State Sen. Joe Nguyen running for King County executive
State Sen. Joe Nguyen is running for King County executive.
It sets up an unusual challenge from the left of incumbent King County Executive Dow Constantine, who is seeking his fourth term.
"What we need right now are leaders who will fight with the fierce urgency to actually get these things done. We've been tackling and talking about problems as it relates to inequities in our society," Nguyen said in an interview with KING 5 before his official announcement. "It's time for us to act. What this pandemic has shown is that there is a need, and urgency for change in other ways within our society have been exacerbated."
Nguyen of White Center worked in the tech industry before making a surprising run for office in 2018, beating Constantine's then-deputy chief of staff and becoming one of the two first Vietnamese American legislators in state history.
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