At midnight on New Year's Day — the first moment of 2026 — life will change for attorney Erika Evans for the second time in nine months.

Evans will begin her term as the elected city attorney of Seattle on Jan. 1. Her campaign was a juggernaut – she won with nearly two-thirds of the vote on Nov. 4. But her campaign was also unexpected.

Evans quit her position as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice in March, even though she had once considered that position a "dream job."

Amid a broader purge inside the agency, she opted to run for public office, rather than go into private legal practice or academia.

Evans rolled to a primary victory in August and secured a larger margin of victory in this month's general election. As Seattle city attorney, Evans will represent the city in li

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