Clinton Bliss

Clinton Bliss ran for election for Mayor of Seattle in Washington. He lost in the primary on August 5, 2025.

Bliss completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Clinton Bliss was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1964. He graduated from Monterey Bay Academy Boarding School. He graduated from the University of California Riverside in 1986 and received an M.D. from UCLA in 1989. His professional experience includes working as a family doctor and emergency room physician.^[1]^[2]

Elections

2025

General election

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General election for Mayor of Seattle

Incumbent Bruce Harrell and Katie Wilson are running in the general election for Mayor of Seattle on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Bruce Harrell (Nonpartisan)
		Katie Wilson (Nonpartisan)

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Seattle

The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Seattle on August 5, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Wilson (Nonpartisan)	48.1	55,214
✔		Bruce Harrell (Nonpartisan)	43.6	50,061
		Joe Mallahan (Nonpartisan)	4.6	5,333
		Clinton Bliss (Nonpartisan)	1.2	1,419
		Ry Armstrong (Nonpartisan)	1.1	1,223
	Submit photo	Isaiah Willoughby (Nonpartisan)	0.5	526
	Submit photo	Thaddeus Whelan (Nonpartisan)	0.4	483
		Joe Molloy (Nonpartisan)	0.4	482

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 114,741
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Alexander Barickman (Nonpartisan)
David Tuniman (Nonpartisan)

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2021

General election

General election for Mayor of Seattle

Bruce Harrell defeated M. Lorena Gonzalez in the general election for Mayor of Seattle on November 2, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bruce Harrell (Nonpartisan)	58.6	155,294
	M. Lorena Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	41.2	109,132
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	777

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 265,203
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Seattle

The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Seattle on August 3, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bruce Harrell (Nonpartisan)	34.0	69,612
✔		M. Lorena Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	32.1	65,750
		Colleen Echohawk (Nonpartisan)	10.3	21,042
		Jessyn Farrell (Nonpartisan)	7.3	14,931
	Submit photo	Arthur Langlie (Nonpartisan)	5.6	11,372
		Casey Sixkiller (Nonpartisan)	3.4	6,918
		Andrew Grant Houston (Nonpartisan)	2.7	5,485
	Submit photo	James Donaldson (Nonpartisan)	1.6	3,219
	Submit photo	Lance Randall (Nonpartisan)	1.4	2,804
		Clinton Bliss (Nonpartisan)	0.8	1,618
	Submit photo	Omari Tahir-Garrett (Nonpartisan)	0.2	391
	Submit photo	Bobby Tucker (Nonpartisan)	0.2	377
		Henry Dennison (Nonpartisan)	0.2	347
		Stan Lippmann (Nonpartisan)	0.2	323
		Don Rivers (Nonpartisan)	0.1	189
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	386

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 204,764
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Candidate profile

Clinton Bliss

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "I’m a medical doctor with over thirty years experience in hospital administration, running family/primary medicine clinics and working as an emergency room doctor in rural communities. I’ve spent my career as a medical leader developing sustainable systems that provide compassionate care for all. My core values are integrity, determination, compassion, service, vision, and action. My professional creed is to provide the kind of care that I would like to receive for myself or my family. I was trained in the bio-psycho-social model and deeply believe in a holistic and comprehensive approach to allopathic medicine. I earned my medical degree at UCLA, School of Medicine, one of the top ten medical schools in the US. I served my residency at the University of Washington. My leadership experience includes Director of Emergency Services at American Lake VA Hospital, Acting Chief of Staff at Walla Walla VA Hospital, and Chair of Swedish Family Practice Quality Assurance Committee. At Neighborcare, I treated members of underserved communities. I run a family practice in Seattle and work as ER doctor in rural communities in Washington. I am a thirteenth generation American (yes, my real family name is Bliss) and have lived in Seattle for 31 years. "

Key Messages

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We need solutions to homelessness. We must provide basic emergency food, shelter, security, and treatment to our residents who have no other options.

Protecting Civil Rights is non-negotiable. We cannot allow the police unions to hold our civil rights for ransom. Police must be held accountable.

My campaign has three pillars: Integrity, compassion and wise action. Our homeless problem is a medical problem, not just a housing issue, and it needs someone who understands medical issues to solve it.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Seattle in 2021.

