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The former small business owner and seasoned non-profit executive announces her campaign with the support of over 200 elected and community leaders
ISSAQUAH – King County Councilmember, former small business owner, and seasoned non-profit executive Sarah Perry has announced that she will seek a second term. Perry’s campaign kicks off with the support of over 200 elected and community leaders, including elected officials and advocates for the environment, public safety, infrastructure, small businesses, farms, housing, women’s health care, and a rich and diverse array of people that make District 3 so special. This is Perry’s first re-election campaign after defeating a 20-year incumbent in 2021 by almost 56% of the vote.
“It is my honor to serve the wonderful residents of District 3 on the King County Council, where I have worked to improve public safety, safeguard our forests, water, and open space, invest in our roads and bridges, promote small businesses and farms and improve housing affordability,” said Perry.
Early endorsements to Perry’s campaign include the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, U.S. Representatives Adam Smith, Kim Schrier; Governor Bob Ferguson; Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove; Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer; Dept. of Children, Youth & Families Director Tana Senn; State Senators Bill Ramos (LD 5), Lisa Wellman (LD 41), Manka Dhinga (LD 45); Vandana Slatter (LD 48); State Representatives Lisa Callan (LD 5), Victoria Hunt (LD 5), My-Linh Thai (LD 41), Roger Goodman (LD 45), Osman Salahuddin (LD 48); County Executive Dow Constantine; area Mayors Karen Howe (Sammamish), Angela Birney (Redmond), Mike Millman (Woodinville), Amy Ockerlander (Duvall), Adair Hawkins (Carnation), Rachel Shepard (Fall City Community Association), Mary Miller (North Bend), and Former Mayor Fred Butler (Issaquah).
In her first term, Perry prioritized public safety for neighbors and small businesses alike. In order to improve staffing and results, Perry led roundtables that helped reestablish Washington State Patrol’s North Bend & Snoqualmie Pass detachment, which included their plans for a sergeant and eight troopers by early next year, is convening Roundtables on fire safety and emergency response for Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and Insurance challenges, and championed initiatives to support our first responders with behavioral health and substance use response needs, including who to call, who will come, and where to go in a crisis.
Committed to safeguarding air and water quality, Perry has championed efforts to protect forests and open space, and ensure farmland is protected from development. Perry sponsored the Flood Management Plan 20-year update, and allocated over $100M to protect rivers, streams, and salmon through restoration projects. She also approved $125K in Parks Grants funding to District 3 organizations to help keep our parks, trails, open spaces, and recreational facilities flourishing
To address the affordable housing shortage, Perry designed an affordable housing program using zoning policies which promote development of housing at all levels. She also prioritized farmworker housing on farms in the Sammamish and Snoqualmie Valley, workforce housing at Snoqualmie Pass, emergency and multifamily housing, and childcare in our growing region.
A former small business owner, Perry has also been a champion for thriving local economies. She has streamlined regulations where possible, eased business permitting, and supported measures to provide marketing and technical assistance, improving the overall support and climate for local small businesses. These reforms include the farms and agricultural economy that are so important in District 3, including working with farmers, farming organizations, and State and Federal representatives to protect and sustain farms and farmland from the Snoqualmie Valley to the Sammamish Valley, and promoting rural workforce stability.
In total, Perry has directly awarded or approved through council over $250 million in funding direct to District 3 cities and unincorporated areas since she has been in office. Those funds are being used by local jurisdictions, nonprofits, and communities to meet local priorities on the ground.
Each year since her election to the County Council, Perry has sent out a districtwide survey to hear directly from residents about their priorities and concerns. That information, along with the over 600 conversations in three years, Perry has had at coffees with residents, community events, and more forms the base of Perry’s legislative agenda. Speaking to that agenda Perry said, “We have accomplished a great deal in a short time, but there are exciting challenges ahead. I hope I have earned the continued support of the residents of District 3 so we can continue making progress together!”
Prior to her service on the King County Council, Perry worked as the Chief Development Officer for Social Venture Partners International, Sr. Director of University Initiatives at Seattle University and Executive Director at Eastside Housing (now Springboard Alliance) on Avondale in Redmond. Throughout that time she maintained her own consulting business, Perry Consulting, providing strategic and fundraising support for non-profit organizations for 20 years. Prior to that she worked at Encompass (formerly called Children's Services of Sno-Valley) and co-founded the Si View Indoor Playground in North Bend.
A dedicated community leader and volunteer, Perry is a member of the Issaquah Kiwanis Club, OneRedmond, Greater Issaquah, Sammamish, Woodinville, Duvall, Carnation and Sno-Valley Chambers of Commerce and formerly with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), where she was recently named the 2024 Mental Health Champion. An Issaquah neighbor for 25 years, Perry lives with her husband, State Senator Bill Ramos, and their dog, Sadie.
Visit electsarahperry.org to learn more.
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