City of Kent

Current Kent City Councilmember Dana Ralph is active in many local nonprofits, including as council liaison of the Kent Arts Commission, chair of the Drug Free Communities Coalition, and board member of Kent Kiwanis Club. On the council, Ralph sits on the Public Works Committee and Public Safety Committees and is the Chair the Operations Committee.

Ralph is running against Jim Berrios, Elizabeth Albertson, and DeLon Lewis. Berrios is a former Kent School Board member and current city council member who brings an impressive resume of community service. Albertson sat on the council between 2006 and 2013 and left her position on the council for a run for the 33rd Legislative District House seat. Albertson is running again in opposition to the decision to give a tax break to the development across from the Par 3 golf course. The fourth candidate, DeLon Lewis, is not running a competitive campaign.

Ralph has earned the most support from our Progressive Voters Guide partner organizations and is the best choice in this race.

Satwinder Kaur is an IT professional and a former city council executive assistant. She has been deeply involved with local community organizations, including as chair of the Kent Cultural Communities Board, steward of Green Kent Parks, member of the Kent International Festival Steering Committee, board member of the Kent Historical Society, and member of Living Well Kent. Her platform includes ensuring safe neighborhoods, fiscal transparency, traffic reduction, and making the police force more diverse.

Also in this race is Libertarian Paul Addis, as well as Elizabeth Peang and Jeff Piecewicz, neither of whom are not running competitive campaigns. Kaur is the clear progressive choice in this race.

Tye Whitfield has a long history of civic activism and serving our community. She was the chair of the Puget Sound Service District and a Parks and Recreation commissioner, and has worked with local businesses to create community events like the Taste of Kent. Whitfield is also a small business owner who is running to bring more jobs to Kent and keep it a great place to raise a family.

Whitfield is running against Kent Civil Service Commissioner Ronald Johnson and conservative-leaning PTSA president Toni Troutner. Whitfield is the best choice in this race.