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Vivian Song
Vivian Song is running for election to the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors to represent District 5 in Washington. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the primary on August 5, 2025.
Song was a member of the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors in Washington, representing District 4. She assumed office on November 30, 2021. She left office on February 2, 2024.
Biography
Vivian Song Maritz was born in Ohio.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Seattle Public Schools, Washington, elections (2025)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5
Vivian Song and Janis White are running in the general election for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Vivian Song (Nonpartisan) | |
| Janis White (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5
The following candidates ran in the primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5 on August 5, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vivian Song (Nonpartisan) | 73.5 | 12,366 |
| ✔ | Janis White (Nonpartisan) | 15.8 | 2,656 | |
| Julissa Sanchez (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 591 | ||
| Landon Labosky (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 451 | ||
| Allycea Weil (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 396 | ||
| Vivian van Gelder (Nonpartisan) | 2.2 | 369 | ||
| Total votes: 16,829 | |||
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Endorsements
Song received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
- U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D)
- State Rep. Nicole Macri (D)
- Seattle City Council Memb. Joy Hollingsworth (Nonpartisan)
- King County, Wash., Democratic Party
- Legis. District 37, Wash., Democratic Party
- LiUNA! Local 242
- Seattle Building Trades Unions
- Alliance for Gun Responsibility
- Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Washington and Alaska
- Fuse Washington
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 751
- King County, Wash., Young Democrats
- National Women's Political Caucus of Washington
- One America Votes
- Seattle Education Association
- The Stranger
- WEA-PAC
- Washington Education Association PAC
2021
See also: Seattle Public Schools, Washington, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 4
Vivian Song defeated Laura Marie Rivera in the general election for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 4 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vivian Song (Nonpartisan) | 72.0 | 170,364 |
 | Laura Marie Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 27.7 | 65,469 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 851 | ||
| Total votes: 236,684 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 4
Vivian Song and Laura Marie Rivera defeated incumbent Erin Dury and Herbert Camet Jr. in the primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 4 on August 3, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vivian Song (Nonpartisan) | 59.8 | 18,268 |
| ✔ | | Laura Marie Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 21.4 | 6,534 |
 | Erin Dury (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 3,276 | |
 | Herbert Camet Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 2,297 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 170 | ||
| Total votes: 30,545 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Maritz's endorsements in the 2021 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2025
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2021
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Prior to her involvement in education, Vivian worked for 15 years in finance and operations at Google and Goldman Sachs. She received her B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
- I have the lived experience as a person of color, an English as a Second Language student, and a special education student (hearing loss) to know the challenges of our marginalized student populations. I seek this position to represent them and to work to ensure all Seattle Public School students have equitable access to an excellent public education.
- Our $1B budget must reflect our values. I will dive into our capital and operating budgets to ensure that our students and staff are getting the support they need to succeed. I have over 15 years of professional finance and operations experience in organizations at the scale of our district and seek to use these skills to serve our community.
- We must work collaboratively with our city and state leaders to "build back better." I will advocate fiercely for the resources, policy, and support our students and staff need.
• Prioritizing diversity and inclusion, by recruiting and retaining teachers and staff of color, scaling culturally responsive curriculum, and adopting inclusionary practices for our special education students
• Improving transportation for working families by working with local stakeholders on better bus route planning and expansion of free ORCA passes to secondary students
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Vivian Song Maritz," July 21, 2021
