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Kurt For Kirkland

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Kurt Dresner is a candidate for Kirkland City Council. More housing choices. More transportation choices. More opportunity for community. Join me at kurtforkirkland.com! Let's Move Forward!

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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 05/11/2025
WA Voters! You have 3 hours left to vote! Find your nearest secure drop box here: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 03/11/2025
"Out of those hundreds of races, The Urbanist is watching several key races that have the potential to signal broader trends across the Puget Sound region. With voter turnout in the region hovering around 15% heading into the final weekend to vote, many more races are likely to be nail-biters."
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 03/11/2025
The Urbanist: Six Local Elections Outside Seattle That Could Be Bellwethers "... with local elections happening across the entire region, there are major contests to watch everywhere, with the outcomes set to influence policy for years to come. " www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/03/s...
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 02/11/2025
We'll say it again and again: local elections shouldn't be for sale.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 02/11/2025
Only ~15% of Kirkland ballots have been returned so far, so remind your neighbors, roommates, friends, and family members to drop off ballots at an official ballot drop box.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 02/11/2025
🗳️ ✅ Make sure our neighbors remember to vote by Tues, Nov 4th by 8pm! ✅ Join us for sign waving during morning and evening rush hours on Monday and Tuesday! Ballot drop boxes are at the Kingsgate Library and at City Hall in a new location in the “Wester” parking lot south of the building.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
the lack of consequences or oversight given just the sheer volume of outright and proven lies from this administration sure is something
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 28/10/2025
Local elections matter.
theurbanist.org
Kirkland Council Elections Could Tip City in Reactionary Direction » The Urbanist
# In four different races, Kirkland voters face a choice between pro-growth candidates interested in fostering additional types of housing throughout the city, and candidates looking for the city to b...
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 25/10/2025
I'm honored to be endorsed by the MLK Labor Council! MLK Labor helps workers and their unions build power and create better lives for themselves and their families. Founded in 1888, MLK Labor is a force for social and economic justice in King County. Thank you, MLK Labor Council!
Campaign graphic showing an endorsement for Kurt Dresner. On the left, text reads “Endorsed by MLK Labor Council” above the MLK Labor logo, which features a red star and the text “MLK Labor, Est. 1888” inside a circular design. On the right, a smiling man in a suit, identified as Kurt Dresner, stands with arms crossed. At the bottom, a blue banner reads “Kurt for Kirkland” and includes the website KurtForKirkland.com.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 25/10/2025
🛫 I'm honored to be endorsed by the International Aerospace Machinists Union Lodge 751! 🛫 IAM Union Lodge 751 has been working for Washington workers since 1935. Thank you, IAM 751!
Campaign graphic showing an endorsement for Kurt Dresner. On the left side, text reads “Endorsed by International Aerospace Machinists Union Lodge 751” above the union’s logo, which features yellow wings and a circular gear design with red, white, and blue elements labeled “Aerospace Machinists.” On the right side, a smiling man in a suit, identified as Kurt Dresner, stands with arms crossed. At the bottom, a blue banner reads “Kurt for Kirkland” and includes the website KurtForKirkland.com.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 24/10/2025
I'm honored to be endorsed by the American Muslim Advancement Council. AMAC is a dedicated collective of Muslim community members residing in Washington who are deeply committed to justice, freedom, and peace within our communities. Thank you AMAC for your endorsement!
Campaign graphic showing an endorsement for Kurt Dresner. On the left side, the logo of the American Muslim Advancement Council (AMAC) appears with a crescent and red stripes. Above the logo, text reads “Endorsed by.” Below, it says “American Muslim Advancement Council.” On the right side, a smiling man in a suit, identified as Kurt Dresner, stands with arms crossed. The bottom banner reads “Kurt for Kirkland” and includes the website KurtForKirkland.com.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 23/10/2025
📣 Make your voice heard. Vote! ✅ Ballots are due by Nov 4th.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 22/10/2025
I'm looking forward to talking to students and voters tonight. Please join me! Tonight, Oct 22, 6 -8 PM Lake Washington High School Student-moderated Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum All candidates. Citywide issues. Nonpartisan.
Poster for the “Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum.” It announces that the event is tonight, October 22 at 6 PM, at Lake Washington High School. The poster includes photos and names of eight candidates: Jon Pascal, Kurt Dresner, Shilpa Prem, Catie Malik, Ken MacKenzie, Neal Black, Jay Arnold, and Ken Oberman. It notes that the event is presented by The League of Women Voters in partnership with LWPTSA Council and moderated by Lake Washington High School students. Viewers can also watch live at youtube.com/c/kangnews or later at youtube.com/@lwvskc. Logos for the League of Women Voters of Seattle King County and the Lake Washington Council PTSA appear at the bottom. The background includes an image of a lakeside pavilion.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 21/10/2025
🌏 I’m honored to have the endorsement of Washington Conservation Action! 🌎 Washington Conservation Action works to elect environmental champions who will protect people and nature as one. Thank you for your support!
