Lin Yang (Sammamish City Council Position 5, Washington, candidate 2025)
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Lin Yang is running for election to the Sammamish City Council Position 5 in Washington. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source] He was on the ballot in the primary on August 5, 2025.[source]
Yang completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Lin Yang provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on June 14, 2025:
- High school: Eastlake High School
- Bachelor's: Cornell University, 2005
- Graduate: Harvard University, 2009
- Graduate: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2015
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Communications Director
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Together, Sammamish Thrives
- Campaign website
- Campaign endorsements
- Campaign Facebook
- Campaign Instagram
- Campaign YouTube
Elections
General election
General election for Sammamish City Council Position 5
Michael Boyer and Lin Yang are running in the general election for Sammamish City Council Position 5 on November 4, 2025.
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Sammamish City Council Position 5
Michael Boyer, Karthik Seetharaman, and Lin Yang ran in the primary for Sammamish City Council Position 5 on August 5, 2025.
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| Lin Yang (Nonpartisan) | |
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Election results
Endorsements
Yang received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Yang's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lin Yang completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Yang's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I grew up in Sammamish. This community helped me thrive, and now I’m stepping up to make sure it still does for everyone who lives and works here. I believe an effective city government shouldn’t just cover the basics. It should help everyone in our community thrive. There is so much more that City Hall can do to support families, youth, seniors, and those who work hard every day to make a living.
- I will work to deliver what Sammamish residents have wanted for decades, including more retail, restaurants and services, diverse housing options, frequent transit service, a community center, fewer power outages, and responsible budget management.
- Throughout my career, I have recognized the value of bringing people together, building diverse teams, and fostering partnerships to get things done. I believe collaboration is essential, and I will bring this approach to City Council to help make local government more responsive to the needs of Sammamish residents.
King County Young Democrats
5th LD Democrats
41st LD Democrats
45th LD Democrats
MLK Labor
Washington Education Association
King County Federation of Democratic Women
Women of Color in Politics
Zach Hall, State Representative (5th LD)
Janice Zahn, State Representative (41st LD)
Osman Salahuddin, State Representative (48th LD)
Sam Cho, Port of Seattle Commissioner
Karen Howe, Sammamish Mayor
Kali Clark, Sammamish City Council Member
Sid Gupta, Sammamish City Council Member
Pam Stuart, Sammamish City Council Member
Paul Charbonneau, Newcastle City Council Member
Kelly Jiang, Issaquah City Council Member
Melissa Stuart, Redmond City Council Member
Matt Coyne, ISD Board Member
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Other survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
