Sally Bagshaw
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sally Bagshaw
| image = Sally Bagshaw Portrait.jpg
| alt = Photograph of Sally Bagshaw
| imagesize =
| caption = Sally Bagshaw in 2016
| office = Member of the Seattle City Council
from District 7
| term_start = January 1, 2016
| term_end = December 31, 2019
| office2 = Member of the Seattle City Council,
Position 4
| term_start2 = January 1, 2010
| term_end2 = December 31, 2015
| succeeded1 = Andrew J. Lewis
| predecessor2 = Jan Drago
| successor2 = Redistricted
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|02|15}}
| birth_place = Portland, Oregon
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Brad Bagshaw
| children = 2
| residence = Seattle, Washington
| education = Stanford University (BA)
University of Idaho (JD)
| occupation =
| signature =
| website = [http://www.seattle.gov/council/bagshaw/ Council webpage]
}}
Sally G. Bagshaw is an American politician. She was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2016 to 2019. Before being elected to city council, she had been chief civil deputy prosecutor in the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for eight years under Norm Maleng.{{cite web| publisher=Seattle City Council |url=http://www.seattle.gov/council/bagshaw/ |title=Sally Bagshaw – District 7 |access-date=March 23, 2019}}
Legal career
Bagshaw attended Stanford University for her undergraduate degree, then University of Idaho earning a Juris Doctor degree.{{cite web |last1=Culver |first1=Aleks |title=2015 Seattle City Council Election, District 7: Sally Bagshaw Interview |url=https://www.theurbanist.org/2015/06/18/2015-seattle-city-council-election-district-7-sally-bagshaw-interview/ |work=The Urbanist |access-date=August 24, 2024 |date=June 18, 2015}}{{cite web |title=Sally Bagshaw Subject Files, 2002-2019 |url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv918922 |publisher=Archives West |access-date=August 24, 2024}} She began her legal career as an assistant attorney general at both the University of Washington and Washington State University.{{cite web |title=Sally Bagshaw 2020 ALI Fellow |url=https://www.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/2020-fellows-and-partners/sally-bagshaw |publisher=Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative |access-date=August 24, 2024}} For thirteen years, we worked at the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, for eight
of those years she was the chief civil deputy prosecutor. In 2004, Bagshaw earned the King County Bar Association's Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award and the State Bar Association's annual award for lawyers in public service.{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Barbara |title=City Council Position 4 |url=https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2009/10/21/city-council-position-4 |work=Real Change |access-date=August 24, 2024 |date=October 21, 2009}}
Seattle City Council
=2009 election=
On March 1, 2009, councilmember Jan Drago announced that she would not seek reelection, creating an open seat for Position 4.{{cite news |title=Drago won't run again for Seattle council |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/drago-wont-run-again-for-seattle-council/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 24, 2024 |date=March 2, 2009}} Drago urged Bagshaw to run for her seat because of her deep knowledge and unique skills.{{cite web |last1=Mulady |first1=Kathy |title=Election 2009 close-up coverage: Council candidate Sally Bagshaw |url=https://westseattleblog.com/2009/07/election-2009-close-up-coverage-council-candidate-sally-bagshaw/ |work=West Seattle Blog |access-date=August 24, 2024 |date=July 21, 2009}} Bagshaw ran on replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel, changing zoning laws to increase low-income housing and allowing for Assessor Dwelling Units in single-family zones, and bringing light rail to West Seattle.
Bagshaw would have to walk back a statement at a primary debate in which she raised a "No" card when candidates were asked if they had contributed to a Republican campaign.{{cite web |last1=Feit |first1=Josh |title=Re: Sally Bagshaw |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2009/05/re-sally-bagshaw |date=May 22, 2009}} Bagshaw donated $150 to Republican Attorney General Rob Mckenna, and her husband donated $900 to King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg She would later correct herself, and in an interview state, "...I worked hard to get Obama elected—but I supported a couple of Republicans over the years and I'm being shunned... I could reach across the aisle."{{cite web |last1=Barnett |first1=Erica C. |title=PubliQuestion and Answer: Sally Bagshaw |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2009/07/publiquestion-and-answer-sally-bagshaw |work=Seattle Met |access-date=August 24, 2024 |date=July 6, 2009}}
In the primary election, Bagshaw won a majority of votes, 51%, with her nearest challenger, David Bloom, only garnering 18% of the vote.{{cite web |title=2009 Election Report |url=http://www2.seattle.gov/ethics/elpub/2009Report.pdf |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |access-date=February 26, 2019 |date=January 21, 2010}} In the November General election, Bagshaw won in a landslide with 69% of the vote compared to Bloom's 30%.
