Omari Tahir-Garrett

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Omari Tahir-Garrett

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 3, 2021

Omari Tahir-Garrett ran for election for Mayor of Seattle in Washington. He lost in the primary on August 3, 2021.

Tahir-Garrett (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of Washington in 2020. Tahir-Garrett lost in the primary election on August 4, 2020. Tahir-Garrett was also a 2015 candidate for the Position 9 seat on the Seattle City Council in Washington. The primary election took place on August 4, 2015.

Elections

2021

See also: Mayoral election in Seattle, Washington (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

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	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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 204,764
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2020

See also: Washington gubernatorial election, 2020

General election

General election for Governor of Washington

Incumbent Jay Inslee defeated Loren Culp in the general election for Governor of Washington on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Inslee (D)	56.6	2,294,243
		Loren Culp (R)	43.1	1,749,066
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	13,145

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,056,454
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Washington

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Washington on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Inslee (D)	50.1	1,247,916
✔		Loren Culp (R)	17.4	433,238
		Joshua Freed (R)	8.9	222,553
		Tim Eyman (R)	6.4	159,495
		Raul Garcia (R)	5.4	135,045
		Phil Fortunato (R)	4.0	99,265
		Don Rivers (D)	1.0	25,601
		Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party)	0.9	23,073
		Liz Hallock (G)	0.9	21,537
		Cairo D'Almeida (D)	0.6	14,657
		Anton Sakharov (Trump Republican Party)	0.6	13,935
		Nate Herzog (Pre-2016 Republican Party)	0.5	11,303
	Submit photo	Gene Hart (D)	0.4	10,605
	Submit photo	Omari Tahir-Garrett (D)	0.4	8,751
	Submit photo	Ryan Ryals (Unaffiliated)	0.3	6,264
		Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)	0.2	5,970
		GoodSpaceGuy (Trump Republican Party)	0.2	5,646
		Richard Carpenter (R)	0.2	4,962
	Submit photo	Elaina Gonzalez (Independent)	0.2	4,772
	Submit photo	Matthew Murray (R)	0.2	4,489
		Thor Amundson (Independent)	0.1	3,638
		Bill Hirt (R)	0.1	2,854
	Submit photo	Martin Wheeler (R)	0.1	2,686
	Submit photo	Ian Gonzales (R)	0.1	2,537
		Joshua Wolf (New Liberty Party)	0.1	2,315
		Cregan Newhouse (Unaffiliated)	0.1	2,291
	Submit photo	Brian Weed (Unaffiliated)	0.1	2,178
		Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party)	0.1	1,721
	Submit photo	Tylor Grow (R)	0.1	1,509
		Dylan Nails (Independent)	0.1	1,470
	Submit photo	Craig Campbell (Unaffiliated)	0.0	1,178
	Submit photo	William Miller (American Patriot Party)	0.0	1,148
	Submit photo	Cameron Vessey (Unaffiliated)	0.0	718
	Submit photo	Winston Wilkes (Propertarianist Party)	0.0	702
		David Blomstrom (Fifth Republic Party)	0.0	519
	Submit photo	David Voltz (Cascadia Labour Party)	0.0	480
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,938

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,488,959
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mathew Mackenzie (R)
• Phillip Bailey (D)
• Asa Palagi (Independent)
• Lisa Thomas (Unaffiliated)
• Matthew Heines (Unaffiliated)

2019

See also: City elections in Seattle, Washington (2019)

General election

General election for Seattle City Council District 2

Tammy Morales defeated Mark Solomon in the general election for Seattle City Council District 2 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tammy Morales (Nonpartisan)	60.5	16,379
		Mark Solomon (Nonpartisan)	39.1	10,586
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	121

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,086
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Seattle City Council District 2

The following candidates ran in the primary for Seattle City Council District 2 on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tammy Morales (Nonpartisan)	50.1	10,630
✔		Mark Solomon (Nonpartisan)	23.2	4,923
	Submit photo	Ari Hoffman (Nonpartisan)	11.5	2,451
	Submit photo	Phyllis Porter (Nonpartisan)	5.9	1,254
		Chris Peguero (Nonpartisan)	4.7	1,000
	Submit photo	Omari Tahir-Garrett (Nonpartisan)	2.9	607
		Henry Dennison (Nonpartisan)	1.4	304
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	61

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 21,230
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2015

See also: Seattle, Washington municipal elections, 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. In the Position 9 race, Bill Bradburd and M. Lorena González advanced past Alon Bassok, Omari Tahir-Garrett, Thomas Tobin and Alex Tsimerman in the primary election on August 4, 2015. González defeated Bradburd in the general election.

Seattle City Council Position 9, General election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
M. Lorena González	78.1%	128,588
Bill Bradburd	21.4%	35,293
Write-in votes	0.51%	844
Total Votes		164,725
Source: King County, Washington, "City of Seattle Council Position No. 9", accessed November 3, 2015.

Seattle City Council Position 9 Primary Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
M. Lorena González	65%	77,839
Bill Bradburd	14.9%	17,895
Alon Bassok	9.1%	10,946
Thomas Tobin	7.8%	9,361
Omari Tahir-Garrett	1.5%	1,854
Alex Tsimerman	1.2%	1,470
Write-in	0.3%	344
Total Votes		117,895
Source: King County Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed August 12, 2015

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2021

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2020

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2019

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