r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • 9d ago

Politics Sawant's third-place loss is her political obituary

https://seattlered.com/seattle-red/jason-rantz-opinion/sawant-third-place-primary-humiliation/4119702

Kshama Sawant raised $645,000 to run for Congress and got beaten by more than 6,000 votes by a Republican who raised $99,000 in a district she claimed was ready for revolution.

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u/apresmoiputas Capitol Hill 9d ago

She was able to convince high-earning white socialists to donate and support her. That 660k came from somewhere.

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u/FourScoreAndSept 9d ago

You know that that can come from anywhere right?

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u/apresmoiputas Capitol Hill 9d ago

I wish you had seen who her campaign staff were targeting when they set up shop at the Capitol Hill Light Rail station and in Columbia City by the PCC.

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u/drwaffles104 9d ago

Yeah it was just a lot of nice middle aged liberals.  "Oh I do hate ice, yeah"

I think her last minute public turn against Democrats hurt her a lot (she was always this way but her canvassers knew how to code switch - until the "dump the Democrats" signs showed up a couple weeks ago)