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November 11, 2019

Kshama Sawant Declares Victory in Seattle City Council Race
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In Seattle, Socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has declared
victory in a re-election race that pitted her against Amazon - Seattle's
largest private employer and one of the largest companies in the world.
Amazon backed Sawant's opponent, Egan Orion, with nearly half a million
dollars. Overall, Amazon poured $1.5 million into Seattle's City Council
election. But over the weekend, Sawant declared victory as later vote
counts showed her pulling ahead of Orion. Sawant is Seattle's first
Socialist politician elected in nearly a century, and she has
successfully pushed a number of progressive policies, including making
Seattle the first major American city to adopt a $15-an-hour minimum
wage.


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