Kshama Sawant

Kshama Sawant is listed by the FEC as an Independent candidate for U.S. House in WA-09 in the 2026 election cycle.

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[Wikipedia: Early political career] Sawant has indicated that the genesis of her becoming a socialist began in India and was reinforced upon her arrival in the United States, which she described as "the wealthiest country in the history of humanity", yet is subject to poverty and homelessness. In 2008, she attende…

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[Wikipedia: Early life and career] Kshama Sawant was born into a middle-class Tamil family in Pune, Maharashtra, India. She was raised mostly in Bombay. Her mother was a school principal and her father, a civil engineer, was killed by a drunk driver when she was 13 years old. She describes her family as well-educ…

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[Wikipedia: 2013 election] After her unsuccessful run for the House, Sawant entered the race for Seattle City Council with a campaign organized by the Socialist Alternative. She won 35% of the vote in the August primary election, and advanced into the general election for the at-large council position 2 a…

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[Wikipedia: Tenure] During her campaign, Sawant said that, if elected, she would donate the portion of her salary as a City Council member that exceeded the average salary in Seattle. On January 27, 2014, she announced that she would live on $40,000 of her $117,000 salary. She placed the rest into…

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[Wikipedia: Political positions] Sawant has advocated the nationalization of large Washington State corporations such as Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon and expressed a desire to see privately owned housing in "Millionaire's Row" in the Capitol Hill neighborhood turned into publicly owned shared housing complex s…

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FEC totals for the 2026 cycle report that Kshama Sawant raised $450,386, spent $441,274, reported $9,112 cash on hand.

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FEC totals for the 2026 cycle report that Kshama Sawant raised $449,222, spent $440,110, reported $9,112 cash on hand.

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[Wikipedia: Defamation lawsuits] Sawant referred to Seattle landlord Carl Haglund as a "notorious slumlord" and proposed a "Carl Haglund law" in 2015 which would ban landlords from raising rents on housing units that do not meet basic maintenance standards. In 2016, the Seattle City Council passed the bill into…

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[Wikipedia: Ethics complaints] In 2015 and 2018, multiple complaints were lodged against Sawant over potential misuse of city resources for a town hall (2015) and rally (2018) by anonymous reporters and council member Sally Bagshaw. In a May 2018 council briefing, Bagshaw stated, "I just don't think it is rig…

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[Grokipedia: Controversies and Legal Challenges] Ethics Violations and Defamation Cases In May 2021, Kshama Sawant admitted to violating Seattle's Ethics and Elections Code by using city resources, including staff time and facilities, to promote her "Tax Amazon" initiative during a 2018 tour.[170][67] The Seattle Ethics and El…

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