Seagulls shut down candidates as congress shuts down the gov

King County voters will elect a new executive for the first time in 16 years. So far, the defining feature of the race to replace former Executive Dow Constantine is the similarity between the two candidates. Claudia Balducci and Girmay Zahilay agree on a lot, but how would they run the county? We held a debate and asked them. Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible. If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundpoliticsnotes. Sound Politics is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Catharine Smith. Our producers are Sarah Leibovitz and Hans Anderson. Our hosts are Libby Denkmann and Scott Greenstone. Special thanks to Zaki Hamid, Tim Meinig, Brad Loving, Dane Johnson, John Sullivan, Eamon Nordquist, Hans Twite, and Felipe Barajas for their work on the debate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.