At Monday night’s (July 27, 2026) Burien City Council meeting, Patricia Hudson was selected to fill the vacant Position No. 2 seat.
The City Council made the selection at its meeting after interviewing a total of five candidates:
- Patricia Hudson*
- Jacques Colon
- Jessica Ivey
- Krystal Marx
- Torrance Dixon
*selected
Hudson previously ran for Burien City Council Position 4 in 2023. According to King County Elections, Hudson listed her occupation at the time as director of human resources and operations for SEIU 775, and listed a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Washington and a master’s degree in management from the University of Phoenix. In her 2023 candidate statement, Hudson described herself as a Burien resident and single mother who raised two sons in the city, with experience in negotiation and conflict resolution.
The council made the appointment after Position No. 2 was left vacant by the resignation of former Councilmember Linda Akey, announced in January.
Akey officially resigned from the City Council at its May 18 meeting. She had served in Position 2 since 2024 after being elected in November 2023.
The appointment fills an open seat on Burien’s seven member City Council, which makes policy decisions affecting residents, businesses and neighborhoods across the city.
Congratulations to Patricia Hudson, who was selected by the Burien City Council at tonight’s meeting to fill the vacant position #2 seat. pic.twitter.com/j8EOyI5GEH
— City of Burien, WA (@Burien) July 28, 2026
Congrats! I’m hoping your bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Washington will get you thru your seat on the council with the others. Also so happy KM wasn’t chosen.
I’m not a fan of her policy stances, but at least we’ll have somebody else on the council who can speak eloquently, instead of stuttering and stammering like the four recently elected.
So true. Those people need Toastmasters desperately. I want moderation and for Burien citizens to come first; not people who wander in from the transit center looking for handouts. If your city isn’t as safe as possible, you have failed. Unions need to take a backseat, too. Why do they have so much power here?
There seems to be only one “union” that has any pull and power around here and it isn’t even a true union!
I’m not so much either but you gotta give her courage to work with the others!
So she was rejected by the voters in her council campaign and now sits on the council with the aid of the left leaning majority. Prefect.
This candidate received the most supportive votes from ALL councilors including the ones you prefer. (and btw ALL councilors claim to be left leaning)
I’ll definitely second this quote “So she was rejected by the voters in her council campaign and now sits on the council with the aid of the left leaning majority. Prefect.”
I’m not in favor of these new council members either.