Welcome to the second installment of our weekly City Council election news roundup, where we tell you the most important City Council election news that happened in the last seven days. We’re getting ready to elect seven out of our nine council members this year—pay attention people!

Councilmember Lisa Herbold is officially running for reelection: In news that was so unsurprising that I thought it had already happened, City Councilmember Lisa Herbold announced on Wednesday that she would seek reelection in District 1. Herbold has represented the West Seattle district since 2015 and she has the receipts to prove it. Her campaign website has a hella long list of things she says she accomplished for the city and the district.

Former SPD chief enters downtown council race: Jim Pugel a former cop and briefly the city’s interim chief of police entered the race for District 7, which includes downtown, Queen Anne, and Magnolia. With Sally Bagshaw not running for reelection, Pugel is facing a crowded race full of viable candidates. Pugel launched his campaign with a group of prominent public health advocates, police reform advocates, and even the sheriff. He also appears to have very sensible footwear choices, as this photo I took at his campaign launch demonstrates. Who says you can’t combine blazers and REI crossover hiking sneakers?

Tammy Morales snubs the socialists: Tammy Morales, a frontrunner in the incumbent-free race for south Seattle's District 2, was supposed to attend a roundtable of socialists this week with fellow candidates Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3), and candidate Shaun Scott (District 4). But, as my colleague Rich Smith reported, Morales was a no show, apparently because she’s become worried about being labeled as a “socialist.” She seemed like a fake socialist when I asked her about her Democratic Socialists of America membership a few weeks ago, and this adds further evidence to her not being a real socialist. ANYWAYS, Rich’s post is worth reading in its entirety especially the sixth paragraph which, to date, is the best paragraph written about the council’s elections. It starts with “They certainly agreed on some enemies” and includes seven “boos” or “boo-hisses.”

Speaking of District 3: Logan Bowers, a pot entrepreneur and candidate running against Sawant, rides a Solowheel. More on that next week.

A 19-year-old is running in District 4 and hates bike lanes: Nathalie Graham has the exclusive interview with Ethan Hunter, a 19-year-old running for office in the district that includes University of Washington. He likes to reference Jay-Z lyrics and is opposed to free transit, bike lanes, and likes electric scooters.

How many fucking people are running for council? 35 fucking people are running for council. Seattle Magazine has blurbs for every single fucking candidate. It's a surprisingly quick read. Meanwhile, Crosscut is going BIG DATA with this interactive map which, in all sincerity, is cool.