Campaign themes

2025

Clinton Bliss completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bliss' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have lived in Seattle since 1990 and have spent my career helping people.

I work as a physician, own my own primary care clinic in Seattle, and also work as an ER physician and a hospital physician. In 1989, I graduated from UCLA School of Medicine and graduated from the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency in 1992. As a physician, I take the time needed to understand all of my patient's concerns and medical problems before making a diagnosis and plan. The approach I take is based on the knowledge that human beings are complex, each person is unique and providing care requires extensive knowledge and an open mind. While I enjoy working with patients directly, I frequently take leadership positions when needed. During my career, I have been Director of Emergency Services, Director of Hospitalist Services, and Chief of Staff of a Tri-state Hospital System. I am a person who excels by understanding the big picture. I believe that every system is designed to get the results it gets. Rather than blaming others, I work to change the underlying structure of the organization to reflect our values. Once this is done, I find problems start solving themselves.

In terms of my personal life, I am in a long-term partnership, and we work together in our clinic and also produce and attend a free form dance on Capital Hill each week. Sometimes I DJ.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Mark Twain said that America has the best government money can buy. This sums up our biggest problem as a country. Our political process runs on a system of legalized bribery. In order to get elected, our politicians have to make promises to wealthy donors and give concessions to wealthy special interest groups. The average person has a say in government with a vote every 2-4 years. Wealthy donors dictate to their special interests what bills are brought to a vote, what bills get passed, how much we pay in taxes and where the money goes. Until we rectify this problem, our poor and minority communities will continue to be discriminated against. My vote can't be bought, neither should yours. Vote Dr. Bliss for Mayor of Seattle
Our Public Schools across the country, including Seattle, are failing. According to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle Public Schools Graduate only 50% of poor and minority student and only 70% overall. Our public schools have a monopoly and unless you can afford a private education, you have no other options. If you live in a poor neighborhood you get a poor public education. If you live in a rich one, you get an excellent public education. This is one of many outcomes of Institutionalized Economic Oppression. As mayor, I would use our city libraries system and our department of education to provide an alternative pathway for those who our public schools are failing.
Our city needs proactive planning. Today, the state dictates city zoning, county provides our bus service, and regional transit authority -growing at a snail's pace at an astronomical cost - provides light rail that serves a small fraction of our population. We talk endlessly about building affordable housing while the cost of owning or renting in Seattle has increased by 50% of the last 5 years. We are now the 7th most expensive city for housing in the US. My solution is 5-7 story mixed-use density along transit corridors that allows our green spaces to stay green, creates real affordable housing with walkable services and workplaces, and provides public transit within 5 minutes. I would press the state to approve this wiser plan.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about getting money out of politics and giving everyone equal representation in government.

It is our duty to provide opportunity for an excellent education, good jobs, affordable housing, and a clean green city for all.
We must end the process of blame, stop divisiveness, and take responsibility for our problems.
Because of money in politics, our city fails to educate our poor and minority students, tears down affordable housing and replaces it with unaffordable housing, cuts down trees, covers our green spaces, and wastes our tax dollars on donors' pet projects.

If you want different results, make different choices. We can start by getting money out of politics. This is my passion.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

President Lincoln and Joel Reynolds, my former brother-in-law. Both have personal integrity and fought successfully for social common good, and both showed respect for the other side in negotiations and life.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

I recommend reading the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. I also think Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address found engraved on the Lincoln Memorial is also extremely powerful. Both of these show his resolve to move forward in war to achieve the promise of freedom despite the huge loss of life including in his family and ultimately his own life. Throughout, Lincoln was able to maintain compassion for his opponents, individually and collectively. Lincoln cared about the slaves, not only the preservation of the Union. When he was a young man in his first political office as a state representative in Illinois, there was a bill to send back slaves that had escaped slave states. Lincoln was one of only four to vote against it, and he made the comment that if anything can be found to be wrong, this must be wrong. It was also he who drew the line of no extension of slavery to the west that ultimately led to the civil war. If all he cared about was to preserve the union, he would have let slavery extend. At the beginning of the Civil war, he did not have the votes to pass the emancipation proclamation as he was leading a coalition of slave and free states. However, as the war progressed, public sentiment changed, and as soon as he had the votes he immediately brought the proclamation forward.

