Former Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant launched an independent bid for WA-09. Sawant slammed Rep. Smith as "pro-corporate" and called for end to U.S. aid to Israel. Her platform includes ...

Kshama Sawant, the socialist who served a decade on the Seattle City Council, launched a “working-class, antiwar, anti-genocide” campaign Monday, June 2 to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam ...

Former Seattle City Councilmember and socialist organizer Kshama Sawant announced Monday that she is running for Congress in Washington’s 9th Congressional District, launching a campaign against ...

Kshama Sawant, the socialist who served on the Seattle City Council until last year, launched a campaign for Congress on Monday. Above, she is speaking at a rally in Seattle in 2017. (Photo by Karen ...

Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant will run for Congress in Washington's 9th District, where incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep Adam Smith will be up for reelection in 2026, Sawant announced ...

She will challenge Rep. Adam Smith for his seat representing District 9 at the federal level. Smith has been in the District 9 seat since 1997. Sawant served on the Seattle City Council for 10 years ...

SEATTLE, WA — Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant announced on June 2 that she is running for Congress in Washington’s 9th District, challenging longtime Democratic Rep. Adam Smith in the ...

Former socialist Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant announced Monday that she's running to unseat longtime U.S. Rep. Adam Smith. Smith has represented Washington's 9th Congressional district ...