David Kroman
@kromandavid.bsky.social
City Hall reporter for The Seattle Times. Send tips to: [email protected]. Formerly Crosscut. Sorry for the baseball tweets.
Sometimes I think the New Yorker intentionally publishes inscrutable cartoons to maintain the vibe
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Sometimes I think the New Yorker intentionally publishes inscrutable cartoons to maintain the vibe
Olivia Nuzzi apparently torched all journalistic ethics in pursuit of a profile about Mark Sanford and still wrote one the worst ledes I’ve ever read
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Olivia Nuzzi apparently torched all journalistic ethics in pursuit of a profile about Mark Sanford and still wrote one the worst ledes I’ve ever read
Bidding farewell to what I had come to call my PAC pile (though some came from the campaigns)
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Bidding farewell to what I had come to call my PAC pile (though some came from the campaigns)
Waiting for an announcement. I have a guess what it’s about
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Waiting for an announcement. I have a guess what it’s about
The whole transcript of her interview with DSA is interesting, but I never quite found a home for it in a story. This is probably the answer that caused them to vote against endorsing her. Wilson told me she tried to avoid making promises to anyone she wasn’t sure she could keep
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The whole transcript of her interview with DSA is interesting, but I never quite found a home for it in a story. This is probably the answer that caused them to vote against endorsing her. Wilson told me she tried to avoid making promises to anyone she wasn’t sure she could keep
Katie Wilson being a socialist will come up a lot, particularly from the right. It’s true she identifies that way, as she told Danny Westneat. But I found it interesting that Seattle’s DSA chapter voted against endorsing her. Unlike Mamdani, she’s not affiliated with any socialist organizations.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Katie Wilson being a socialist will come up a lot, particularly from the right. It’s true she identifies that way, as she told Danny Westneat. But I found it interesting that Seattle’s DSA chapter voted against endorsing her. Unlike Mamdani, she’s not affiliated with any socialist organizations.
Here, to my knowledge, was the city’s last hand recount, in 2015 between Lisa Herbold and Shannon Braddock for city council. Nine votes changed, all of them write ins reclassified as under votes. Herbold and Braddock’s tallies remained the same.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Here, to my knowledge, was the city’s last hand recount, in 2015 between Lisa Herbold and Shannon Braddock for city council. Nine votes changed, all of them write ins reclassified as under votes. Herbold and Braddock’s tallies remained the same.
I don't know if this election will follow the same pattern because the counting has been a little different this year, but here's M. Lorena Gonzalez's vote share by day from 2021. Friday was her peak.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I don't know if this election will follow the same pattern because the counting has been a little different this year, but here's M. Lorena Gonzalez's vote share by day from 2021. Friday was her peak.
Today in, Seattle elections are confusing, Decision Desk HQ has called the mayor’s race for Bruce Harrell while Polymarket gives Katie Wilson 60% odds
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today in, Seattle elections are confusing, Decision Desk HQ has called the mayor’s race for Bruce Harrell while Polymarket gives Katie Wilson 60% odds
Here's a helpful chart on the "progressive surge" from 2021, published in The Seattle Times. That said, every election -- and how votes are counted by KC Elections -- is a little different. I think we may have a pretty good idea of where the mayor's race is headed after today.
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Here's a helpful chart on the "progressive surge" from 2021, published in The Seattle Times. That said, every election -- and how votes are counted by KC Elections -- is a little different. I think we may have a pretty good idea of where the mayor's race is headed after today.
Correction to this: 170 amendments, not millions of dollars. The total add is $85m. Bad game of texting
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Correction to this: 170 amendments, not millions of dollars. The total add is $85m. Bad game of texting
Did you read the whole story? To say it’s dismissive feels like a major mischaracterization
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Did you read the whole story? To say it’s dismissive feels like a major mischaracterization
The Italian sandwich spot on Yesler near the water is 👌👌👌
October 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Italian sandwich spot on Yesler near the water is 👌👌👌
Fiery take on the death of Crosscut from Paul Queary of the Washington Observer:
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Fiery take on the death of Crosscut from Paul Queary of the Washington Observer:
Sneaky amendment from Rivera. She proposed to shrink this neighborhood center in parts where there are single family homes and add a chunk to the south. The problem? The addition is exactly where the Ronald McDonald House is, pretty much guaranteeing it will not be developed. Amendment failed, 3-3-2
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sneaky amendment from Rivera. She proposed to shrink this neighborhood center in parts where there are single family homes and add a chunk to the south. The problem? The addition is exactly where the Ronald McDonald House is, pretty much guaranteeing it will not be developed. Amendment failed, 3-3-2
I certainly find the arrangement Harrell had with Sinderman to be different and worthy of questions about the line between politics and governance but… this might be a bit much
September 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I certainly find the arrangement Harrell had with Sinderman to be different and worthy of questions about the line between politics and governance but… this might be a bit much
Tariff notices are showing up on niche product websites (I’m trying and mostly failing to fix my 89 Volvo)
September 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Tariff notices are showing up on niche product websites (I’m trying and mostly failing to fix my 89 Volvo)
Deleted a post about today's results because my cache hadn't cleared and I was looking at old results. Wilson does in fact gain a good bit today and is now up 8.5%.
August 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Deleted a post about today's results because my cache hadn't cleared and I was looking at old results. Wilson does in fact gain a good bit today and is now up 8.5%.
Behold this glorious triple D-man byline. Proof that we are in fact three different people.
August 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Behold this glorious triple D-man byline. Proof that we are in fact three different people.
Mayor Harrell rejected my “insinuation” on Thursday that suing over 7-month-old executive orders four days before a primary might be political.
Today:
Today:
August 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Mayor Harrell rejected my “insinuation” on Thursday that suing over 7-month-old executive orders four days before a primary might be political.
Today:
Today:
Quite an impressive feat to apparently create 1,000 new emergency units in the 12 days between when these two ads dropped
July 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Quite an impressive feat to apparently create 1,000 new emergency units in the 12 days between when these two ads dropped
Sorry to do it to you @hannahkrieg.bsky.social, but it's just uncanny how often this happens lol
July 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sorry to do it to you @hannahkrieg.bsky.social, but it's just uncanny how often this happens lol
Juarez’s name is far and away the most misspelled of any elected official I’ve ever covered. No H! It’s easy!
July 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Juarez’s name is far and away the most misspelled of any elected official I’ve ever covered. No H! It’s easy!