This book shows the importance of working with your rivals, compassion for all, as well as wisdom and vision and what it takes to make that vision a reality. Leadership is fraught with pitfalls and no one comes out with perfect record, and we all have room for improvement. My political philosophy is based on personal integrity, compassion and wise action. This book exemplifies all three in extremely difficult situations.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Honor and personal integrity are the most important characteristic for any official, elected or appointed, in my opinion. Honor means you do what you say. Personal integrity means you know yourself and represent your true self in every situation.

I deeply value gaining wisdom and humility from experience. The quote from St. Mark's Cathedral on Capital Hill is particularly poignant to me: Compassion is a wounding of the heart that love extends to all without distinction.

I value a deep understanding of the issues facing us today. This is very important if we are going to be able to make wise decisions based on extensive knowledge and an open mind that have the results we want, rather than just tinkering with the system.

When we are willing to listen, especially to honorable adversaries, we can find sustainable solutions that meet the needs of everyone involved.

An elected official must have a clear vision for the future based on listening and understanding people - not just monied special interests - based on wisdom and compassion; and rooted in honor and integrity - in order to build hope and momentum, and to transform vision into reality.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

The qualiites I have include personal integity and honor. I strive for a deep understandign so I can take wise action. I have compassion and respect for all, and a deep understanding of human nature. I have used the privildege that I have enjoyed in life for the betterment of myself and others.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

The core responsibilities for elected officials are:

To be forthright and transparent.
To be accountable and hold those who work for you accountable as well.
To provide value for each tax dollar spent.
To work within budget.
To treat everyone with respect.
To study a problem carefully and plan ahead.

To take decisive action in a crisis.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to leave the world a better place for humans and all living things.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The lifting of the iron curtain and the falling of the Berlin wall in 1989 was, for me, a powerful symbol of hope. While I was already into adulthood, this event felt like a significant and a powerful positive event. It showed the importance of personal freedom and collective solidarity.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

While I had a number of jobs as a teenager (mowing lawns, painting, gardening), my first part-time job as an adult was working in a department store for men's sportwear. I continued this through college.

What is your favorite book? Why?

The Hobbit because it tells the story of an unlikely hero.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

If I could be a fictional character, I might be Gandolf, but might just be the Hobbit.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Fire for You by Cannons

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

I am not the most efficient or quick acting person, but my strength is that my actions are effective because they are well considered.

A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?

Mayoral leadership means that I am responsible for bringing people together in a shared vision that benefits all. It means having hard discussions at times and not giving up or giving in but holding the tension until an equitable solution emerges. It appears to me that we in Seattle and in our nation are in the midst of a cultural war. l believe strongly in the concept of finding a collaborative solution in which all parties can benefit whenever possible. That being said, some individuals or groups always want the better end of the deal and may not be able to be satisfied no matter what is offered. Not all conflicts can be resolved or avoided and sometimes an open conflict is unavoidable, but sometimes open hostility is dangerous and unpredictable. My Japanese Karate Instructor taught me that when two tigers fight, one dies, and the other is maimed for life. While peace cannot be made by begging, dialog is almost always worthwhile. That said, a leader must sometimes take decisive action in a conflict.

If the mayor in your city is not a member of the city council and oversees the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor and city council?

The mayor's job is to represent all of the residents of the city. To do so, the mayor needs to pay particular attention to the city's elected officials and residents.

What do you love most about your city?

I love the green, the wide variety of people, the diverse opportunities, and free form dances

What do you perceive to be your city's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Managing growth so that commutes are short, quick and quiet, housing is actually affordable for the average person working in the City, and green spaces are maintained. If we allow the state zoning to go forward, we will cover all of our private green spaces and spread low to medium density throughout the city. Bus service will be spread out, infrequent and delayed. We need to design Seattle so it has corridors of rapid and quiet mass transit flanked by 5-7 story buildings with stores on the ground level, offices on the second level, and housing above. This kind of density will allow us to make truly affordable housing, shorten commutes for work and shopping. I see the city developing properties along these corridors starting with one corridor for each council member district, with all interconnected via public transit. Single family zones should be left untouched. I favor running bicycle corridors through single family neighborhoods that want to close their streets to pass through traffic. I am skeptical of sound transits commitment to our city, stating that if we want light rail in a reasonable timeline we need to pay extra on top of the already astronomical price.

