In a city without mayoral term limits, Seattle has maintained a dubious streak of one-term mayors dating back over a decade, all while the office has faced scandals and controversies to boot. Now, voters are set to decide on a candidate who will serve as the city’s sixth mayor since its last two-termer left office.
Seattle election preview: Mayoral, city attorney candidates make their case
Seattle’s last two-term mayor was Greg Nickels, who left office in 2010 after failing to make it out of the August primary. As a post-mortem from the Seattle Times put it, Nickels left office with a less-than-flattering reputation for being a “revenge-seeking Chicago-style heavy.”
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