Jon Grant
Jon Grant was a candidate for Position 8 representative on the Seattle City Council in Washington. Grant was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017. Click here to read Grant's campaign themes and response to Ballotpedia's 2017 municipal candidate survey.
Biography
Grant is a former director of the Tenants Union and a former housing advocate for Solid Ground.[1]
Elections
2017
Seattle held general elections for mayor, city attorney, and two at-large seats on the city council on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on August 1, 2017. The top two vote recipients after the final count of the primary vote advanced to the general election. The filing deadline for this election was May 19, 2017. Teresa Mosqueda defeated Jon Grant in the general election for the Position 8 seat on the Seattle City Council.[2]
| Seattle City Council, Position 8 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Teresa Mosqueda |
59.99% | 117,332 |
| Jon Grant | 40.01% | 78,257 |
| Total Votes | 195,589 | |
| Source: King County, "November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
The following candidates ran in the primary election for the Position 8 seat on the Seattle City Council.[2]
| Seattle City Council, Position 8 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Teresa Mosqueda |
31.59% | 53,676 |
| Jon Grant |
26.87% | 45,652 |
| Sara Nelson | 21.48% | 36,495 |
| Rudy Pantoja | 5.12% | 8,704 |
| Sheley Secrest | 4.98% | 8,467 |
| Charlene Strong | 4.45% | 7,562 |
| Hisam Goueli | 3.18% | 5,407 |
| Mac McGregor | 2.03% | 3,444 |
| Write-in votes | 0.29% | 486 |
| Total Votes | 169,893 | |
| Source: King County, "2017 election results," accessed August 15, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Grant participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of municipal government candidates.[3] The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Affordable housing
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” |
| —Jon Grant (October 10, 2017)[5] | ||
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important: city services (trash, utilities, etc.), civil rights, crime reduction/prevention, environment, government transparency, homelessness, housing, K-12 education, public pensions/retirement funds, recreational opportunities, transportation, and unemployment. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important.
| Issue importance ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate's ranking |
Issue | Candidate's ranking |
Issue |
| Housing | Transportation | ||
| Homelessness | Crime reduction/prevention | ||
| Civil rights | Public pensions/retirement funds | ||
| Government transparency | Recreational opportunities | ||
| Environment | City services | ||
| K-12 education | Unemployment | ||
Nationwide municipal issues
The candidate was asked to answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| Important | |
| Local | |
| We need to invest our public safety resources in community-based, harm-reduction solutions. I believe that investing our resources in harm-reduction strategies like safe consumption sites and the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD program) will better serve our community than incarceration. We should invest in rebuilding the Community Service Officer (CSO) program, which places unarmed Seattle Police Department employees in communities to respond to low-level calls like property crimes and landlord-tenant disputes. | |
| Focusing on small business development; We must establish a more progressive business and occupation tax by raising the local tax exemption to $1 million in gross revenue (from a current exemption of just $100,000). This would provide tax relief to 2/3rds of Seattle small businesses and make it easier for them to succeed in Seattle's growing economy. | |
| In previous years, Seattle has led the country in passing progressive legislation, including raising the minimum wage to $15/hr and protecting renters rights with move-in fee reform and first-in-time legislation. We can continue to set the national progressive agenda by electing grassroots candidates who are independent of big money. | |
| We must require 25% of all new development to be affordable to working people. Currently, the city has set the requirements at just 2% in some of our fastest growing neighborhoods. If we want to address our housing crisis head on, we must stand up to big developers and require 25% affordable housing in new buildings. |
Additional themes
Grant's campaign website listed the following themes for 2017:
| “ |
Affordable Housing We must require 25% of all new development to be affordable to working class and low-income people, raise taxes on corporations to pay for affordable housing, pass collective bargaining rights for tenants and create an Office of the Tenant Advocate. Criminal Justice Reform We must strengthen civilian oversight of the Seattle Police Department, invest in restorative justice programs, prioritize diversion and decriminalization and reinstate the Community Service Officer program. Immigration We must strengthen our sanctuary city policies, protect undocumented immigrants from ICE, and expand the right to vote in local elections. Climate Justice We must divest from fossil fuel companies, clean-up the Duwamish river and invest in public transit and equitable density. Affordable Transportation We must fully implement the Bicycle Master Plan, use impact fees to fund Vision Zero, identify progressive funding sources for transportation improvements and invest in racially equitable Transportation Oriented Development. Gender Pay Equity We must pass paid family leave, prohibit gender wage discrimination and prioritize working with city contractors who commit to gender pay equity. Campaign Finance Reform We must get big money out of politics and demonstrate the success of publicly financed elections. Municipal Broadband |
” |
| —Jon Grant (2017) | ||
Endorsements
2017
General election
The following table displays group endorsements issued in Seattle's 2017 general election. Click [show] on the box below to view endorsements.
