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Jul 25, 2026
Inside: Interviews with 8 of the 11 candidates on Shoreline's Aug. 4 Primary Election Ballot
“We need to put people to work in equitable, long-term, meaningful work, and I think it starts with infrastructure.”
“Instead of complaining, I think I can do a much better job.”
“Democracy is built with power to the people. And one of the things that corrupts that...is the concentration of power and wealth.”
"Having that overarching spirit of fighting back against the Trump administration, wherever we can, is going to be super important."
“We need to fix a lot of the inequities that are preventing people from being able to work hard and reap the benefits of that.”
"If I go there for two or three terms and I don’t have anything to show for it, that’s a personal fail."
“But seeing them up there, their families were there, they were reunited with their kids — can you think of something that’s more rewarding than that?”
"Olympia is full of good attorneys. We're not lacking attorneys," Chen said. "I'm the only CPA in the race."
