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John Persak
John Persak was a candidate for Position 4 representative on the Port of Seattle Commission in Washington. Persak was defeated in the primary election on August 1, 2017.
Persak was a 2015 candidate for the Position 8 seat on the Seattle City Council in Washington. The primary election took place on August 4, 2015.
Biography
Persak has been a longshore worker at the Port of Seattle since 1998. He is the president of the Puget Sound District Council of ILWU and the vice president of ILWU Local 19.[1]
Elections
2017
The following candidates ran in the primary election for the Position 4 seat on the Port of Seattle Commission.[2]
| Port of Seattle Commission, Position 4 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Preeti Shridhar |
24.82% | 94,679 |
| Peter Steinbrueck |
23.91% | 91,227 |
| Ken Rogers | 14.42% | 54,997 |
| John Persak | 14.15% | 53,974 |
| Richard Pope | 14.04% | 53,542 |
| Brooks Salazar | 4.51% | 17,214 |
| Fernando Martinez | 2.33% | 8,876 |
| Ray Armitstead | 1.48% | 5,660 |
| Write-in votes | 0.34% | 1,304 |
| Total Votes | 381,473 | |
| Source: King County, "2017 election results," accessed August 1, 2017 | ||
2015
The city of Seattle, Washington, held elections for city council on November 3, 2015. A primary took place on August 4, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was May 15, 2015. All nine council seats were up for election.[3][4] In the Position 8 race, incumbent Tim Burgess and Jonathan A. Grant advanced past John Persak and John Roderick in the primary election on August 4, 2015. Burgess defeated Grant in the general election.[5]
| Seattle City Council Position 8, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Tim Burgess Incumbent |
54.5% | 91,863 |
| Jonathan A. Grant | 44.9% | 75,585 |
| Write-in votes | 0.57% | 968 |
| Total Votes | 168,416 | |
| Source: King County, Washington, "City of Seattle Council Position No. 8", accessed November 3, 2015. | ||
| Seattle City Council Position 8 Primary Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Tim Burgess Incumbent |
45.7% | 54,771 | |
| Jonathan A. Grant |
30.8% | 36,937 | |
| John Roderick | 15.9% | 19,034 | |
| John Persak | 6.9% | 8,301 | |
| Write-in | 0.6% | 702 | |
| Total Votes | 119,745 | ||
| Source: King County Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed August 12, 2015 | |||
Campaign themes
2015
Persak's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[6]
Transportation
- Excerpt: "We need complete mobility for all modes: bikes, walking, buses, street cars, light rail, cars, and large trucks for a city-wide system that is efficient and safe."
The Tunnel project
- Excerpt: "I will demand transparency and protection as the Deep Bore Tunnel project continues, in order to protect our city from any potential cost overruns, damages linked to construction, and to ensure that we end up with a safe route through downtown."
Police reform
- Excerpt: "Police reform needs to be seen in the community, where it counts. My opponent has had plenty of time to reform policing; and, there are no results. Respecting civil rights, deescalation of conflicts with citizens, acknowledgment of racial disparity in our criminal justice system, and protection for all citizens are the results that I will bring."
Endorsements
2017
General election
The following table displays group endorsements issued in King County's 2017 general election:
| Candidate endorsements | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorser | Executive | Sheriff | Council #3 | Council #9 | Port #1 | Port #3 | Port #4 |
| Equal Rights Washington[7] | N/A | Mitzi Johanknecht | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| M.L. King County Labor Council[8] | Dow Constantine (i) | John Urquhart (i) | N/A | N/A | John Creighton (i) | Stephanie Bowman (i) | N/A |
| Seattle Weekly[9] | Dow Constantine (i) | John Urquhart (i) | N/A | N/A | Ryan Calkins | Ahmed Abdi | Preeti Shridhar |
| The Seattle Times[10] | N/A | Mitzi Johanknecht | Kathy Lambert (i) | Reagan Dunn (i) | John Creighton (i) | Stephanie Bowman (i) | Peter Steinbrueck |
| The Stranger[11] | Dow Constantine (i) | Mitzi Johanknecht | N/A | N/A | Ryan Calkins | Ahmed Abdi | Preeti Shridhar |
Primary election
| Candidate endorsements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorser | Executive | Port #1 | Port #3 | Port #4 | |
| Teamsters Joint Council No. 28[12] | N/A | John Creighton (i) | Stephanie Bowman (i) | John Persak | |
| The Seattle Times[13] | N/A | John Creighton (i) | Stephanie Bowman (i) | John Persak | |
| UFCW 21[14] | Dow Constantine (i) | John Creighton (i) | Stephanie Bowman (i) | John Persak | |
| UNITE HERE Local 8[15] | N/A | John Creighton (i) | N/A | John Persak | |
| 1st District Democrats[16] | N/A | John Creighton (i) | Stephanie Bowman (i) | John Persak | |
| 37th District Democrats[17] | Dow Constantine (i) | Ryan Calkins | Stephanie Bowman (i) | N/A | |
| 43rd District Democrats[18] | Dow Constantine (i) | Ryan Calkins | Stephanie Bowman (i) | John Persak | |
| 45th District Democrats[19] | Dow Constantine (i) | Ryan Calkins | Ahmed Abdi | Peter Steinbrueck | |
| 47th District Democrats[20] | N/A | Claudia Kauffman | Stephanie Bowman (i) | John Persak | |
See also
| King County, Washington | Washington | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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External links
- Port of Seattle Commission
- City of Seattle - 2015 Candidate List
- Official campaign website
- John Persak on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "John Persak," accessed June 14, 2017
- ↑ King County, Washington, "Who has filed: 2017 candidate filing," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ City of Seattle, "Law, Rules and Information for Filers," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ City of Seattle, "Seattle City Council Districts," accessed December 31, 2014
- ↑ King County Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed August 12, 2015
- ↑ John Persak for Seattle City Council, "On the Issues," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ Equal Rights Washington, "Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2017
- ↑ M.L. King County Labor Council, "2017 Endorsements," August 24, 2017
- ↑ Seattle Weekly, "Sweep the Sweepers! Our Endorsements For the Nov. 7 Election," October 18, 2017
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Seattle Times endorsements for the Nov. 7 general election," September 7, 2017
- ↑ The Stranger, "The Stranger's Endorsements for the November 7, 2017, General Election," October 11, 2017
- ↑ Teamsters Joint Council No. 28, "2017 Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Endorsements for the Aug. 1 primary election," July 11, 2017
- ↑ UFCW 21, "2017 Primary Election Candidate Endorsement Recommendations," July 11, 2017
- ↑ UNITE HERE Local 8, "UNITE HERE Local 8's 2017 August Primary Election Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ 1st District Democrats, "2017 Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ 37th District Democrats, "2017 Election Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ 43rd District Democrats, "2017 Endorsement Results," June 21, 2017
- ↑ 45th District Democrats, "Endorsements & Elections," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ 47th District Democrats, "Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
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