Councilmember Girmay Zahilay
@girmayzahilay.bsky.social
King County Executive-elect | Sound Transit Board | frmr Start-Up Companies Lawyer | Nonprofit Founder | Proud Husband & New Dad ♥️
electgirmay.com
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Today we officially kicked off the first meetings of my transition committee as we prepare for the work ahead. More than one hundred leaders from across King County came together this morning.
Share your ideas and submit your resumes here: girmaytransition2025.com
Share your ideas and submit your resumes here: girmaytransition2025.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Today we officially kicked off the first meetings of my transition committee as we prepare for the work ahead. More than one hundred leaders from across King County came together this morning.
Share your ideas and submit your resumes here: girmaytransition2025.com
Share your ideas and submit your resumes here: girmaytransition2025.com
Today marks the start of my transition as King County Executive-elect. This is the beginning of building the new administration that will lead King County.
Learn more about our transition, see the full committee, and how to apply to join our administration at GirmayTransition2025.com
Learn more about our transition, see the full committee, and how to apply to join our administration at GirmayTransition2025.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Today marks the start of my transition as King County Executive-elect. This is the beginning of building the new administration that will lead King County.
Learn more about our transition, see the full committee, and how to apply to join our administration at GirmayTransition2025.com
Learn more about our transition, see the full committee, and how to apply to join our administration at GirmayTransition2025.com
To my core campaign team, volunteers, finance committee, donors, door knockers, house hosts, and voters: Thank you. I woke up feeling deeply grateful for all the work you put into this campaign. I appreciate all of you.
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
To my core campaign team, volunteers, finance committee, donors, door knockers, house hosts, and voters: Thank you. I woke up feeling deeply grateful for all the work you put into this campaign. I appreciate all of you.
Today, we officially won the race for King County Executive.
This is the place that raised me, supported my family, and made my story possible. To now serve as Executive for this region, and to be the first immigrant and first millennial ever elected to the role, is the honor of my lifetime.
This is the place that raised me, supported my family, and made my story possible. To now serve as Executive for this region, and to be the first immigrant and first millennial ever elected to the role, is the honor of my lifetime.
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Today, we officially won the race for King County Executive.
This is the place that raised me, supported my family, and made my story possible. To now serve as Executive for this region, and to be the first immigrant and first millennial ever elected to the role, is the honor of my lifetime.
This is the place that raised me, supported my family, and made my story possible. To now serve as Executive for this region, and to be the first immigrant and first millennial ever elected to the role, is the honor of my lifetime.
As we had hoped, our vote share has grown slightly with today’s latest results. There are still thousands of more votes to count throughout this week, but we are hopeful that the lead will grow further tomorrow.
Thank you again to everyone who poured their time and resources into this campaign.
Thank you again to everyone who poured their time and resources into this campaign.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As we had hoped, our vote share has grown slightly with today’s latest results. There are still thousands of more votes to count throughout this week, but we are hopeful that the lead will grow further tomorrow.
Thank you again to everyone who poured their time and resources into this campaign.
Thank you again to everyone who poured their time and resources into this campaign.
Thank you to the 450 people who RSVPd to our election night watch party. I felt so much love in that room.
The results were too close to declare victory, but we are feeling really good. I will have more to say after today’s additional results, but for now, I just want to say thank you so much!
The results were too close to declare victory, but we are feeling really good. I will have more to say after today’s additional results, but for now, I just want to say thank you so much!
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thank you to the 450 people who RSVPd to our election night watch party. I felt so much love in that room.
The results were too close to declare victory, but we are feeling really good. I will have more to say after today’s additional results, but for now, I just want to say thank you so much!
The results were too close to declare victory, but we are feeling really good. I will have more to say after today’s additional results, but for now, I just want to say thank you so much!
We launched our campaign last December and tonight at 8 PM, polls close and this chapter comes to an end.
No matter what happens, I want to take a moment to share my deepest gratitude. Thank you to everyone who showed up to make our community a better place for all.
Turn those ballots in before 8!
No matter what happens, I want to take a moment to share my deepest gratitude. Thank you to everyone who showed up to make our community a better place for all.
Turn those ballots in before 8!
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We launched our campaign last December and tonight at 8 PM, polls close and this chapter comes to an end.
