Lisa Anne Herbold (born June 14, 1967) is an American politician. She serves on the

Seattle City Council The Seattle City Council is the legislative body of the city of Seattle, Washington. The Council consists of nine members serving four-year terms, seven of which are elected by electoral districts and two of which are elected in citywide at-lar ...

representing the 1st District, which covers part of

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. She was first elected in 2015 after narrowly defeating Shannon Braddock, and was sworn into office on January 4, 2016. She was reelected in November 2019. Herbold has decades of political experience at city hall. As a longtime advocate for services for people experiencing homelessness, Herbold had been targeted by political opponents. In October 2019, Herbold contacted Seattle's chief of police to report what she thought was an RV stolen and parked in front of her home as a prank in

, which belonged to a homeless couple. She was not seeking the removal of the RV. She subsequently acknowledged that she had violated the council's ethics code by contacting a department head directly and paid a $500 fine to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission. She stated that she believed the RV was stolen and had been parked in front of her home as a political stunt.

Electoral history

2015 election

2019 election

Personal life

Herbold has a daughter, a grand-daughter, a grandson, and two step-daughters.

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External links

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on Seattle City Council website Living people Seattle City Council members Women city councillors in Washington (state) 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Syracuse University alumni 1967 births {{Washington-politician-stub