Kent Mayor Ralph sets State of the City address for March 20

Published 5:02 pm Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Kent Mayor Dana Ralph will deliver her 2025 State of the City address at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th St.

Ralph will share details of the city’s accomplishments and what’s on the horizon. The public is invited to the free event.

This will be the fourth consecutive year Ralph has held the address at Kent-Meridian. She graduated from the school in 1989.

Voters first elected Ralph to a four-year term in 2017 and reelected her in 2021. She is in her eighth year and up for reelection. Ralph hasn’t officially announced she is running again but she has filed with the state Public Disclosure Commission for a third term.