No matter what happens, I want to take a moment to share my deepest gratitude. Thank you to everyone who showed up to make our community a better place for all.
Turn those ballots in before 8!
No matter what happens, I want to take a moment to share my deepest gratitude. Thank you to everyone who showed up to make our community a better place for all.
Turn those ballots in before 8!
Thank you so much to 80-year resident of Seattle and incredible community leader, Cynthia A. Green, for her endorsement of my campaign in today’s Stranger op-ed. Click below for the full article. thestranger.com/guest-editorial/2025/11/03/80309471/guest-rant-now-is-the-time-to-hope-and-vote
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Thank you so much to 80-year resident of Seattle and incredible community leader, Cynthia A. Green, for her endorsement of my campaign in today’s Stranger op-ed. Click below for the full article. thestranger.com/guest-editorial/2025/11/03/80309471/guest-rant-now-is-the-time-to-hope-and-vote
Seattle and King County can’t solve our biggest challenges alone. Real progress requires partnership.
That’s why Erika Evans and I will team up to build safer neighborhoods, support people in crisis, and stand up for workers. But before we can get to work, we need you.
Return before Tuesday!
That’s why Erika Evans and I will team up to build safer neighborhoods, support people in crisis, and stand up for workers. But before we can get to work, we need you.
Return before Tuesday!
November 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Seattle and King County can’t solve our biggest challenges alone. Real progress requires partnership.
That’s why Erika Evans and I will team up to build safer neighborhoods, support people in crisis, and stand up for workers. But before we can get to work, we need you.
Return before Tuesday!
That’s why Erika Evans and I will team up to build safer neighborhoods, support people in crisis, and stand up for workers. But before we can get to work, we need you.
Return before Tuesday!
Jazzy has a special message for all of you: “Vote by Tuesday!” Only 3 days left, my friends.
✅ Check your mailbox today, vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive
✅ Share this video!
✅ Text 5 friends to remind them
✅ Join our virtual text banking this Sunday: bit.ly/text4girmay
✅ Check your mailbox today, vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive
✅ Share this video!
✅ Text 5 friends to remind them
✅ Join our virtual text banking this Sunday: bit.ly/text4girmay
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Jazzy has a special message for all of you: “Vote by Tuesday!” Only 3 days left, my friends.
✅ Check your mailbox today, vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive
✅ Share this video!
✅ Text 5 friends to remind them
✅ Join our virtual text banking this Sunday: bit.ly/text4girmay
✅ Check your mailbox today, vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive
✅ Share this video!
✅ Text 5 friends to remind them
✅ Join our virtual text banking this Sunday: bit.ly/text4girmay
As you cast your ballot this week, remember: Girmay is the only candidate endorsed by reproductive rights organizations.
Thank you to Pro-Choice Washington and Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates for your sole endorsements.
Please vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before Nov. 4!
Thank you to Pro-Choice Washington and Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates for your sole endorsements.
Please vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before Nov. 4!
October 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
As you cast your ballot this week, remember: Girmay is the only candidate endorsed by reproductive rights organizations.
Thank you to Pro-Choice Washington and Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates for your sole endorsements.
Please vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before Nov. 4!
Thank you to Pro-Choice Washington and Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates for your sole endorsements.
Please vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before Nov. 4!
Thank you to the Seattle Medium for endorsing my campaign for King County Executive! I’m grateful for their decades of community journalism and for this vote of confidence.
Please check your mailbox for your ballot, fill it out, and vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before November 4.
Please check your mailbox for your ballot, fill it out, and vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before November 4.
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thank you to the Seattle Medium for endorsing my campaign for King County Executive! I’m grateful for their decades of community journalism and for this vote of confidence.
Please check your mailbox for your ballot, fill it out, and vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before November 4.
Please check your mailbox for your ballot, fill it out, and vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before November 4.
What we do these next 13 days will decide everything. We need your help to keep up our momentum and reach as many voters as possible. Can you join us and @Common Power to knock doors these next two weekends?
Auburn
Saturday, October 25
bit.ly/gzauburn
Renton
Saturday, November 1
bit.ly/gzrenton
Auburn
Saturday, October 25
bit.ly/gzauburn
Renton
Saturday, November 1
bit.ly/gzrenton
October 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What we do these next 13 days will decide everything. We need your help to keep up our momentum and reach as many voters as possible. Can you join us and @Common Power to knock doors these next two weekends?
