain on the public payroll.
TBH, I was nervous about
@evergreenstone
shadowing me. As an impact-focused policy wonk, I'm still getting used to The Gaze that comes with candidacy and it can feel weird when it's about me, not we.
But I'm glad I said yes and hope you enjoy this glimpse behind the curtain. :)
In Seattle primaries, there are two endorsements that basically make or break your campaign. In the last decade only one candidate has won without either.
I stayed up late with one candidate as she waited to see if she got one of them
When I moved to First Hill 14years ago every building in the photo (except the church) was a surface parking lot or single story retail. Now in just a two block radius we’ve built nearly a thousand homes for people across all incomes. Progress is beautiful.
#housingford3
D3 is leading voter turnout in Seattle!
With so much at stake in this election, make sure YOUR voice is heard. You have 7 DAYS to turn in your ballot in the mail or at either of D3's ballot boxes - Seattle Central & Garfield Community Center.
Let's GOTV D3!
"Hudson would be an excellent choice for voters seeking a highly knowledgeable and experienced leader in transportation and housing issues."
Thank you
@FuseWA
!
Experience matters and there's no time to waste, let's get stuff done!
"I never concede that the future can’t be different than it is."
I'm grateful for the chance to talk in-depth with journalists about what it will take to deliver effective solutions to Seattle's biggest challenges and reach our full potential. Thanks
@ericacbarnett
!
PubliCola sits down with Transportation Choices Coalition director Alex Hudson, running to represent the Central District, Capitol Hill, and other central Seattle neighborhoods in District 3.
Thank you to the dedicated volunteers who have together accomplished this amazing milestone. 14K is unreal.
12 days left to GOTV, and our hustle is up! Join us this weekend with
@SeattleSubway
on Sat and
@kcdems
on Sun.
We win our future one conversation at a time. :)
“But it's exactly when we feel our backs are against the wall that we must resist solutions that feel like action but don't actually address the problem.” -
@naomiishisaka
Thank you
@SeattleSubway
for this ringing endorsement of our campaign to build a more vibrant, connected, and prosperous city and region for transit riders and the planet!
Seattle City Council District 3: Alex Hudson
@AlexforSeattle
".. we trust Alex Hudson. [...] She promises to champion funding for a city-wide Link plan through the Move Seattle Levy, which is a pivotal first step to more subway-quality transit."
Our campaign is official - we’ve filed!
Check out for ways you can get involved - let’s connect, have fun events, and talk to neighbors - and help us build a strong progressive campaign to deliver for District 3!
Let’s goooooo!
If we are serious about reforming the culture of SPD and recruiting a new generation of officers better in tune with the city they serve, there must be consequences for this unacceptable behavior.
If I were a reporter on the housing or affordability beats, I would ask all candidates running for office if they “support allowing child cares and grocery stores with apartments on top everywhere?”
Just filled out my ballot. Impressed by
@AlexforSeattle
's outreach since she came to my door AND texted me with her own li'l fingers. More importantly she supports the policies I want to see. Vote Alex in D3!
Thank you for this endorsement
@TheArchitectAce
! I’m looking forward to working together to build a Seattle that provides abundant opportunity, shared prosperity, equity and true sustainability today and long into the future. 🌎🌳🏘️🚎💐
District 3:
I've known
@AlexforSeattle
for years and as a D3 resident I can't think of a better representation for someone who is proud of her neighborhood and will do everything in her power and w/ her expertise to fight for a better future for people she doesn't know, yet!
5/10
@asher_971
@LetsGoStreetcar
ran polls both pre and post COVID - Seattleites are overwhelmingly supportive of this common sense and long-overdue project to connect our communities and invest in the future of downtown.
Thank you
@tech4housing
for endorsing our campaign for city council D3! 🏘️🌳🚲
Together we can build the abundant housing, thriving communities, and fair economy so everyone can thrive!
@bigtimedumbguy
Capital gains is a tax on selling stocks, bonds, and other financial products with profits more than $250,000.
In all of WA state, less than 5,000 people pay it. They are very, very wealthy.
While some of them may be renters, they are definitely not low- or middle income.
It’s a true honor to have the endorsement of
@PPAAWest
!
I’m proud of our clinic in D3, and you can count on me to fight to protect our ability to make our own decisions and be treated with dignity and trust.
Thank you to these awesome supporters for coming out to knock over 700 doors, talk to neighbors, and get out the vote. Our campaign is strong, focused on the issues, and resonating with neighbors!
Get those ballots in by Tuesday Aug 1!
Thanks to everyone who came out today! Was fun to have local students out with us getting involved in local government.
We’re out here every day connecting with voters about what’s at stake - and what’s possible - in this election.
I'm proud to be endorsed by
@SierraClubSEA
.
Cities have a powerful role in slowing and adapting to climate change. Affordable, walkable neighborhoods connected by great transit are a climate solution.
I'll be a champion for our planet and future generations in City Hall.
In District 3 we are proud to endorse
@AlexforSeattle
! Alex Hudson will provide strong, effective leadership to get transit back on track, support new housing, and bring urgency and action to Seattle's climate work.
Casting a vote is sending a love letter to the future. Get your ballots in by Valentines Day and support a better housing future for us all.
#yeson135
@houseRneighbors
Happy Labor Day, and thank you to the organized labor movement and workers for the benefits they’ve brought to all.
Our future is good jobs on a healthy planet, abundant public services, and equitable opportunities. Nothing is too good for the working class.
