46% of Seattle voters already favor a Democratic challenger to City Attorney Ann Davison, NPI's new Civic Heartbeat poll
Almost four years ago, Republicans gained a rare foothold in Seattle politics when Ann Davison edged out Nicole Thomas-Kennedy to become Seattle City Attorney.
NPI’s public opinion research that cycle suggested that Davison — along with Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and current Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson — would win, and they each went on to do so, along with Teresa Mosqueda and three candidates running citywide for positions on the Seattle Public Schools’ board of directors.
Now, however, our research suggests that Davison’s bid for a second term is in trouble — deep trouble. Nearly half (46%) of likely November 2025 Seattle voters surveyed by Change Research for the Northwest Progressive Institute’s inaugural Civic Heartbeat poll last week say they’re prepared to support a Democratic challenger to Davison, while only 32% said they would vote to reelect Davison. 22% said they were not sure.
Seattle city positions are officially “nonpartisan,” but Davison ran for statewide office as a Republican in 2020 and lost, and has made public statements identifying herself as a Republican and renouncing the Democratic Party. Anticipating that those statements will be raised and discussed by Davison’s opponents (of which there are already two filed and declared) as well as the media and independent expenditure campaigns, we decided to ask voters whether they’d vote for Davison if the election were being held today, or whether they would support an unnamed opponent who identifies as a Democrat.
https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/02/46-of-seattle-voters-already-favor-a-democratic-challenger-to-city-attorney-ann-davison-npis-new-civic-heartbeat-poll-finds.html