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Rory O'Sullivan
Rory O'Sullivan ran for election for Seattle City Attorney in Washington. He lost in the primary on August 5, 2025.
O'Sullivan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rory O'Sullivan's career experience includes working as an attorney. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in 2001 and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2006.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Seattle, Washington (2025)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Seattle City Attorney
Incumbent Ann Davison and Erika Evans are running in the general election for Seattle City Attorney on November 4, 2025.
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 | Ann Davison (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Erika Evans (Nonpartisan) | |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Seattle City Attorney
Erika Evans and incumbent Ann Davison defeated Rory O'Sullivan and Nathan Rouse in the primary for Seattle City Attorney on August 5, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erika Evans (Nonpartisan) | 56.0 | 106,137 |
| ✔ | | Ann Davison (Nonpartisan) | 33.5 | 63,510 |
 | Rory O'Sullivan (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 10,959 | |
| Nathan Rouse (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 9,057 | ||
| Total votes: 189,663 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rory O'Sullivan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by O'Sullivan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 2022, I founded Washington Employment Benefits Advocates, PLLC, a private practice law firm representing workers seeking unemployment insurance benefits.
As a democracy reform activist, I fought to get corporate money out of our elections. I helped create Seattle’s democracy voucher program and chaired the board of FairVote Washington when ranked-choice voting was passed in Seattle.
I live with my wife, my son, and our dog in Columbia City.- When the Trump Administration tries to take back funding that has been appropriated and contracted for services in Seattle, I'll fight back. I'll sue to protect the federal funding we need. When our national guard is being used against us, I will work to protect the free speech rights of the people of Seattle. I'll partner with our friends and neighbors in the immigrants rights community and the LGBTQ+ community to ensure that we are doing everything in our power to protect people who are being targeted by the federal government.
- Our current city attorney closed community court while case filing times on the most serious crimes that the Seattle City Attorney prosecutes, like DUI and DV cases have skyrocketed. As city attorney I will ensure that we prioritize public safety. That means, bolstering our therapeutic courts that help match low level offenders with the services that they need to disengage from the criminal legal system while focusing our prosecutorial resources on crimes like DUI and DV.
- I will work to support Seattle's Office of Labor Standards. I have experience holding bad employers accountable. Seattle has strong labor protections, but those protections don't help workers if they aren't enforced. When bad employers are not held accountable, it not only hurts workers, but it hurts employers who are trying to follow the rules. I will ensure that the Office of Labor Standards is supported with staff from the city attorney's office to assist with investigations and to take swift action against uncooperative employers.
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Other survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 1, 2025
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