Rob Johnson (Washington)
Rob Johnson is a former member of the Seattle City Council in Washington, representing District 4 from 2015 to 2019. He resigned from the board to take a position with a National Hockey League franchise in Seattle.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Johnson's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Better transit and safer streets
- Excerpt: "With the new bus service, the opening of light rail at Husky Stadium and Capitol Hill next year, and the future light rail stations just five years away, Rob is focused on getting Metro, Sound Transit and Seattle Department of Transportation to coordinate and deliver the best transit service in the city’s history."
- Excerpt: "Traffic violence is unacceptable. All people deserve to live on a safe street and be able to get where they’re going safely and comfortably, and Rob is committed to making it happen. That’s why Rob strongly supports the city’s goal to achieve zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030."
Improve public education
- Excerpt: "As the father of three daughters soon to be in Seattle public schools, our schools are Rob’s priority. Currently there is no member on the city council with kids in public schools. Rob will bring a first-hand voice to this issue."
Housing affordability
- Excerpt: "We must address housing with a two-prong approach: (1) make sure we build sufficient housing for everyone who wants to live in Seattle and for their family sizes and (2) provide subsidized affordable housing to those who cannot bear the burden of sky-high housing and rental prices."
Protect the environment
- Excerpt: "Rob is a strong champion for achieving the city’s goal to become carbon neutral by 2050. In Washington State, transportation is our largest source of global warming pollution and toxic runoff into Puget Sound. That’s why Rob has worked for more than a decade at Transportation Choices Coalition and with the Environmental Priorities Coalition to fight for strong environmental protections and for state, regional and local funding to provide people with choices in how to get around other than by car."
Parks and public spaces
- Excerpt: "Unfortunately, too often our parks and public spaces are underutilized, and in the case of our streets, too dangerous."
Prevent wage theft
- Excerpt: "Unfortunately, too often employers take advantage of their employees through rampant wage theft. This can put minimum wage workers on the street. To counter wage theft, we need to increase the funding for the the [sic] Office of Labor Standards and ensure that funding is going to remain stable over the long term."
Internet for all
- Excerpt: "For Seattle to remain one of the leaders of technological innovation, we need more competition and consumer options when it comes to broadband. Rob fully supports municipal broadband throughout Seattle."
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.[3][4] In the Position 4 race, Rob Johnson and Michael J. Maddux advanced past incumbent Jean Godden, Abel Pacheco and Tony Provine in the primary election on August 4, 2015. Johnson defeated Maddux in the general election.[5]
| Seattle City Council Position 4, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rob Johnson |
51.3% | 11,808 |
| Michael J. Maddux | 48.2% | 11,100 |
| Write-in votes | 0.48% | 111 |
| Total Votes | 23,019 | |
| Source: King County, Washington, "City of Seattle Council District No. 4", accessed November 3, 2015. | ||
| Seattle City Council Position 4 Primary Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Rob Johnson |
32.8% | 5,516 | |
| Michael J. Maddux |
24.6% | 4,138 | |
| Jean Godden Incumbent | 19.7% | 3,307 | |
| Tony Provine | 14.1% | 2,372 | |
| Abel Pacheco | 8.4% | 1,416 | |
| Write-in | 0.3% | 46 | |
| Total Votes | 16,749 | ||
| Source: King County Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed August 12, 2015 | |||
Endorsements
Johnson's endorsements included the following:[6]
Organizations
- Sierra Club
- Cascade Bicycle Club
- Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy
- Martin Luther King County Labor Council
- Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587
- Aerospace Machinists District 751
- United Food and Commercial Workers Local 21
- Seattle Restaurant Alliance
- Seattle Hotel Association
- Associated General Contractors of Washington (Seattle Chapter)
- Washington Conservation Voters
- American Federation of Teachers Local 1789
- King County Realtors
- Service Employees International Union 925
- The Seattle Times
- Rated "Outstanding" by the Municipal League of King County
- The Seattle Star
Elected officials
- King County Executive Dow Constantine
- State Representative Jessyn Farrell, 46th LD
- State Senator Marko Liias, 21st LD
- King County Councilmember Larry Phillips
- King County Councilmember Joe McDermott
- Tacoma City Councilmember Ryan Mello
Recent news
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See also
- Seattle, Washington
- Seattle, Washington municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
- Profile from the City of Seattle
- Official campaign website
- Rob Johnson on Facebook
- Rob Johnson on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ Seattle Pi, "Abel Pacheco is new Seattle City Council member -- until November," April 22, 2019
- ↑ Official campaign website of Rob Johnson, "Issues," accessed July 21, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Official campaign website of Rob Johnson, "Endorsements," accessed July 21, 2015
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