=2013 election=
Bagshaw ran for reelection in 2013 with only one challenger, Sam Bellomio, who was known for speaking at council public comments calling the council "terrorists" and saying their meetings were "worse than Nazi Germany."{{cite web |last1=Stranger Election Control Board |title=Vote Sally Bagshaw! Because Your Other Choice Is Sam Bellomio! |url=https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2013/10/24/18017914/vote-sally-bagshaw-because-your-other-choice-is-sam-bellomio |work=The Stranger |access-date=August 24, 2024 |date=October 24, 2013}}
Bagshaw won in a landslide in the November General Election against Bellomio, 84% to 15%.{{cite web |title=Elections Results - General and Special Election |url=https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/results/2013/201311.ashx?la=en|publisher=King County Elections |access-date=February 26, 2019 |format=PDF |date=August 20, 2013}}
=2015 election=
In 2015, all nine city council seats would be up for election, with seven seats turning from city-wide to district seats.{{cite web |last1=Lucia |first1=Bill |title=Cozy no more: Districts could end tranquil era for City Council |url=https://www.cascadepbs.org/2013/11/councilmembers-question-whether-district-elections |work=Crosscut.com |access-date=August 24, 2024 |date=November 10, 2013}} Bagshaw was initially open to running in District 4, but ultimately decided to run in District 7 which covers Downtown, South Lake Union, Queen Anne, and Magnolia. There would be two other challengers for the district 4 seat.{{cite web |last1=Stranger Election Control Board |title=The Stranger's Endorsements for the August 2015 Primary Election! |url=https://www.thestranger.com/news/2015/07/15/22545709/the-strangers-endorsements-for-the-august-2015-primary-election |work=The Stranger |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=July 15, 2015}}
In the August Primary election, Bagshaw would get first place in a landslide, with 76% of the vote, with her nearest competitor, Deborah Zech-Artis, only receiving 13%.{{cite web |title=Elections Results - Primary and Special Election |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/results/2015/201508/results.ashx?la=en |publisher=King County Elections |access-date=February 26, 2019 |format=PDF |date=August 17, 2015}} In the general election, Bagshaw won in another landslide, with 81% of the vote compared to Zech-Artis' 18%.{{cite web |title=Elections Results - General and Special Election |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/results/2015/201511/results.ashx?la=en |publisher=King County Elections |access-date=February 26, 2019 |format=PDF |date=November 24, 2015}}
=Tenure=
During her tenure as chair of the Human Services Committee, Bagshaw oversaw the council's response to the East Duwamish Greenbelt homeless encampment, also known as The Jungle.{{cite web |last1=Adolph |first1=Carolyn |title=Don't clear the Jungle, Seattle Council members say to Mayor |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/dont-clear-jungle-seattle-council-members-say-mayor |publisher=KUOW |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=May 25, 2016}} Councilmembers, included Bagshaw, wanted to slow down Mayor Ed Murray's plan to clear the encampment until permanent housing was offered to all people in the encampment. Bagshaw would receive backlash from community members over a slow response from the council and defended herself and the council by saying, "Nobody stopped or slowed down the work under the Duwamish Greenbelt."{{cite web |last1=Oxley |first1=Dyer |title=Seattle Councilmember Sally Bagshaw responds to criticism of Jungle, homeless response |url=https://mynorthwest.com/312665/seattle-councilmember-sally-bagshaw-responds-to-criticism-of-jungle-homelessness-response/ |website=My Northwest |publisher=KIRO News |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=June 8, 2016}}
On a 6-3 vote, the council, including Bagshaw, voted to sweep the Jungle.{{cite web |last1=Feit |first1=Josh |title=SPD Shooting in Jungle as Council Set to Take Up Revised Encampment Legislation |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2016/10/spd-shooting-in-jungle-as-council-set-to-take-up-revised-encampment-legislation |work=Seattle Met |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=October 12, 2016}} Later, Bagshaw floated the idea of reopening the Jungle, stating "I'm not saying it's the best place. I'm saying it may be better than letting them run around in neighborhoods where they're camping and causing problems."{{cite web |last1=Cassuto |first1=Dan |title=Seattle councilmember Bagshaw suggests re-opening the Jungle |url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/homeless/seattle-councilmember-bagshaw-suggests-re-opening-the-jungle/281-324070372 |publisher=KING 5 News |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=September 22, 2016}}
Bagshaw worked closely on the demolition of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and later the creation of the State Route 99 tunnel.{{cite web |last1=Bicknell Argerious |first1=Natalie |title=The Viaduct Is Dead. Will Waterfront Seattle Live?|url=https://www.theurbanist.org/2019/01/25/the-viaduct-is-dead-will-waterfront-seattle-live/ |work=The Urbanist |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=January 25, 2019}}
After Ed Murray's resignation, the council had to vote on an interim mayor as his replacement. Bagshaw would nominate council member Tim Burgess (politician) and not fellow councilmember Lorena González.{{cite web |last1=Norimine |first1=Hayat |title=Bagshaw Apologizes to González for Comments on Friday |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2017/09/bagshaw-apologizes-to-gonzalez-for-comments-on-friday |work=Seattle Met |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=September 18, 2017}} Her reasoning was "he’s the right guy" and when asked to elaborate, Bagshaw said "Well, Lorena’s getting married at the end of November. She’s also a candidate. Those two are very good reasons." Gonzalez responded by saying, "Let's stick to merit. #feminism," with Bagshaw apologizing to the full council. Burgess would be voted by the full council to replace Murray.