Campaign graphic for Kurt for Kirkland, featuring a smiling man in a suit, Kurt, next to the logo for Washington Conservation Action. The text reads: 'Endorsed by Washington Conservation Action: Protecting People & Nature as One.' The bottom banner says 'Kurt for Kirkland' and 'KurtForKirkland.com'.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 20/10/2025
🎉 I’m honored to be endorsed by UFCW 3000! Thank you UFCW 3000 union members for your support. UFCW 3000 represents workers in grocery, retail, health care, and other industries. It works to make our communities places where everyone can be safe and thrive at work and at home.
Campaign graphic featuring Kurt for Kirkland, endorsed by UFCW 3000. The image includes the UFCW 3000 Union logo on the left and a smiling, bearded man in a suit on the right. Text reads: 'Endorsed by UFCW 3000'. Website listed: KurtForKirkland.com.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 19/10/2025
I’m honored to be endorsed by the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Victory Fund! The Victory Fund supports local leaders who are committed to taking a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to gun violence prevention.
Campaign graphic showing the words ‘Endorsed by Alliance for Gun Responsibility’ alongside the logo for the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Victory Fund and a smiling suited candidate with folded arms. At the bottom is the name ‘Kurt for Kirkland’ and the website ‘KurtForKirkland.com’.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 18/10/2025
🍎 I’m honored to have the endorsement of the Lake Washington Education Association! 📚 🍎
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 18/10/2025
🎉 Endorsement alert! 🎉 I'm honored to have the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates! PPAA advocates for a just, equitable, thriving world where everyone has access to sexual and reproductive health care and education. #KirklandWA #KirklandWashington
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 18/10/2025
🎉 I’m honored to be endorsed by Jane Fonda Climate PAC! 🌎 Climate action starts at the local level, and I’m committed to building a sustainable, thriving future for Kirkland. Thanks to Jane Fonda Climate PAC for your support.
Campaign-style endorsement graphic featuring Kurt Dresner, a bald man with a beard in a suit, smiling with arms crossed. Large text at the top reads 'Jane Fonda Climate PAC ENDORSED'. Below the photo, a banner states 'Washington | Kirkland City Council, Position 7' with his name 'KURT DRESNER' in bold black letters. The JanePAC logo appears in the bottom-right corner.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 17/10/2025
I'm honored to be endorsed by the Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund! The Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund changes public policy so that people of all races, ethnicities, abilities, genders, and identities can live in safe, healthy homes they can afford.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 17/10/2025
I’m honored to have the trust and endorsement of both King County Young Democrats and King County Democrats for Position 7 on the Kirkland City Council.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 16/10/2025
T4WA works to elect transit champions, support ballot measures, and advance policies that increase funding and expand choices for public transit, biking, and walking across the state. Thank you T4WA!
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 16/10/2025
🚌🚲🚶 I'm honored to be endorsed by Transportation for Washington (T4WA)! T4WA is an advocacy and political organization focused on creating a safer, more sustainable, and more equitable transportation system for all Washingtonians.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 16/10/2025
This was an important and useful discussion. I really appreciated the nuanced questions and the space to dive a little deeper on these critical issues for our city and our region. 🧡
theurbanist.org
Pro-Housing Kirkland Council Candidates Discuss Affordability, Opponents Skip Forum » The Urbanist
# At an October 8th forum, urbanist-backed Kirkland City Council candidates discussed housing solutions, but none of their opponents showed, clearly ceding housing leadership in the four races. Here's...
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 07/10/2025
I can think of one person who can't ride a bike, so CHECKMATE DUBLER
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 07/10/2025
You know what people (even transit-dependent people) want more than free buses? Faster, more reliable, more frequent buses. You know what doesn't help with that? Cutting funding.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 03/10/2025
When we speak up, we can make good things happen! ❤️
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Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC) @janeclimatepac.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Washington is in an all-out battle against climate chaos—from wildfires, to atmospheric rivers and corporate pollution. As federal climate action falters, it's critical that WA has strong local leaders prepared to fight like hell. Support JanePAC's local candidates by contributing what you can 👇
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Help JanePAC Elect Climate Champions in Washington
Show your support with a contribution.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 05/09/2025
I spoke to both Senator @vandanaslatter.bsky.social and Insurance Commissioner @pattykuderer-waoic.bsky.social about this issue because I was worried about not just the availability but the insurance coverage. I was glad to hear that our state has our back. ❤️WA
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 05/09/2025
This is actually the second ped project currently delayed due to waiting on the signal equipment.
kirklandwa.gov
Lake Street Pedestrian Scramble
Using traffic signals to hold all automotive traffic at each of the intersection’s four legs, people will be able to walk across the intersection in all directions when the pedestrian phase is active.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 03/09/2025
Adding people does not always mean adding cars. There is a qualitative change that comes with more folks and simply linearly extrapolating leads to harmful overestimates.