Amen!
I was proud to sit on the Lid I-5 steering committee for several years and to have won $1M from the Convention Center redevelopment to study the engineering feasibility and keep this project alive.
Let’s put a lid on it!
My family is car-free. We use transit to get to work and school, appointments, visit our loved ones - everything.
The viewpoint of people who live the impacts of govt decisions is missing and it shows.
I stand with riders, renters, and public school parents - because I am one.
Something I think that's true when the majority of decisions around transit are made by electeds who don't use it: what leaders who do use transit say should carry more weight.
When we come together, lay out a clear vision, and fight for a fair deal, we win.
We should expect delivery from City Hall, and that’s what you get with me. Impact and results.
That’s why I’m running, and that’s what I’ll do as your Councilmember for D3.
Alex stood up to some of the most powerful interests in Seattle, and helped win $83 million investments in affordable housing, parks, & safe streets (4x more than they originally offered). Vote Alex for strong values, coalition building, policy savvy, & delivering for community!
It was a pleasure to sit with
@RealChangeNews
vendors and hear their priorities, experiences, and solutions for building a city where everyone has a safe, affordable place to sleep and is treated with dignity. Together, we can make those hopes a reality.
Yesterday,
@AlexforSeattle
came to our office to talk with vendors and staff.
Vendors shared why providing services for vehicle residents, changing drug policy and housing affordability are so important to them.
Thank you
@AlexforSeattle
for coming out!
"I plan to bring my experience in housing, parks, transportation, safety, and social services and supporting our small businesses to every table where the needs of D3 are being discussed."
D3 has some of the densest housing, jobs, and services in the state. We’ve done our part to build a sustainable city and need the transit access Midtown Station will provide.
Eliminating it harms our neighborhoods and diminishes our potential.
Once again I implore local media to acknowledge that the N/S option for
@soundtransit
means eliminating Midtown Station. Midtown will have 15K+ daily riders, the 3rd highest in WSBLE.
This is not a footnote - it's a catastrophe for hospital and office workers and residents.
In the wake of this week’s shootings at their Early Learning Center, “A 4 Apple” is hosting a public safety meeting in the Autozone parking lot. Join me, small biz owners, SPD, Vulcan, and community as we all strategize for better safety on 23rd & Jackson.
Today 4:30 to 6PM.
We have to raise $20K by the end of the month to ensure our progressive message isn’t drowned out by outside corporate funding pouring into our race.
Democracy Vouchers keep us people powered and focused on issues.
It’s easy, free, and not too late. 💚
“I’m thrilled to earn the sole endorsement of the 4,000 hardworking members of ATU 587. By keeping public transit moving, they make our economy possible, connect people to opportunity, and build a more sustainable world. It’s an honor to have their support. “
I am proud to earn the endorsement of
@PTE17
- their members literally make the city go round!
They deserve fair pay, dignified conditions, and respect as experts in how we can move forward as a city! I'm excited to make that happen in City Hall.
Thank you!!!
My transportation plan calls for the City to provide free transit to anyone in Seattle who lives car-free.
Seattle already has a nation-leading program providing free transit to low-income residents, and we can build off this momentum to invest in people and the planet.
In the wake of the state Supreme Court ruling finding that the state’s capital gains tax is a legal excise tax, and with the City facing a revenue shortfall, I believe a municipal capital gains tax is a fair approach to addressing this funding gap.
#alexhudsonforseattle
Transportation connects us to opportunities and each other. Let’s build a safe mobility future for Seattle.
Check out my transportation platform here! 🚶🏻♀️🚲👩🦽🚎🛤️🌳
Thank you
@seiu925
for your sole endorsement! It’s an honor to have the support of childcare providers, educators, and government workers who take care of our kids, enrich our minds, and serve the public. Excited to make progress and change together!
Riding
@KingCountyMetro
with 2 teddy bears, a Queen of Hearts, and a Princess Peach.
@emeraldcitycon
brings so much happiness to Seattle. Love to see the creativity and using the city as a stage!
Too many people who qualify for benefits don't receive them. That's a problem government created - and can solve.
On Council, I'll work to remove barriers and close that gap, reducing costs and helping our paychecks go further.
NEW: As the overall cost of living continues to soar, here are the ideas Seattle City Council candidates are pitching to make the city more affordable.
I want to hear from you!
Join me this Saturday at 12th Ave Square Park. Bring your concerns, ideas, needs, and democracy vouchers - let’s build a campaign that delivers on our greatest priorities to fulfill our district’s potential!
Nothing is quite as satisfying as rolling up your sleeves and doing the dirty work! Loved spending a beautiful
#oneseattledayofservice
making the Eastlake walking trail cleaner and removing invasive species. Seattleites are helpers, and it’s a beautiful thing.
Honored to receive the sole endorsement of
@seiu775
, whose hard-working members care for our loved ones as home healthcare and nursing home workers. I am proud to stand with them and earn their support!
Thanks for coming out District 3! It was so great to hear from neighbors and talk about the issues that matter most to us - and the solutions at our fingertips. Together we can build a city that works for everyone. 🏙️🌳🏡🚎
Everyone who wants to should be able to call Seattle home.
Let’s build a city where everyone can belong by creating more housing for more people in more places.
Check out my plan for how we’ll do that:
Thanks to everyone who came out this weekend to connect with neighbors and share our vision and plan for a D3 where everyone can make a good life in healthy neighborhoods.
Join the momentum: