John Lombard
John Lombard ran for election to the Seattle City Council to represent District 5 in Washington. Lombard lost in the primary on August 6, 2019.
Lombard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Seattle, Washington (2019)
General election
General election for Seattle City Council District 5
Incumbent Debora Juarez defeated Ann Davison in the general election for Seattle City Council District 5 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Debora Juarez (Nonpartisan) | 60.6 | 19,532 |
 | Ann Davison (Nonpartisan)  | 39.1 | 12,588 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 114 | ||
| Total votes: 32,234 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Seattle City Council District 5
The following candidates ran in the primary for Seattle City Council District 5 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debora Juarez (Nonpartisan) | 45.1 | 11,085 |
| ✔ | | Ann Davison (Nonpartisan) | 26.7 | 6,564 |
 | John Lombard (Nonpartisan) | 13.0 | 3,201 | |
 | Tayla Mahoney (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 1,742 | |
| Mark Mendez (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 1,558 | ||
 | Alex Tsimerman (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 376 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 50 | ||
| Total votes: 24,576 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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John Lombard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lombard's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
1. Homelessness 2. Affordability 3. Shaping the future of our communities
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Community development. I have worked closely as a volunteer with community advocates in Lake City, the Northgate area, and along the Aurora corridor, and would like to help those communities partner with city government to articulate and achieve their aspirations for future development and the public investments that should accompany it to improve their quality of life. The environment. My career has focused on environmental policy and I wrote the book "Saving Puget Sound," which led the Northwest Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration to name me "Conservationist of the Year" in 2007. I would like to help Seattle become a better steward of our urban environment and to represent the City on Puget Sound-level groups focused on our shared regional ecosystem.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Integrity, courage, empathy, the ability to listen and truly hear, the ability to translate knowledge into action
What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?
I've been a community leader in District 5 for 17 years--with Thornton Creek Alliance throughout that time, and more recently with groups working across the district on homelessness, affordability, pedestrian safety, transit, community development, and other issues. I'm a community organizer and coalition builder by nature. I have developed good relationships with under-represented groups in District 5 and would work hard to include their voices in future community action. I am a renter and am very concerned about the risk of displacement from redevelopment--including small businesses who might lose affordable locations as well as residents who might lose affordable housing. Affordability is the key to the diversity that is one of District 5's defining characteristics and greatest assets. As growth in Seattle moves our way, we need to work hard to keep the best of what we have, while shaping future development to help bring us more of what we lack, including sidewalks and other pedestrian infrastructure, new community centers for Aurora-Licton and Lake City, and more and better parks and natural areas.
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
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