seattletimes.com
Seattle’s population boom came with little vroom, vroom
Census data shows even as the number of households in Seattle has grown, the number of cars has remained effectively unchanged for years, writes FYI Guy.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 25/08/2025
💪 It was another weekend of team canvassing, this time in the Kingsgate neighborhood! We love meeting neighbors and talking about what's on their minds for Kirkland. Help us keep the momentum through November—sign up here ⤵️ www.kurtforkirkland.com
Five smiling faces looking at the camera, all wearing blue Kurt campaign shirts, buttons, and hats. Kurt is at the center of the photo, with two bikes in front of the group.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 22/08/2025
This was right at the start, but lots more folks showed up later! :)
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 20/08/2025
Get a tour of Reservoir Park, a charming little neighborhood park in the Norkirk neighborhood. 🌳 Join me in the Kirkland Parks Challenge—download the list of parks here: kurtforkirkland.com/parks
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 19/08/2025
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 19/08/2025
Meanwhile we'd like to have some bike lane barriers at all. 🥲
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 19/08/2025
It doesn't have to be this way.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 19/08/2025
Had a blast at the International Night Market last week! So many cultures, flavors, and neighbors all in one place. 🌍 Big shoutout to the bike valet—over 50 bikes parked! Love seeing Kirkland come together like this. 🚲
A smiling Kurt wearing a blue “Kurt” campaign hat, yellow sunglasses, and a white Juneteenth t-shirt takes a selfie at the International Night Market. Behind him are white vendor tents, food trucks with signs for gyros and falafel, and people walking around the market on a sunny evening.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 18/08/2025
❌KINGS ❌SLAVES ❌NAZIS ✅COFFEE
A close-up shot of three people on a sidewalk, appearing to be engaged in conversation. A man in a blue cap is gesticulating as he speaks to a woman in a maroon shirt and a woman in a white hat. The woman in the white hat holds a sign that reads "End the Chaos Corruption Cruelty," with what looks like red paint splatters representing blood drops. Several other protest signs are visible on the ground, including one that says "SAVE PBS & NPR" and another that reads "LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR ALL!!!" with the text upside down. In the foreground, a black bakfiets (cargo bike) is visible. On top of the bike's front cargo box is coffee-serving equipment, including a carafe. Next to the coffee service is a box of Top Pot Doughnuts on a milk crate.A wider view of a small group of people gathered on a sidewalk next to a street. A man in a wheelchair on the right holds a sign that says "NO KINGS." Another man in a blue hat is talking to a couple of people standing nearby. The group is surrounded by several protest signs on the ground. A black bakfiets (cargo bike) is in the foreground, with coffee-serving equipment on top of its front cargo box. In the background, a street with cars and traffic lights is visible, as well as more people across the street. The weather is sunny with a partly cloudy sky.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 14/08/2025
These things are totally achievable but lofty plans are not enough. We need to elect people who consistently show the will to make good on these promises.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 13/08/2025
Build great places and people will find a way to get there. Make it easy and safe to get there with transit (or bikes, or walking, or...) and people will do that.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 13/08/2025
I'll be stopping by!
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 13/08/2025
We have stolen the autonomy of children and so many others and surrendered it to car dependency. This is a choice and we can do better.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 10/08/2025
We need leadership in Kirkland with the courage to stand up for what is right.
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 10/08/2025
We proved in the primary that our message resonates. We can win this! 💪 The road to November is short, but with your help, we’ll cross the finish line strong. Whether you chip in a few $ or join us knocking doors, every bit matters. Sign up and be part of the team! 🗳️💙 www.kurtforkirkland.com
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 05/08/2025
✨👋 It’s been a busy week for Team Kurt! We attended a neighborhood picnic and a fundraiser, had countless conversations with Kirkland neighbors on their doorsteps, waved signs, and more. 🗳️ Now all you need you to do is VOTE! Drop off your ballot at any official ballot box before 8pm Tuesday!
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Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com · 04/08/2025
Guess who is an extra in this important video from @vandanaslatter.bsky.social? (OK, it's lots of people...)
youtu.be
Vandana Slatter Works For You!
YouTube video by Vandana Slatter for State Senate
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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Outraged by the GOP calls to arrest state Democrats? Get involved in your local government, in your local elections. It’s good medicine and maintaining a healthy democracy at home in your town is the first step. Also, don’t forget to vote @kurtforkirkland.com and Shilpa Prem before tomorrow. ☺️
A selfie of Lauren standing on a street corner in downtown Kirkland holding a “Kurt Dresner for Kirkland City Council” sign and smiling at the camera.
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WA State LD48 Democrats @ld48dems.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
4 days to go! 🗳️ Official drop‑boxes are your best friend. Check our cheat sheet & hit that drop box STAT 💨 #BallotDrop #LD48Votes
LD 48 Dems cheat sheet listing endorsed candidates and reminding voters to return ballots by August 5.
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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Vision Zero is achievable in an urban context. We know how, we just have to do it.
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