Margaret Elisabeth
Margaret Elisabeth ran for election to the Seattle City Council to represent District 2 in Washington. Elisabeth lost in the primary on August 1, 2023.
Elisabeth completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Margaret Elisabeth was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Elisabeth served in the U.S. Army from 1986 to 1990 and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky in 1990. Elisabeth's career experience includes working as a systems engineer. She has been affiliated with the Green Party of the United States[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Seattle, Washington (2023)
General election
General election for Seattle City Council District 2
Incumbent Tammy Morales defeated Tanya Woo in the general election for Seattle City Council District 2 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tammy Morales (Nonpartisan)  | 50.7 | 13,123 |
| Tanya Woo (Nonpartisan) | 49.1 | 12,720 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 64 | ||
| Total votes: 25,907 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Seattle City Council District 2
Incumbent Tammy Morales and Tanya Woo defeated Margaret Elisabeth in the primary for Seattle City Council District 2 on August 1, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tammy Morales (Nonpartisan) | 52.3 | 10,326 |
| ✔ | Tanya Woo (Nonpartisan) | 42.6 | 8,406 | |
 | Margaret Elisabeth (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 937 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 81 | ||
| Total votes: 19,750 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Elisabeth in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Margaret Elisabeth completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Elisabeth's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Based on the models of Healthy San Fransisco and Health+Hospitals NYE. We all benefit from a healthier community. Seattle should enact Universal City-wide Single Payer Healthcare at point-of-service for every resident of Seattle.
People should not have to constantly organize to live a comfortable life in the city in which they work. We need to have a Real Living Wage of $25/hr which is tied to the cost of food, transportation, housing, healthcare and inflation.
We need to address the severe education disparities in our city which arise due to school funding being tied to property taxes. We need to equalize funding across the city so that each child has a good education and we need to provide free school breakfast and lunches since this is the primary source of nutrition for many working-poor single familes which disporportionally impacts women of color in our city.- City Wide Universal Healthcare Following the models of Healthy San Francisco and NYC Health + Hospitals, we will work to establish a universal healthcare program to ensure that all residents are able to receive free at the point of service healthcare without relying on employer-sponsored plans or private insurance.
- A True Living Wage A true living wage would be adjusted automatically based on cost of healthcare, housing, food, transportation, and inflation. One should not need to struggle while making minimum wage and citizens should not have to constantly organize simply to maintain wages above the cost of living. We need to pass a minimum wage which ensures all workers are being paid fairly and are able to maintain a comfortable life in the city in which they live and work. I support worker's rights to unionize and to strike and hold management accountable for union busting efforts
- Right to Shelter We need to address the housing crisis by first ensuring that high quality public housing is guaranteed to all who would prefer not to live in market-rate housing. Developments should be mixed-income. To further increase housing supply we must end exclusive single-family zoning within Seattle so that higher density residential buildings can be developed in Seattle's residential neighborhoods. We must diversify the housing options available through the development of alternative models like housing cooperatives and social housing.
Climate Refugees - Seattle is widely viewed as a "safe" climate destination and we need to be prepared for the influx of people coming.
Sea Level Rise - Seattle previously predicted a +6" - +54" rise. A +12" rise will change the frequency of "Once-In-A-Hundred-Year" flooding to every 18 years, a +24" rise will increase the rate to annually. Seattle has to prepare to ensure our City has an Evergreen future.
Fossil Fuel Extration - Seattle must recognize the increasing cost of fossil fuel extraction and enact steps to disinvest in companies and fiancial instutions which fund these projects.
A. Unique up on it.
Green Party of Seattle
Humane Voters of Washington
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2023
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