Don Harper
Don Harper ran for election to the Seattle City Council to represent District 7 in Washington. Harper lost in the primary on August 6, 2019.
Harper completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Seattle, Washington (2019)
General election
General election for Seattle City Council District 7
Andrew Lewis defeated Jim Pugel in the general election for Seattle City Council District 7 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andrew Lewis (Nonpartisan) | 53.0 | 18,336 | |
| Jim Pugel (Nonpartisan) | 46.6 | 16,122 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 152 | ||
| Total votes: 34,610 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Seattle City Council District 7
The following candidates ran in the primary for Seattle City Council District 7 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andrew Lewis (Nonpartisan) | 31.7 | 8,409 | |
| ✔ | Jim Pugel (Nonpartisan) | 24.8 | 6,566 | |
| Daniela Lipscomb-Eng (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 2,591 | ||
| Michael George (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 2,460 | ||
| Gene Burrus (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 1,501 | ||
| Jason Williams (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 1,347 | ||
| Don Harper (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 1,265 | ||
| James Donaldson (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 824 | ||
| Naveed Jamali (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 788 | ||
| Isabelle Kerner (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 691 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 80 | ||
| Total votes: 26,522 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Don Harper completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harper's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
Create permanent supportive housing while still saving trees. Replace the Magnolia Bridge one for one while working with SDOT to include motor vehicles in their planning and congestion studies. Repeal the recent one size fits all legislation on ADU
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Make solving the homeless crisis a priority in fact rather than just words by engaging the County and surrounding cities to work together to build permanent supportive housing. Once again have a city council that engages with and listens to everyone. As we create more densification, supporting and adding more parks will be necessary to offset the loss of our yards, gardens, and trees.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Having strong ideas without making them your religion. The ability to listen to everyone. You might learn something that will change your mind for the better. To create long term success about the things that matter to you admitting when you fail will encourage the trust in people that is so lacking in how our government is viewed today.
What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?
I work well with people of different views. I start with finding out what we can agree on and build from there. I am practical. All of the aspirations, big ideas, creative thinking, and compassion are important in helping to guide us to a solution but in the end it has to function in the real world while still incorporating those lofty goals. I understand money and big budgets.
What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?
When Sputnic 1 orbited in the earth and I was very young
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See also
2019 Elections
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