Seattle city government · Mayors

The city government record, mayor by mayor.

Each scorecard keeps two auditable records side by side: successful executive- or department-origin legislation finalized during the administration, and numbered executive orders signed by the mayor.

5mayors serving during the 2015–2026 legislative record
6476.0legislative points across the five administration-period records
88counted numbered executive orders across the five mayoral scorecards
306.0document-only executive-order points, kept separate from legislation

Two modules, two totals

Official actions without blending unlike powers

mayor legislative points = sum of reach + fiscal scale + legal durability + institutional scope

A successful measure enters a mayor’s scorecard only when the official source identifies an executive or department origin. It is assigned to the mayor in office on the enactment or adoption date. Each measure contributes zero to eight points; the Council sponsorship point is not included.

executive-order points = the same four factors applied only to the signed order’s direct act

The modules are displayed separately. Neither proves personal authorship, policy quality, successful implementation, or responsibility for citywide outcomes.

Scorecards

Seattle mayors in this record

Current to past · not ranked

Term lengths differ substantially, so the cards are chronological rather than ranked. Open a scorecard for the executive-order audit and the separate legislative record.

Bruce Harrell

Former mayor

Bruce Harrell

Sep 13–18, 2017 · interim · Jan 1, 2022–Dec 31, 2025

1836.0legislative points
88.0executive-order points
Legislation
614
Orders
27
EO flags
8
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Jenny Durkan

Former mayor

Jenny Durkan

Nov 28, 2017–Dec 31, 2021

2260.0legislative points
123.0executive-order points
Legislation
772
Orders
35
EO flags
6
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Tim Burgess

Former mayor

Tim Burgess

Sep 18–Nov 28, 2017 · appointed

114.0legislative points
13.0executive-order points
Legislation
44
Orders
3
EO flags
0
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Ed Murray

Former mayor

Ed Murray

Jan 1, 2014–Sep 13, 2017

2005.0legislative points
60.0executive-order points
Legislation
703
Orders
16
EO flags
4
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Current and future modules

Executive orders are now visible without swallowing the legislative record.

Executive orders

Numbered orders use the Clerk roster, page-cited direct acts, and the existing four significance factors.

Mayoral dispositions

Add signatures, unsigned returns, vetoes, and Council overrides as a distinct exercise of mayoral authority.

Budgets and implementation

Compare proposals, adopted changes, delivery, and reported results without double-counting omnibus actions.

Mayoral term boundaries come from the Seattle Municipal Archives. Executive-order identities and PDFs come from the City Clerk database; the active Wilson roster is refreshed during site updates.