Final evening native drag icon Miss Texas Miss Texas 1988 topped metropolis council candidate Alexis Mercedes Rinck, state home candidate Darya Farivar, and lawyer basic candidate Nick Brown the winners of the Washington Bus Training Fund and The Stranger’s Candidate Survivor, a time-honored foolish and severe candidate discussion board that introduces the youths to candidates operating for workplace forward of the first election. However between the lip-sync battle, a (actually) spicy Q and A spherical, and surprisingly heavy pours from the nice bartenders at Madame Lou’s, I believe we have been all winners final evening. Right here’s the highest 5 stuff you missed.
Andrea Suarez’s Surrogate
We Coronary heart Seattle Founder Andrea Suarez ignored the Washington Bus Training Fund’s invitation to Candidate Survivor, however I noticed her at a bar throughout the road from the occasion and determined (rudely) to ditch the final lip sync efficiency to say hello. Three sips into her drink, she advised me she’s had a concern of performing ever since she sang Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is a Place On Earth” in center college. As a substitute of collaborating in a youth-oriented candidate discussion board, she determined to doorbell and to get a drink on the bar throughout the road from the occasion, although she stated she wasn’t staking out the entire present.
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Stephanie Lloyd-Agnew, who filed to run in Suarez’s race however then moved out of the district, went to the occasion as a form of surrogate for Suarez. The Washington Bus Training Fund didn’t know Lloyd-Agnew had dropped out or deliberate to characterize Suarez till hours earlier than the present began. The stunt didn’t actually land.
The viewers booed Lloyd-Agnew principally any time she opened her mouth. At one level, she gave up the bit defending Suarez and stated that the viewers wouldn’t be booing if she have been operating herself. They’d all vote for her, Lloyd-Agnew stated.
Nick Brown Shattering the Glass Ceiling
Nick Brown made historical past as the primary candidate for Lawyer Common ever to attend Candidate Survivor. Coincidentally, he’s additionally the primary candidate for Lawyer Common to win Candidate Survivor. Bob Furgeson may by no means!
Brown gained important endorsements this summer season, so his efficiency final evening in all probability gained’t transfer the needle in some way, however his lip sync to Future Little one’s “Survivor,” whereby he channeled his internal Beyonce and crawled on the stage like she crawled out of the ocean within the 2001 music video, ought to rely for one thing in a simply democracy.
New Lady Group Dropped
It’s Candidate Survivor custom to current the viewers with a expertise, and we’ve seen some good ones over time. One time, state Senator Bob Hasegawa vaped by a flute, former Council Member and present Deputy Mayor Tim Burgess rapped about his report to the tune of Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow,” and I believe final yr Council Member Dan Strauss’s expertise was dropping at a pace fish-eating competitors.
Rinck and Farivar actually nailed the transient. Draped in feather boas, the 2 teamed up for an unlikely duet of “SOS” by the Jonas Brothers. I say “unlikely” not as a result of the 2 wouldn’t collab (they each endorsed one another), or as a result of I didn’t anticipate the track choice (it communicates completely that they’re of their late 20s). It was “unlikely” as a result of they selected to play the track on flute and bass. Whacky instrumentation, nevertheless it was so proper for the event. It gave the identical vitality as two cousins placing on a present for grandma.
Shaun Scott’s Zinger
Although he didn’t take residence a crown final evening (I believe perhaps Farivar let him put on hers briefly), state home candidate Shaun Scott introduced again the comedy chops that gained him the competitors in 2019.
He obtained just a few good chuckles, however he actually introduced down the home when he stated that his opponent, Suarez, is de facto recognized of their district—on Republican Road. For the uninitiated, Suarez has caught some backlash for accepting talking gigs at Republican occasions, taking an image with a Republican candidate for governor, and aligning politically with teams on the advisory board for Undertaking 2025.
Scott stated it helped that the Washington Bus solely gave candidates a minute-and-a-half on expertise—much less time to flop.
Tanya Woo Confirmed Up!
Although she missed the expertise portion, Council Member Tanya Woo did be a part of her three rivals onstage for the Scorching Ones impressed Q and A spherical and the lip sync battle. She doesn’t have an awesome monitor report of coming to something associated to The Stranger, which we’ve raked her over the coals about, however lately she’s been emailing me again! Naked fucking minimal, I do know, however I nonetheless respect it!
And I’ll stick my neck out. She ate the others up with these flags.
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— Hannah Krieg (@hannahkrieg) July 25, 2024