This is a list of mayors of Tukwila, Washington. In 1908, Tukwila was incorporated as a city. Joel Shomaker, the first mayor, was integral in the movement towards incorporation. Jim Haggerton was elected mayor in 2007 and assumed office on January 1, 2008. Reelected to a second term in 2011, he has announced that he will not run for a third.

History Tukwila was incorporated on June 23, 1908, with Joel Shomaker as mayor. Shomaker, farm editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, had pushed for the city to be incorporated and planned the newspaper contest that decided the city's name. Many mayors have had a lasting legacy in Tukwila, where Strander, Minkler, and Baker Boulevards are named after mayors who served in the middle of the twentieth century.

Duties As an optional municipal code city, Tukwila is governed by Title 35A of the Revised Code of Washington. As a mayor-council government, the mayor provides over all city council meetings, breaks tied votes, reports as to the city's finances, and prepares the budget. The mayor has the right to veto ordinances, but that veto can be overridden by a 50%-plus-two majority of the city council.

List of mayors

# Name Term began Term ended1Joel ShomakerJune 23, 1908December 31, 19092Ernest EngelJanuary 1, 1910December 31, 19113Jacob GuntertJanuary 1, 1912January 14, 19134John HallJanuary 14, 1913December 31, 19145Sylvanus Harlow StevensJanuary 1, 1915December 31, 19186Edward F. GreeneJanuary 1, 1919December 31, 19247George C. BergquistJanuary 1, 1925December 31, 19278John R. WalkupJanuary 1, 1928June 5, 19339John P. WalkupJune 5, 1933June 2, 194710Charles BakerJune 2, 1947April 2, 196211John StranderApril 2, 1962December 31, 196712Stanley MinklerJanuary 1, 1968December 31, 197113Frank ToddJanuary 1, 1972December 31, 197514Edgar BauchJanuary 1, 1976December 31, 197915Frank ToddDecember 1, 1980July 15, 198216Gary VanDusenJuly 15, 1982December 31, 199117John W. RantsJanuary 1, 1992December 31, 199918Steve MullettJanuary 1, 2000December 31, 200719Jim HaggertonJanuary 1, 2008December 31, 201520Allan EkbergJanuary 1, 2016December 31, 202321Thomas McLeodJanuary 1, 2024Present

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