We also need to stop enabling addiction and crime in our city. We need to realize that while our system of government has built in economic oppression of the poor, we make the oppression worse by allowing unchecked criminal activity and everyone suffers. Seattle is seriously underreporting crimes. I have called 911 twice during crimes and been asked if I really want to report it because it's just a property crime and in neither case was any action taken. Many if not most Seattleites have similar experiences. We must stop picking and choosing which laws we follow and uphold the law of the land for all or people become a law unto themselves and we risk falling into utter chaos. When every individual and city become a law unto itself and we stop listening or caring for each other.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the state government?

I believe every civil servant and city department has a duty to satisfy those it serves, and that collecting data on how satisfied a person is who has been served by the city is the first step towards this goal.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the federal government?

I believe the city and federal government should work together to uphold the law of the land, and to change those laws that are unjust or unfair in a collaborative manner.

Tell us your favorite joke.

I don't have a favorite joke. I prefer irony.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor's office and law enforcement?

The Mayor oversees the Seattle Police Department. The police need to be accountable to the people and it is the mayor's job to see that they are. Right now the police have an impossible job because despite the valiant efforts of City attorney Ann Davison, there is such a large backlog of crimes that we let criminal go back onto the streets. This makes the workload impossible and the back log continues to grow. All of this is because we feel ashamed of the fact that we imprison our poor and minority community members at 3-4 times the rate of others. We try to blame the police or the prosecutors for this, but the fact is our poor and minority community members typically get a poor education, with only 50% graduating from high school in Seattle. Until we fix the underlying economic and educational injustice, the trend will continue, but allowing criminals to roam unchecked only worsens the injustice.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

N/A

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

I believe strongly in both for all public officials.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I’m a medical doctor with over thirty years experience in hospital administration, running family/primary medicine clinics and working as an emergency room doctor in rural communities. I’ve spent my career as a medical leader developing sustainable systems that provide compassionate care for all. My core values are integrity, determination, compassion, service, vision, and action. My professional creed is to provide the kind of care that I would like to receive for myself or my family.

I was trained in the bio-psycho-social model and deeply believe in a holistic and comprehensive approach to allopathic medicine. I earned my medical degree at UCLA, School of Medicine, one of the top ten medical schools in the US. I served my residency at the University of Washington.

My leadership experience includes Director of Emergency Services at American Lake VA Hospital, Acting Chief of Staff at Walla Walla VA Hospital, and Chair of Swedish Family Practice Quality Assurance Committee. At Neighborcare, I treated members of underserved communities. I run a family practice in Seattle and work as ER doctor in rural communities in Washington. I am a thirteenth generation American (yes, my real family name is Bliss) and have lived in Seattle for 31 years.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

We need solutions to homelessness. We must provide basic emergency food, shelter, security, and treatment to our residents who have no other options.
Protecting Civil Rights is non-negotiable. We cannot allow the police unions to hold our civil rights for ransom. Police must be held accountable.
My campaign has three pillars: Integrity, compassion and wise action. Our homeless problem is a medical problem, not just a housing issue, and it needs someone who understands medical issues to solve it.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Many of the actions the City of Seattle has been taking to resolve our problems are making them worse. Tent encampments grow, police accountability decreases-with no plan for resolution. When we react to a problem, rather than study it, we get more of what we don’t want. We need wise action based on an understanding of the core problems. Building affordable housing will not move people from tents indoors. People who want affordable housing move to an affordable neighborhood. People live in tents on public lands because it’s free. These are two separate issues. If elected, my first actions will be to (1) Provide basic emergency food, shelter, security, and treatment to our residents who have no other options; (2) Permanently remove tent dwellers from city parks and (3) Nullify any section of the police union contract that limits accountability. To achieve the first two actions, I will work with the community, as this is a community problem, and seek federal and state funding and resources to help us in upholding the mandate passed down to our city that has been so unhappily and wrongly interpreted to allow for tent and RV dwelling in our public spaces. I will work with the City Attorney and other stakeholders to bring about police accountability. I will borrow from my experience as a healthcare leader, which will be invaluable in understanding how to treat people who are suffering from mental illness or addiction and in implementing systems of oversight throughout government.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Abraham Lincoln and Joel Reynolds. Lincoln had compassion for all, stuck to his principles, prosecuted the war, and as soon as he had the votes, he put through the Emancipation Proclamation. Joel Reynolds, an environmental attorney, is a real live person whom I know. I admire that he sticks to his principles, gets things done, maintains his dignity and respect for others, and does not compromise.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity.

