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Socialist Sawant now leads Seattle council race by 41 votes
Kshama Sawant’s momentum in her race against longtime Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin has put her in position to win or to force a recount.
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Kshama Sawant’s momentum in her race against longtime Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin has put her in position to win or to force a recount.
Kshama Sawant seized a narrow lead over longtime Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin on Tuesday, a week after an election night in which most assumed she had lost.
Sawant, who would be the council’s first socialist member in modern history, led by 41 votes — 79,751 to 79,710 — in updated vote totals.
The slim lead is stunning considering that election-night returns gave Sawant 46.1 percent and only a faint glimmer of hope.
Now, her momentum has put her in position to win or to force a recount.
“The most important feeling here is not only confirming the trend toward our campaign,” said Sawant, arguing that those who mailed their ballots late were poorer, younger voters, “but in reality, this is confirming our analysis that there is a deep hunger among people not just in Seattle but everywhere in the United States for a deep political change.”
Sawant, who would be the council’s first socialist member in modern history, led by 41 votes — 79,751 to 79,710 — in updated vote totals.
The slim lead is stunning considering that election-night returns gave Sawant 46.1 percent and only a faint glimmer of hope.
Now, her momentum has put her in position to win or to force a recount.
“The most important feeling here is not only confirming the trend toward our campaign,” said Sawant, arguing that those who mailed their ballots late were poorer, younger voters, “but in reality, this is confirming our analysis that there is a deep hunger among people not just in Seattle but everywhere in the United States for a deep political change.”
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