I'm Running for State Legislature!
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Find me at kristianadeleon.com
This page is for my Black Diamond City Council run that I'm leaving as a record of the work we did to build the bench since 2019, going from flipping a seat to expanding our progressive voices not just in Black Diamond, but in other areas where we were told it "couldn't be done," but as once upon a time we said "Yes we can!" it's time to keep believing in that with our actions and words.
Everything on this website is for posterity for my 2019 run and 2023 re-election- they are NOT for the legislative race, including the endorsements. I was proud to earn them and they continue to influence my "whys," but they are not for the 2024 legislative race.
With that said: Please go to kristianadeleon.com for more information and to support my run for the open 5th Legislative District House Seat!
Oh, and please donate!
Endorsements
My Commitment to Serving You
Read My Candidate Statement:
We’ve faced numerous challenges over the past four years, some unique to Black Diamond, and some that brought growing pains to even the largest cities. Despite everything, Black Diamond has made progress, because we’re a community that’s passionate about where we call home.
As your councilmember, I’ll continue to ask tough questions and advocate at all levels of government on behalf of our city. I will continue to be scrutinizing when it comes to our budget, intentional about ensuring that everyone feels safe and welcome, and proactive as it relates to our parks, green spaces, traffic, accessibility, sidewalks, protecting and expanding our fire and mental health services, and more.
It’s why my endorsements include Congresswoman Kim Schrier, State Representatives Bill Ramos and Lisa Callan, National Women’s Political Caucus-WA, 5th LD Democrats, King County Democrats, King County Young Democrats, and the Tahoma Education Association. Thank you for the honor of serving you.
The Platform
Embracing Change while Protecting the Best of Black Diamond
My husband and I are proud to call Black Diamond our home for its strong sense of history and community built around forests and wetlands; its beautiful trails and hills were invaluable to successfully training me for my first marathon.
As I prepare a new marathon as City Council member, I look forward to introducing new neighbors to old traditions, and longtime residents to new opportunities. My service in public education has energized me to promote a community in which people from different walks of life come together to advance a meaningful future. I also care passionately about the safety of our roads (especially safety on 169/3rd Avenue!) and transportation options.
Let us renew our commitment to protect the natural landscape that makes Black Diamond so special, and embrace the next chapters in our town’s story.
I ask for your vote.
About Kristiana
A graduate of Kentwood High School and of Pacific Lutheran University, for both my Master's of Education and my Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies, Chinese Studies, and Scandinavian Studies, I have been passionate about being part of conversations and learning more from a wide range of people from all walks of life. I love to learn about what people care about, and use that knowledge and insight to both empower others to find their voices, and for me to use my voice to advocate for others.
I have grown up in South King County and have witnessed the dramatic changes that it has undergone over the past two decades. The new strength that other South King County cities in which I have lived, worked, played, volunteered in, have built as a result of their increasing diversity, and the growing pains including congestion and a loss of green spaces as a result of a large population boom, have already become a part of a new chapter in Black Diamond's story. These dualities have both inspired my run for City Council as I see growth both as a challenge and an opportunity for the city we have called home for a few years now. As a newer resident of Black Diamond, I personally understand the need for new residents to feel as welcome as we first did, just as I value the sense of community and fascinating history that must continue to shape Black Diamond's identity.
I have worked in public education for seven years, in the Kent, Federal Way, and currently Tahoma School Districts, and I see the importance of maintaining positive relationships between city council and our school boards for the well-being of our students. I live with my husband in the historic part of Black Diamond and we have two outspoken Alaskan Malamutes. Pictured here is my husband and me after completing our second Tough Mudder in Black Diamond. I love staying physically active, including substituting as a group fitness instructor running (particularly trail running). In April of this year I just ran my first marathon as preparation for the marathon of public office!
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