| (info@ourrevolution.com) | December 18, 2021 |
It’s official! Thursday night, Kshama Sawant was declared victorious in defending her Seattle City Council seat against another recall attempt.
“We have defeated the combined efforts of big business, the right wing, corporate media, the courts, and the political establishment who sought to remove our socialist council office by any means necessary,” Sawant said to a crowd of supporters. “We won because we did not back down.”
Voter turnout was 53% — 10% higher than in November’s general election in the city. Sawant has now been elected by Seattle voters three times.
She helped Seattle become the first major city to adopt a $15 minimum wage and passed the “Amazon Tax” to build affordable housing. Sawant also developed a local Green New Deal and won a campaign for renters’ rights.
Now, it’s up to San Francisco voters to defeat a rightwing recall attempt against SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin.