Auburn
Saturday, October 25
bit.ly/gzauburn
Renton
Saturday, November 1
bit.ly/gzrenton
Auburn
Saturday, October 25
bit.ly/gzauburn
Renton
Saturday, November 1
bit.ly/gzrenton
As you cast your ballot, remember: Girmay is the only candidate endorsed by Tribal Nations.
If you want an Executive who partners with tribes to grow a strong economy, create good jobs, protect our environment, and deliver solutions to homelessness and behavioral health, Girmay is your choice.
If you want an Executive who partners with tribes to grow a strong economy, create good jobs, protect our environment, and deliver solutions to homelessness and behavioral health, Girmay is your choice.
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
As you cast your ballot, remember: Girmay is the only candidate endorsed by Tribal Nations.
If you want an Executive who partners with tribes to grow a strong economy, create good jobs, protect our environment, and deliver solutions to homelessness and behavioral health, Girmay is your choice.
If you want an Executive who partners with tribes to grow a strong economy, create good jobs, protect our environment, and deliver solutions to homelessness and behavioral health, Girmay is your choice.
TWO-WEEK COUNTDOWN: 14 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE
Check your mailbox, vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive, and return your ballot to the nearest drop box today. Please vote early, then post on social media that you voted and tag me so I can thank you!
Check your mailbox, vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive, and return your ballot to the nearest drop box today. Please vote early, then post on social media that you voted and tag me so I can thank you!
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
TWO-WEEK COUNTDOWN: 14 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE
Check your mailbox, vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive, and return your ballot to the nearest drop box today. Please vote early, then post on social media that you voted and tag me so I can thank you!
Check your mailbox, vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive, and return your ballot to the nearest drop box today. Please vote early, then post on social media that you voted and tag me so I can thank you!
Thank you to Attorney General Nick Brown for headlining our Voting Season Kickoff Rally yesterday and for his early endorsement of my campaign for King County Executive.
Ballots are in mailboxes now—vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before November 4. Thank you!
Ballots are in mailboxes now—vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before November 4. Thank you!
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thank you to Attorney General Nick Brown for headlining our Voting Season Kickoff Rally yesterday and for his early endorsement of my campaign for King County Executive.
Ballots are in mailboxes now—vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before November 4. Thank you!
Ballots are in mailboxes now—vote Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive before November 4. Thank you!
So grateful for all the volunteers who joined our Voting Season Kickoff Rally and helped us get out the vote! The final stretch is here.
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
So grateful for all the volunteers who joined our Voting Season Kickoff Rally and helped us get out the vote! The final stretch is here.
“In King County, the only king we recognize is…”
Thank you @seattleindivisible and the No Kings Coalition for bringing us together in one of the largest protests in our state’s history!
Let’s take action: seattleindivisible.com/post-rally-a...
Thank you @seattleindivisible and the No Kings Coalition for bringing us together in one of the largest protests in our state’s history!
Let’s take action: seattleindivisible.com/post-rally-a...
October 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“In King County, the only king we recognize is…”
Thank you @seattleindivisible and the No Kings Coalition for bringing us together in one of the largest protests in our state’s history!
Let’s take action: seattleindivisible.com/post-rally-a...
Thank you @seattleindivisible and the No Kings Coalition for bringing us together in one of the largest protests in our state’s history!
Let’s take action: seattleindivisible.com/post-rally-a...
I’m proud to share this: I am the only candidate for King County Executive endorsed by LGBTQIA+ organizations, including Seattle Gay News, Washington Stonewall Democrats, and The Queer Agenda Washington.
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m proud to share this: I am the only candidate for King County Executive endorsed by LGBTQIA+ organizations, including Seattle Gay News, Washington Stonewall Democrats, and The Queer Agenda Washington.
When I tell people I’m running for King County Executive, most ask, “What’s that?!” So I hit Bellevue Park to find out how many know. Not many!
This role runs housing, transit, public health, criminal justice & more for 2.3M people.
Ballots drop Thurs. Join us Sun 1 PM to rally: bit.ly/girmayrally
This role runs housing, transit, public health, criminal justice & more for 2.3M people.
