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Seattle Politics
3:46 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

Eight Candidates Vie To Be Seattle's Next Mayor

The 2013 Seattle mayor’s race is off and running and last night was the first big mayoral forum of the campaign season. All eight candidates appeared before a packed room at Seattle Central Community College and KUOW's Deborah Wang was in attendance. Ross Reynolds sat down with Deborah to talk about who is in the race and the dreams that pushed them to run.

Mayor's Race 2013
11:52 am
Mon March 11, 2013

Ron Sims Will Not Join Seattle's Mayoral Race

Credit AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
King County Executive Ron Sims speaks at a news conference where he announced that President Barack Obama would nominate him to be deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Seattle.

Former King County Executive Ron Sims announced today on KUOW that he will not run for Seattle mayor as many people have speculated.

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Seattle Mayoral Race
10:00 am
Mon March 11, 2013

Ron Sims And The Seattle Mayoral Race

Credit AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Ron Sims in his former role as King County executive at the press conference that announced that President Obama nominated him to be deputy secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2009.

Former King County Executive Ron Sims has retired from his position as deputy secretary for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Will he join the race to be Seattle’s next mayor? He joins us to answer that question.  

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Gun Laws
9:00 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Reaction To President Obama's Gun Control Announcement

Credit AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
This Jan. 14, 2103 file photo shows President Barack Obama gesturing as he answers questions from members of the media during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Confronting a deeply divided Congress, President Barack Obama plans to skirt lawmakers and move forward on his own authority with steps to curb the nation’s gun violence. But there’s only so much he can do on his own. Obama will need Capitol Hill for fundamental changes.

    

Just over one month after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama and Vice President Biden are set to announce their plan for action on reducing gun violence. We'll carry the President's remarks live from the White House and hear what Beth Flynn of Washington Ceasefire and Phil Watson of the Second Amendment Foundation have to say about his proposals.

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