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Sam Mendez (Burien City Council Position 3, Washington, candidate 2025)
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Sam Mendez is running for election to the Burien City Council Position 3 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]
Mendez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Sam Mendez provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on June 18, 2025:
- Bachelor's: University of California, Santa Cruz, 2009
- J.D.: University of Washington School of Law, 2014
- Gender: Male
- Religion: Christian
- Profession: Attorney
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook
Elections
General election
General election for Burien City Council Position 3
Marie Barbon and Sam Mendez are running in the general election for Burien City Council Position 3 on November 4, 2025.
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Sam Mendez (Nonpartisan)  | ||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Burien City Council Position 3
Marie Barbon, Rashell Lisowski, and Sam Mendez ran in the primary for Burien City Council Position 3 on August 5, 2025.
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| Marie Barbon (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Rashell Lisowski (Nonpartisan) | |
| Sam Mendez (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Election results
Endorsements
Mendez received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 751
- Seattle Transit Riders Union
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sam Mendez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mendez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Housing that works for everyone –– Sam believes everyone deserves a safe, stable place to call home. He supports affordable, community-centered housing that allows people to stay rooted in Burien—including older adults, working families, and those at risk of displacement. Sam backs pro-density zoning that will increase the number of housing units in Burien, empowering people of all economic backgrounds to thrive.
- Safe streets –– Sam is committed to a city that is safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. He and his wife walk their son to daycare every single day on streets without sidewalks, often with cars driving by at above the speed limit. Sam supports more sidewalks, traffic calming measures, increased bike lanes, and other policies to make our city safer for those out and about in our wonderful city. This has the added benefit of fighting climate change, another key priority of Sam’s.
- Government transparency & accountability –– Sam believes the City of Burien has an obligation to be responsive, transparent, and accountable to all its residents. All policies and official decisions should be made out in the open so that the public can see how their government works. An open government is a good government. It’s also the law.
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Other survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
