2021 Seattle City Attorney election
The 2021 Seattle city attorney election was held on November 2, 2021. Incumbent City Attorney Pete Holmes sought reelection to a fourth term in office, but came third place in the officially nonpartisan August 3 primary election and failed to advance to the general election, with both Nicole Thomas-Kennedy and Ann Davison finishing ahead of Holmes in the primary. Davison defeated Thomas-Kennedy in the general election.
Primary election
Candidates
Declared
- Ann Davison, commercial lawyer, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 2020, and runner-up for Seattle City Council District 5 in 2019
- Pete Holmes, incumbent Seattle city attorney
- Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, police abolitionist, former public defender, and pro bono defense attorney
Withdrawn
- Steve Fortney, former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer
General election
Campaign finance
Candidate totals raised are as of filings on or before November 2, 2021, and totals spent reflect expenditures up to October 25, 2021. Independent expenditures are up-to-date as of filings on or before November 1, 2021.Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ann Davison | Nicole Thomas-Kennedy | Other | Undecided |
| Change Research | October 12–15, 2021 | 617 | ± 4.1% | 43% | 24% | 2% | 30% |
| Strategies 360 | September 13–16, 2021 | 450 | ± 4.6% | 19% | 16% | – | 65% |
| Strategies 360 | September 13–16, 2021 | 287 | ± 5.8% | 26% | 19% | – | 55% |
| Elway Research | September 7–9, 2021 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 26% | 22% | 8% | 45% |