Ballots drop Thurs. Join us Sun 1 PM to rally: bit.ly/girmayrally
October 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
When I tell people I’m running for King County Executive, most ask, “What’s that?!” So I hit Bellevue Park to find out how many know. Not many!
This role runs housing, transit, public health, criminal justice & more for 2.3M people.
Ballots drop Thurs. Join us Sun 1 PM to rally: bit.ly/girmayrally
This role runs housing, transit, public health, criminal justice & more for 2.3M people.
Ballots drop Thurs. Join us Sun 1 PM to rally: bit.ly/girmayrally
Final stretch. The next Executive is decided in 3 weeks. Ballots drop Thursday!
Join our Voting Season Kickoff Rally. Bring your ballot if you have it!
Sun Oct 19, 1-2 PM, New Holly Library
RSVP: bit.ly/girmayrally
Speakers: AG Nick Brown, MLK Labor, OneAmerica. Help launch the final push.
Join our Voting Season Kickoff Rally. Bring your ballot if you have it!
Sun Oct 19, 1-2 PM, New Holly Library
RSVP: bit.ly/girmayrally
Speakers: AG Nick Brown, MLK Labor, OneAmerica. Help launch the final push.
October 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Final stretch. The next Executive is decided in 3 weeks. Ballots drop Thursday!
Join our Voting Season Kickoff Rally. Bring your ballot if you have it!
Sun Oct 19, 1-2 PM, New Holly Library
RSVP: bit.ly/girmayrally
Speakers: AG Nick Brown, MLK Labor, OneAmerica. Help launch the final push.
Join our Voting Season Kickoff Rally. Bring your ballot if you have it!
Sun Oct 19, 1-2 PM, New Holly Library
RSVP: bit.ly/girmayrally
Speakers: AG Nick Brown, MLK Labor, OneAmerica. Help launch the final push.
ATTENTION: Voting starts very soon! Ballots drop next Thursday, October 16.
Join us and help power the final push. Voting Kickoff Rally with AG Nick Brown: bit.ly/rally4girmay
Virtual Textbank: bit.ly/text4girmay
Join us and help power the final push. Voting Kickoff Rally with AG Nick Brown: bit.ly/rally4girmay
Virtual Textbank: bit.ly/text4girmay
October 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
ATTENTION: Voting starts very soon! Ballots drop next Thursday, October 16.
Join us and help power the final push. Voting Kickoff Rally with AG Nick Brown: bit.ly/rally4girmay
Virtual Textbank: bit.ly/text4girmay
Join us and help power the final push. Voting Kickoff Rally with AG Nick Brown: bit.ly/rally4girmay
Virtual Textbank: bit.ly/text4girmay
Thank you to everyone in Auburn who came out to spend time with us. I really appreciated the chance to sit down, listen, and talk about the challenges and opportunities facing South King County and the greater region.
Ballots drop next week on October 16.
Join our campaign: electgirmay.com/donate
Ballots drop next week on October 16.
Join our campaign: electgirmay.com/donate
October 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Thank you to everyone in Auburn who came out to spend time with us. I really appreciated the chance to sit down, listen, and talk about the challenges and opportunities facing South King County and the greater region.
Ballots drop next week on October 16.
Join our campaign: electgirmay.com/donate
Ballots drop next week on October 16.
Join our campaign: electgirmay.com/donate
Thank you to the South Seattle Emerald, West Hill Community Association, and Albert Talley High School for hosting the first ever King County Executive candidate forum in Skyway!
October 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Thank you to the South Seattle Emerald, West Hill Community Association, and Albert Talley High School for hosting the first ever King County Executive candidate forum in Skyway!
Proud to share that Working Washington has given us their sole endorsement for King County Executive.
As Executive, I’ll strive to make King County a place where workers can afford housing, raise families with stability, and know their labor is respected and valued.
As Executive, I’ll strive to make King County a place where workers can afford housing, raise families with stability, and know their labor is respected and valued.
October 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Proud to share that Working Washington has given us their sole endorsement for King County Executive.
As Executive, I’ll strive to make King County a place where workers can afford housing, raise families with stability, and know their labor is respected and valued.
As Executive, I’ll strive to make King County a place where workers can afford housing, raise families with stability, and know their labor is respected and valued.