Seattle's new City Council President shares her goals for 2026
A lot has changed in Seattle in the last 7 days.
The city has a new mayor, a new city attorney, two new council members, and, as of Tuesday afternoon, a new city council president.
District 3 representative Joy Hollingsworth won unanimous support yesterday from her colleagues to lead the council over the next two years.
The stakes of leading the city are always high, but this looks to be an especially packed year: there’s the ongoing project of finishing the city’s growth plan, another budget deficit to contend with…. and the World Cup (and its hordes of fans) landing here…
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