Mike O'Brien (Seattle politician)

Mike O'Brien
Member of the Seattle City Council
from District 6
Assumed office
January 1, 2016
Member of the Seattle City Council,
Position 8
In office
January 1, 2010 – January 1, 2016
Preceded by Richard McIver
Personal details
Born (1968-03-02) March 2, 1968
Seattle, Washington
Residence Seattle, Washington

Mike O'Brien (born March 2, 1968) is a member of the Seattle City Council representing district 6.[1] He was first elected in 2009.[2] He was the leading proponent of the opt out list for the Yellow Pages.[3] He is the only opponent of the proposed deep bore tunnel under downtown Seattle on the city council.[4] O'Brien has a degree in economics from Duke and an MBA from the University of Washington.[5] He was chair of the local chapter of the Sierra Club before running for office. In this capacity he was one of the leading opponents of the 2007 Roads and Transit ballot measure.[6] O'Brien also served on the board of Sound Transit from 2014 to 2016.

2015 election

O'Brien ran for the newly created District 6 position for the Seattle City Council, primarily covering Ballard, Fremont and Green Lake. He won the primary and faced Catherine Weatbrook in the November general election.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien". Seattle.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  2. ↑ "Results - King County Elections". Your.kingcounty.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  3. ↑ Krueger, David (2011-05-05). "Seattle cracks down on yellow-pages deliveries | The Seattle Times". Seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. ↑ Grygiel, Chris (2011-05-16). "City Council rift over viaduct tunnel resolution - Strange Bedfellows — Politics News". Blog.seattlepi.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  5. ↑ "The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest". Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  6. ↑ Garber, Andrew (2007-11-07). "Huge roads-transit plan gets trounced | The Seattle Times". Seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  7. ↑ "Low voter turnout for primary elections; Mike O'Brien leads District 6 with 58% votes". My Ballard. Retrieved 2016-01-08.


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