On August 6, Kshama Sawant polled 36.6% of the vote in the Seattle non-partisan city council election, in district three. She is running for a third term. She is a leader of Socialist Alternative.
Six candidates were on the ballot in District three. The second-place finisher, Egan Orion, received 21.5% and will be in the run-off in November.
The results are not final yet. Sawant spent $270,000 already and the run-off will probably see another large expenditure of campaign funds.
NOOOO primaries.
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ALL legis bodies —
PARTISAN – PR
$270,000 sounds like a fortune to spend on a city council seat.
Howie, indeed it does, especially when just for a generic council seat, not the mayor’s spot.
$270K would buy a lot of other things. It might even buy Demo Rep a brain.
Better to be brainless than being a one brain cell math MORON who is brain dead ignorant about minority rule gerrymander systems-
USA / State / Local.
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https://www.seattle.gov/council
Seattle $$$ city budget ???
How much military related stuff in Seattle ???
@DR,
It wasn’t a primary.
JR-
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/winners-losers-and-some-questions-the-day-after-seattle-city-council-primary-election/
@DR,
In Washington, non-partisan elections can be won in the first round.
Split more hairs- add to election language chaos.
*first* *election* in *some* areas = a *potential* *final* election.
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NOOOO primaries of ANY type — aka ONE Election Day per election cycle / term of office.
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ALL legis bodies —
PARTISAN – PR – pending Condorcet
Some lunatic areas now have 4 possible *elections* —
primary
run-of primary
general
run-off general
Thus – the language mess.
I wish her the best in her third-run. Not perfect, but better than most.
No wonder Seattle is dying.
What older central cities are NOT dying due to communism
– aka socialism – since 1888 official primaries ???
PR and Appv and TOTSOP