Reddy resigns from Long Beach council
Published 8:24 pm Sunday, March 1, 2026
LONG BEACH — The city council is down a man following the resignation of one of its longest-tenured members.
First elected in 2021, Patrick Reddy officially resigned from his seat on the Long Beach City Council last month. He and his wife, Stacy, announced in February that they are moving to Cle Elum in Central Washington.
His resignation creates a vacancy on the five-member council, which the city will move to fill next month.
Long Beach will advertise the opening in the Observer throughout the month of March, with applications from interested candidates due by 5 p.m. on April 3. A workshop is currently scheduled for April 16, where the council will interview candidates before ultimately deciding on who to appoint.
City officials confirmed with the Pacific County Auditor’s Office last week that a special election to serve out the final two years of the term will then be held in 2027, in conjunction with other municipal elections. The individual who is appointed this spring to fill the vacancy is not legally required to also run in the special election the following year, although it is commonplace.
A business owner and Air Force veteran, Reddy moved to Long Beach in 2019 after purchasing and restoring an apartment building. He and his wife owned several local businesses, including Green Planet Carpet Cleaning as well as a cafe and bike shop in downtown Long Beach.
Reddy ran for an open council seat in 2021, winning by a single vote out of 463 votes cast over his opponent in what was one of the closest races in the state that year. He later ran for mayor in 2023 and was most recently re-elected to another four-year term on the council this past fall.