| Candidate endorsements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorser | Mayor | Position 8 | Position 9 | City attorney | |
| Alliance for Gun Responsibility Victory Fund[7] | Jenny Durkan | N/A | M. Lorena González (i) | Pete Holmes (i) | |
| Democracy for America[8] | Cary Moon | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Equal Rights Washington[9] | Jenny Durkan | Teresa Mosqueda | M. Lorena González (i) | Pete Holmes (i) | |
| King County Democrats[10][11] | Cary Moon | Teresa Mosqueda | M. Lorena González (i) | Pete Holmes (i) | |
| M.L. King County Labor Council[12] | Jenny Durkan | Teresa Mosqueda | M. Lorena González (i) | N/A | |
| Seattle Education Association[13] | Cary Moon | Teresa Mosqueda | M. Lorena González (i) | N/A | |
| Seattle Weekly[14] | Cary Moon | Jon Grant | M. Lorena González (i) | Pete Holmes (i) | |
| SEIU 6[15] | Cary Moon | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| SEIU 925[16] | Cary Moon | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| SEIU 1199NW[15] | Jenny Durkan | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Teamsters Joint Council No. 28[15] | Jenny Durkan | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| The Seattle Times[17] | Jenny Durkan | N/A | Pat Murakami | Scott Lindsay | |
| The Stranger[18] | Cary Moon | Jon Grant | M. Lorena González (i) | Pete Holmes (i) | |
| UFCW 21[19] | Cary Moon | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Unite Here Local 8[20] | Cary Moon | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Washington State Council of County and City Employees[15] | Jenny Durkan | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Primary election
The following table displays group endorsements issued in Seattle's 2017 primary election. Click [show] on the box below to view endorsements.
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jon Grant Seattle City Council Position 8, "Meet Jon," accessed June 22, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 King County, Washington, "Who has filed: 2017 candidate filing," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2017, "Jon Grant's Responses," October 10, 2017
- ↑ Jon Grant for Seattle City Council Position 8, "Jon's Priorities," accessed June 22, 2017
- ↑ Alliance for Gun Responsiblity, "ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY VICTORY FUND ENDORSES JENNY DURKAN FOR SEATTLE MAYOR, LEGISLATIVE AND LOCAL CANDIDATES THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON STATE," September 18, 2017
- ↑ Democracy for America, "http://democracyforamerica.com/site/page/democracy-for-america-endorses-cary-moon-for-seattle-mayor," September 7, 2017
- ↑ Equal Rights Washington, "Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2017
- ↑ King County Democrats, "Our Candidates," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Moon grabs key Dem nod in Seattle mayor’s race amid Durkan’s union endorsements," August 24, 2017
- ↑ M.L. King County Labor Council, "2017 Endorsements," August 24, 2017
- ↑ Seattle Education Association, "WEA PAC," accessed October 16, 2017
- ↑ Seattle Weekly, "Sweep the Sweepers! Our Endorsements For the Nov. 7 Election," October 18, 2017
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 The Stranger, "Labor Split Begins as Cary Moon Gets First Union Endorsement in Mayoral Race," August 25, 2017
- ↑ SEIU 925, "2017 Candidate Endorsements," accessed September 19, 2017
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Seattle Times endorsements for the Nov. 7 general election," September 7, 2017
- ↑ The Stranger, "The Stranger's Endorsements for the November 7, 2017, General Election," October 11, 2017
- ↑ UFCW 21, "UFCW 21 Largest Private Sector Union Endorses Moon for Mayor," September 29, 2017
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Moon backpedals on ‘right to shelter,’ dents Durkan’s labor lead in Seattle mayoral race," September 29, 2017
- ↑ KING 5, "Local businesses endorse former US Attorney Jenny Durkan for Seattle mayor," May 30, 2017
- ↑ M.L. King County Labor Council, "2017 Endorsements," June 22, 2017
- ↑ Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle, "Home," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Seattle Democratic Socialists of America, "Dispatches," accessed June 23, 2017
- ↑ Seattle Education Association, "WEA PAC," accessed June 23, 2017
- ↑ Washington Hospitality Association, "Seattle restaurants and hotels endorse Jenny Durkan, Sara Nelson and Scott Lindsay," June 19, 2017
- ↑ Seattle Subway, "2017 Primary Endorsements," accessed September 19, 2017
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Editorials," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Seattle Met, "Labor Groups Divided on Endorsements for Mayor," July 12, 2017
- ↑ Sierra Club PAC Washington State, "Endorsements 2017 Primary," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ The Stranger, "Kshama Sawant Will Endorse Nikkita Oliver for Mayor, Jon Grant for City Council," May 17, 2017
- ↑ The Stranger, "The Stranger's Endorsements for the August 1, 2017, Primary Election," July 12, 2017
- ↑ The Urbanist, "2017 Primary Endorsements," July 6, 2017
- ↑ UFCW 21, "2017 Primary Election Candidate Endorsement Recommendations," July 11, 2017
- ↑ Washington Conservation Voters, "Endorsements," accessed June 23, 2017
- ↑ 32nd District Democrats, "2017 Election Endorsements," March 10, 2017
- ↑ 36th District Democrats, "Executive Board Makes Recommendations for 2017 Primary!" May 21, 2017
- ↑ 37th District Democrats, "2017 Election Endorsements," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ 43rd District Democrats, "2017 Endorsement Results," June 21, 2017
- ↑ 46th District Democrats, "46th District Endorsements," accessed June 23, 2017
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