Kshama Sawant, a Seattle socialist, to challenge veteran WA Democratic congressman Adam Smith [View all]
Kshama Sawant, the socialist who served a decade on the Seattle City Council, launched a “working-class, antiwar, anti-genocide” campaign Monday to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Smith in the 2026 election.
At her campaign kick-off in Seattle, Sawant called for a $25 an hour minimum wage, universal health care and a halt in U.S. military aid to Israel for its ongoing offensive against Hamas. Sawant did not seek re-election in 2023 as she established Workers Strike Back, an activist group focused on pro-labor causes and other issues.
The Seattle resident vowed, if elected, to “flip the script on how to use elected office” as she did as a city leader from 2014 to 2024.
“My socialist city council office went to war for working people to defeat the strenuous opposition from both big business and the Democratic Party,” she said in a statement. “Our experience in Seattle shows that we can defeat the rich and their political servants.”
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/sawant-a-seattle-socialist-to-challenge-veteran-wa-democratic-congressman/
I don't think he has anything to worry about unless she takes enough votes that the Republican candidate wins.
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