Bellevue Council, Position 4

Kevin Wallace

Developer, current council member, 42

Persona
Fighter who negotiated a light-rail compromise.
Big idea
Supports raising state gas tax to fund highway projects.
Residence
Lakemont
Conventional wisdom
Conservative downtown businessman, but has garnered bipartisan support.
Baggage
His business interests sometimes collide with council role.
Family
Wife, Natalie Wallace; two sons and a stepson.

"I’ve been a tireless defender of the neighborhoods of Bellevue from the impacts of light rail and I’ll continue to be. " — Kevin Wallace

Kevin Wallace on the issues

City Council ethics rules

Wallace this year voted for what he called the toughest ethics policy in city history, but it doesn’t forbid council members from voting on legislative matters in which they have a financial interest.

Working with Sound Transit on light rail

If Sound Transit decides to put a train maintenance yard in the Bel-Red Corridor – which Wallace opposes - he pledges to work to reduce its impact on the neighborhood, as he did with the light-rail route.

Major endorsements

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, former Attorney General Rob McKenna, state Sen. Rodney Tom