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Overview
Current roleNonprofit executive
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderOther
LocationWashington
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BackgroundNonprofit executive
EducationCentral Washington University — BFA (Musical Theatre) (2016)
Notable personal detailsRy Armstrong is a Seattle-based political candidate and nonprofit leader who ran for Mayor of Seattle in 2025 and previously ran for Seattle City Council (District 3) in 2023. They have described serving on the Seattle LGBTQ Commission and leading the environmental nonprofit Sustainable Seattle as a co-executive director. Armstrong also has a background in the performing arts as an actor/musician/producer.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports using new or targeted taxes and public investment to fund social housing and expanded services while protecting workers and expanding affordable services. Advocates policies such as vacancy/commercial-space taxes and backing a ballot measure that would create a new business tax dedicated to social housing funding. Policy language emphasizes public spending on housing, childcare, and worker protections rather than tax cuts or austerity.
Healthcare
Supports expanding public health and community-based responses to crises, including investments in mental-health services, unarmed crisis-response teams (CARE), substance-use treatment, and overdose-prevention services. Emphasizes shifting resources from punitive policing to medical and social-service approaches and scaling city programs that provide care. Does not advocate for single-payer or Medicare-for-All in the cited materials.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate opposes collaboration with federal immigration enforcement (ICE) and rejects city cooperation with ICE raids or deportation actions; they oppose street sweeps and frame immigrant protections as part of defending vulnerable communities. Their public statements prioritize resisting federal immigration enforcement in Seattle and protecting residents from deportation or raids.
Climate & Energy
Supports accelerating Seattle’s transition to sustainability through equitable climate action, including upgrading infrastructure, expanding clean public transit and green spaces, and prioritizing environmental justice for frontline communities. Emphasizes investments and policies to reduce emissions and improve resilience while coordinating transit and infrastructure upgrades.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports investing in public safety through a mix of police staffing and expanded unarmed/community responses (expanding the CARE team), and calls for investments in youth safety and addressing gun violence. Emphasizes modernizing and coordinating public-safety systems rather than solely relying on traditional policing.
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