Alex Pedersen (ɗan siyasa)

**Alex C. Pedersen** (an haife shi a ranar 17 ga Yuli, 1969) ɗan siyasa ne ɗan Amurka kuma tsohon memba na Majalisar Birnin Seattle . Ya wakilci Gundumar 4 ta Seattle, wadda ta haɗa da Wallingford, Gundumar Jami'a, da Sand Point, daga Nuwamba 2019 har zuwa kammala wa'adin aikinsa a Disamba 2023.   A da, Pedersen mataimaki ne ga ɗan majalisar birni Tim Burgess kuma mai sharhi kan harkokin kuɗi na gidaje na kamfanoni masu zaman kansu. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Pedersen kuma ya girma a Baltimore, Maryland . Bayan ya sami digirin farko a fannin fasaha a tarihi daga Jami'ar James Madison, Pedersen ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Pennsylvania da digiri na biyu a fannin gudanar da gwamnati .  

## Farkon aikina
Ya shiga Shirin Shugabancin Gudanarwa a lokacin gwamnatin Clinton kuma ya yi aiki a kan shirye-shiryen rashin matsuguni da ci gaban al'umma na Ma'aikatar Gidaje da Ci gaban Birane ta Amurka a ƙarƙashin Sakatare Andrew Cuomo .   Pedersen mataimaki ne ga Majalisar Birnin Oakland kuma mai sharhi kan harkokin kuɗi na gidaje na Bank of America da Alliant Capital kafin ya shiga siyasa a Seattle. 

Daga 2012 zuwa 2014, Pedersen ya kasance mataimaki na majalisa ga Shugaban Majalisar Birnin Seattle, Tim Burgess, wanda daga baya ya tsaya takarar magajin gari.  Ya kuma rubuta wata wasiƙar labarai ta unguwa wacce ta mayar da hankali kan harkokin Arewa maso Gabas na Seattle mai suna "4 to Explore" wanda daga baya aka rufe shi. Pedersen ya bar mukaminsa a ofishin Burgess ya koma kamfanin gidaje na CBRE a matsayin mai sharhi kan harkokin gidaje masu araha.  

## Majalisar Birnin Seattle

### Zaɓen 2019
Bayan ya ƙi tsayawa takarar sabon Gundumar 4 da aka ƙirƙira a zaɓen 2015,  Pedersen ya sanar da takararsa a watan Nuwamba na 2018.  An naɗa Gundumar 4 a matsayin babbar gunduma mai juyawa a takarar majalisar birni bayan murabus ɗin Rob Johnson, inda Pedersen ya shahara da takararsa a matsayin ɗan takara mai ra'ayin mazan jiya a cikin babban filin.  Ya yi adawa da zaɓen raba gardama na sufuri na Move Seattle da Sound Transit 3 da kuma gina hanyoyin kekuna a kan titin 35th Avenue Northeast a Gundumar 4. 

Pedersen ya lashe kashi 40 cikin 100 na ƙuri'un da aka kaɗa a zaɓen fidda gwani kuma ya ci gaba da kasancewa a babban zaɓe tare da Shaun Scott, marubuci kuma mai shirya taron jam'iyyar Democrat Socialist .  'Yan takarar biyu sun ɗauki ɓangarorin da ba sa ga maciji a batutuwan da aka gabatar a matsayin muhawara, inda Pedersen ya fifita cire sansanonin marasa matsuguni da sake duba shirye-shiryen birnin na ƙara yawan unguwanni.   Yaƙin neman zaɓensa ya sami tallafin kuɗi daga kwamitin siyasa na ƙungiyar kasuwanci ta Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce da kuma amincewa daga *jaridar The Seattle Times* . 

Pedersen ya lashe zaben da kashi 52 cikin 100 na kuri'un da aka kada, kuma an rantsar da shi a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba, 2019, inda ya maye gurbin ɗan majalisar riƙon ƙwarya Abel Pacheco Jr.  Nasarar da ya samu an yaba da goyon bayan da aka samu daga unguwannin masu arziki a gefen gabas na gundumar, yayin da Scott ya sami ƙarin ƙuri'u a gundumar Jami'a da Roosevelt .  An naɗa Pedersen a matsayin shugaban Kwamitin Sufuri da Kayan Aiki na majalisar, wanda ƙungiyoyin fafutukar kare haƙƙin sufuri suka yi masa bisa ga ra'ayoyinsa kan ƙuri'un jin ra'ayin jama'a da aka yi a baya. 

### Zamanin aiki
Pedersen ya bayyana kansa a matsayin ɗan Democrat mai ci gaba, kodayake an kuma bayyana shi a matsayin "mai ra'ayin kasuwanci mai matsakaicin ra'ayi."  Pedersen ya yi kira da a yi wa cikakken shirin Seattle kwaskwarima a watan Mayu na 2023 wanda zai sanya "kudaden tasiri" kan sabbin gidaje don tallafawa ayyukan sufuri. Sauran 'yan majalisar sun gabatar da irin wannan shirin don ƙirƙirar kuɗin tasiri kan sabbin ci gaba tun farkon 2014.  Pedersen ya ce sabon harajin zai ba Seattle damar rage harajinta ga masu gidaje ta hanyar ƙara su ga masu haya. 

A watan Janairun 2023, Pedersen ya sanar da cewa ba zai sake neman sake tsayawa takara a karo na biyu ba. Jaridar Seattle Times ta bayyana tarihin kaɗa ƙuri'arsa ta farko a matsayin "mai matsakaicin ra'ayi fiye da takwarorinsa masu ra'ayin hagu".

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Pedersen yana zaune a unguwar Ravenna da ke Arewa maso Gabashin Seattle tare da matarsa da 'ya'yansa biyu.  

## Manazarta