Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Kshama Sawant (/ k ʃ ʌ m ɑː s ɑː ˈ w ʌ n t /; born October 17, 1973) [1] [2] is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. Until May 2024 she was a member of Socialist Alternative , the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office.
The 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election was held on December 7, 2021. Kshama Sawant, a member of the Seattle City Council from the 3rd district, defeated an attempt to recall her. This was the first recall election held in Seattle since the one held against Mayor Wesley C. Uhlman in 1975, and the first for a city councilor in ...
Voters in Seattle have retained socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, the controversial lawmaker and long-time foe of hometown tech giant Amazon. Sawant had faced a recall effort.
The 2019 Seattle City Council election was held on November 5, 2019. Seven seats of the nine-member Seattle City Council were up for election. Four incumbent members of the city council did not run for reelection, while the remaining three incumbents all won reelection. Sally Bagshaw, Bruce Harrell, Rob Johnson, and Mike O'Brien all announced ...
The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to specifically ban caste discrimination. ... Council Member Kshama Sawant, a ...
In a letter directed to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz and the Seattle City Council’s, council member Kshama Sawant expressed disfavor with the Seattle Police ...
e. Socialist Alternative's Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Councilmember. Socialist Alternative ( SAlt or SA) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States. SAlt formed as Labor Militant in 1986, when members of the Committee for a Workers' International created a US branch. SAlt describes itself as a revolutionary socialist party fighting ...
The Seattle City Council is the legislative body of the city of Seattle, Washington. ... Kshama Sawant: 2015 John Okamoto [note 2] - Distr 1 Distr 2 Distr 3