The Incumbent: Mike McGinn

Mayor, biker, environmentalist . . . New Yorker? We give you Hizzoner Mike McGinn.

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Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow Apr 28, 2013

Apr 28, 2013

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                <h1>The Incumbent: Mike McGinn</h1>
                <h2><p>Mayor, biker, environmentalist . . . New Yorker? We give you Hizzoner Mike McGinn.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/ashli-blow/">Ashli Blow</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Apr 28, 2013</time></p>
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            <p>Mayor, biker, environmentalist . . . New Yorker? We give you Hizzoner Mike McGinn.</p><p>This is the first in a series of illustrated bios we've prepared on each of Seattle's 2013 mayoral candidates. Each bio offers a quick, graphic glimpse of the contender's life, career and professional accomplishments. This week, we give you Mayor Mike McGinn. Also check out bio-graphics for <a href="http://crosscut.com/2013/05/13/2013-seattle-mayor-race-games/114381/seattle-mayor-peter-steinbrueck-biographic-seat/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Peter Steinbrueck</a>, <a href="http://crosscut.com/2013/05/28/2013-seattle-mayor-race-games/114682/activist-kate-martin-for-seattle-mayor/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Kate Martin</a>, <a href="http://crosscut.com/2013/06/03/2013-seattle-mayor-race-games/114720/seattle-mayor-candidate-ed-murray/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">State Senator Ed Murray</a>, City Councilmember <a href="http://crosscut.com/2013/05/20/2013-seattle-mayor-race-games/114540/hometown-achiever-bruce-harrell/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Bruce Harrell</a> or City Councilmember <a href="http://crosscut.com/2013/05/06/2013-seattle-mayor-race-games/114288/detective-tim-burgess/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Tim Burgess</a> (though he recently dropped out of the race) — and brace yourself for more. To track all of Crosscut's ongoing coverage of the 2013 race, visit our <a href="http://crosscut.com/politics-government/2013-seattle-mayor-race-games/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Mayor Games</a> page.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/McGinn_Graphic_Bio_Final.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>For ongoing coverage of the 2013 race, visit our <a href="http://crosscut.com/politics-government/2013-seattle-mayor-race-games/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Mayor Games</a> page.</p>
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Mayor, biker, environmentalist . . . New Yorker? We give you Hizzoner Mike McGinn.

This is the first in a series of illustrated bios we've prepared on each of Seattle's 2013 mayoral candidates. Each bio offers a quick, graphic glimpse of the contender's life, career and professional accomplishments. This week, we give you Mayor Mike McGinn. Also check out bio-graphics for Peter Steinbrueck, Kate Martin, State Senator Ed Murray, City Councilmember Bruce Harrell or City Councilmember Tim Burgess (though he recently dropped out of the race) — and brace yourself for more. To track all of Crosscut's ongoing coverage of the 2013 race, visit our Mayor Games page.

For ongoing coverage of the 2013 race, visit our Mayor Games page.

By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal