King County Council member Jeanne Kohl-Welles was a solid Democrat during her 20 years in Olympia, and she’s voted the way we’ve wanted since being elected to the county council in 2015. Her opponent, Abigail Doerr, claims we need new energy in this county council seat, too, but the SECB is a little confused by Doerr’s claims. More on that in a moment.
In her first term, Kohl-Welles spearheaded countywide legislation on just cause evictions, created a renters commission, launched an affordable childcare task force, and proposed a law requiring the county executive to create a green jobs strategy. She and her council colleague Rod Dembowski have also introduced legislation to speed up the process for converting King County Metro’s buses to a zero-emission, carbon-neutral fleet.