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John Persak was a candidate for Position 4 representative on the Port of Seattle Commission in Washington. Persak was defeated in the primary election on August 1, 2017.
Persak was a 2015 candidate for the Position 8 seat on the Seattle City Council in Washington. The primary election took place on August 4, 2015.
Persak has been a longshore worker at the Port of Seattle since 1998. He is the president of the Puget Sound District Council of ILWU and the vice president of ILWU Local 19.[1]