residence successor children birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
seattle , wa kshama sawant 3 washington , d.c. democratic member of the seattle city council for position 2 01 may 1948 1998 sue ann richard conlin
 2013 richard conlin
richard conlin

richard conlin is a former member of the seattle city council , first elected to council in 1997 and reelected in 2001 , 2005 and 2009 .
he was first elected , unanimously , by the council to be their president on january 7 , 2008 and was unanimously reelected on january 4 , 2010 .
he was defeated in the 2013 election for the seat by kshama sawant of socialist alternative .