Compassion.

Wise Action.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Vision.

Understanding.

Determination.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Maintain my integrity and represent the interests of all people in the city.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to make the city government more systematically responsive to Seattleite's needs - an opportunity for continuous feedback from residents.
I would like to get money out of politics.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

People landing on the moon! I was about 4 or 5 years old

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I was a retail sales clerk at the Broadway, a department store for summers and winter holidays for about three years. I went to a boarding school for high school, where I worked on the grounds crew my first year, and as a nurse's assistant the second year.

A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?

As a leader, I understand that core values like police accountability can never be safely negotiated away. The Seattle Police Department has been under federal decree since 2012 for repeatedly violating our resident’s civil rights. The judge determined these violations stemmed from a lack of police oversight. Specifically, our police union contract protects rogue police officers from disciplinary action and prosecution. In response, our city negotiated minor revisions to the existing police union contract in 2018. In 2019, the federal court found the city remains in violation. The city currently has no timeline for resolution.

In 2019 the 9th Circuit Court ruled that charging a person with vagrancy when they have nowhere else to go is cruel and unusual punishment and a violation of their civil rights. In response our city allows living in tent encampments and promotes policies and legislation encouraging theft, vandalism, and violent crimes as a way to meet basic needs.

We need solutions. Protecting Civil Rights is non-negotiable.

If elected I would immediately:

Provide basic emergency food, shelter, security, and treatment to our residents who have no other options.
Permanently remove tent dwellers from city parks.

Nullify any section of the police union contract that limits accountability and oversight.

Mayors have many responsibilities, which vary from city to city. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your city?

Let's provide basic food, shelter & treatment. City of Seattle allows living on the streets and city parks in RVs and tent encampments. The medical definition of addiction is a person who will choose their habit over everything else in their lives, including their home, safety, health, spouse, and children. For addicts, anything that can be diverted to drug use will be. For addicts, free housing = money for addiction. We must provide basic emergency food, shelter, security, and treatment to our residents who have no other options. We need to move people out of tents and RVs permanently. The Ninth Circuit Court ruling means we in Seattle have no excuses for not providing basic shelter, food, security and treatment. We must end the enabling and justification of theft, vandalism, and violent crimes.

Let's end police brutality The Seattle Police Department has been under federal decree since 2012 for repeatedly violating our resident’s civil rights. The judge determined this pattern came from a lack of police oversight. In response, our city negotiated revisions to the existing police union contract in 2018. Unfortunately it permits even less oversight and allows even more potential for abuse. The city currently has no timeline for resolution. The Police union contracts protect rogue police officers from disciplinary action and prosecution. Protecting Civil Rights is non-negotiable. We cannot allow the police unions to hold our civil rights for ransom. If elected I will immediately nullify any section of the police union contract that limits accountability and oversight and contributes to violations of our city resident’s civil rights.

If the mayor in your city is a member of the city council and there's a city manager appointed to handle the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe should be the mayor's top priority in office?

Provide basic emergency food, shelter, security, and treatment to our residents who have no other options.

Permanently remove tent dwellers from city parks.

Nullify any section of the police union contract that limits accountability and oversight.

If the mayor in your city is not a member of the city council and oversees the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor and city council?

Work together to:

Provide basic emergency food, shelter, security, and treatment to our residents who have no other options.
Permanently remove tent dwellers from city parks.

Nullify any section of the police union contract that limits accountability and oversight.

What do you love most about your city?

The Solstice Parade!

What do you perceive to be your city's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Managing growth while maintaining community.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the state government?

Collaboration.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the federal government?

Collaboration.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor's office and law enforcement?

Oversight and accountability.

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