While in office, Bagshaw would pay a $150 fine to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission over her involvement in a campaign for a parks district.{{cite news |last1=Staff |title=Seattle council’s Bagshaw agrees to $150 ethics fine |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-councilrsquos-bagshaw-agrees-to-150-ethics-fine/ |access-date=August 29, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times}}
In November 2018, Bagshaw announced that she would not seek reelection.{{cite web |last1=King5 Staff |title=Seattle Councilmember Sally Bagshaw not seeking re-election |url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle-councilmember-sally-bagshaw-not-seeking-re-election/281-618033576 |publisher=KING 5 News |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=November 27, 2018}}
Personal life
Bagshaw is married to her husband, Brad, and has two sons.{{cite web |last1=Holden |first1=Dominic |title=Sally Bagshaw Is Not a Liar |url=https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2010/08/06/4614177/sally-bagshaw-is-not-a-liar |work=The Stranger |access-date=August 25, 2024 |date=August 6, 2010}}{{cite news |last1=Staff |title=Sally Bagshaw says she won't seek re-election to Seattle City Council |url=https://komonews.com/news/local/sally-bagshaw-says-she-wont-seek-re-election-to-seattle-city-council |access-date= November 30, 2024|work=KOMO |date=November 27, 2018}} At 47, Bagshaw earned her pilots license and sails internationally on her sailboat. In 2020, Bagshaw joined Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative as a fellow.
Electoral history
= 2009 election =
{{Election box begin no change|title=Seattle City Council Position 4, Primary Election 2009}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Sally Bagshaw
|votes = 63,348
|percentage = 51.01%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = David Bloom
|votes = 22,690
|percentage = 18.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Dorsol Plants
|votes = 17,822
|percentage = 14.35%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Thomas Tobin
|votes = 10,274
|percentage = 8.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Brian Carver
|votes = 9,581
|percentage = 7.72%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Write-in
|votes = 467
|percentage = 0.38%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
|votes = 146,568
|percentage = 38.60%
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
|reg. electors = 379,721
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |title=Seattle City Council Position 4, General Election 2009}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Sally Bagshaw
|votes = 123,316
|percentage = 69.25%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = David Bloom
|votes = 54,210
|percentage = 30.44%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Write-in
|votes = 556
|percentage = 0.31%
}}
{{Election box majority no change
|votes = 69,106
|percentage = 38.81%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
|votes = 216,573
|percentage = 57.73%
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
|reg. electors = 375,164
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2013 election =
{{Election box begin no change |title=Seattle City Council Position 4, General Election 2013}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Sally Bagshaw
|votes = 146,908
|percentage = 84.14%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Sam Bellomio
|votes = 26,582
|percentage = 15.22%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Write-in
|votes = 1,109
|percentage = 0.64%
}}
{{Election box majority no change
|votes = 120,326
|percentage = 68.92%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
|votes = 215,550
|percentage = 52.50%
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
|reg. electors = 410,572
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2015 election =
{{Election box begin no change |title=Seattle City Council District 7, Primary Election 2015}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Sally Bagshaw
|votes = 12,292
|percentage = 76.63%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Deborah Zech-Artis
|votes = 2,144
|percentage = 13.37%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Gus Hartmann
|votes = 1,487
|percentage = 9.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Write-in
|votes = 117
|percentage = 0.73%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
|votes = 16,532
|percentage = 26.73%
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
|reg. electors = 61,837
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |title=Seattle City Council District 7, General Election 2015}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Sally Bagshaw
|votes = 18,576
|percentage = 80.90%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Deborah Zech-Artis
|votes = 4,213
|percentage = 18.35%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Write-in
|votes = 172
|percentage = 0.75%
}}
{{Election box majority no change
|votes = 14,363
|percentage = 62.55%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
|votes = 26,207
|percentage = 41.88%
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
|reg. electors = 62,583
}}
{{Election box end}}
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