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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 November 2024. Indian-American politician and economist Kshama Sawant Sawant in 2016 Member of the Seattle City Council In office January 1, 2014 – January 2, 2024 Preceded by Richard Conlin Succeeded by Joy Hollingsworth Constituency Position 2 (2014–2016) 3rd district (2016–2024) Personal ...
Socialist Alternative members marching for LGBT rights in Seattle, Washington. Socialist Alternative is a Trotskyist, revolutionary socialist party [1] that advocates democratic socialism as an alternative to bureaucratic socialism of the former Soviet Union and the capitalist democratic model, which it describes as designed to benefit only the ...
Kshama Sawant, a member of Socialist Alternative, defeated Conlin in the 2013 election becoming the first socialist elected in Seattle since Anna Louise Strong. [2] [3] [4] During the campaign she had raised and spent $161,823.10 against Conlin who had raised and spent $241,986.34.
Tammy Morales, member of the Seattle City Council from the 2nd district [38] Teresa Mosqueda, member of the Seattle City Council from the 8th district [36] Girmay Zahilay, member of the King County Council from the 2nd district [38] Organizations. Seattle Democratic Socialists of America [39] Media. The Stranger (newspaper) [40] The Urbanist [41]
The 2017 Seattle mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017. It was won by former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan , who beat civic activist Cary Moon in the general election by 15 percentage points. The two candidates had advanced from an earlier primary election held in August, which ensured that Seattle would have its first female mayor since ...
Richard Conlin (born May 1, 1948) is a former member of the Seattle City Council, first elected to council in 1997 and reelected in 2001, 2005, and 2009.He was elected, unanimously, by the council to be its president on January 7, 2008 [2] and was unanimously reelected on January 4, 2010.
For nearly a half-century, Donnie Chin was widely considered the unofficial security guard and medic of Seattle's Chinatown-International District. Five years after Chin was killed in a shootout ...
The Seattle Redistricting Commission approved a new map for the city council districts on November 8, 2022. [5] The 2023 election cycle was the fourth to use Seattle's democracy voucher program. [6] At least 16,000 people utilized the democracy voucher program during this election. [7]