2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election

rdf:langString 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election

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rdf:langString ; Local officials *Jan Drago, former member of the Seattle City Council from the 4th district *Judy Nicastro, former member of the Seattle City Council ; Newspapers *The Seattle Times

rdf:langString ; State officials *Julia Salazar, member of the New York State Senate from the 18th district *Rebecca Saldaña, member of the Washington State Senate from the 37th district ; Local officials *Larry Gossett, former member of the King County Council from the 2nd district *Mike O'Brien, former member of the Seattle City Council from the 6th district *Girmay Zahilay, member of the King County Council from the 2nd district ; Individuals *Noam Chomsky, philosopher *Aaron Dixon, member of the Black Panther Party ; Political parties *Freedom Socialist Party *Socialist Alternative ; Organizations *Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

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rdf:langString The 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election was held on December 7, 2021. Kshama Sawant, a member of the Seattle City Council from the 3rd district, defeated an attempt to recall her. This was the first recall election held in Seattle since the one held against Mayor Wesley C. Uhlman in 1975, and the first for a city councilor in the city's history. Ernie Lou filed a complaint against Sawant on August 18, 2020, to the King County Elections Office to start the recall campaign against her. The complaint against Sawant included allegations that she violated the law through the use of city resources for the promotion of a ballot initiative, the delegation of employment decisions to Socialist Alternative, and encouraging the creation of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest. Sawant filed a lawsuit against the recall attempt, but the Judge Jim Rogers certified four of the six complaints, and the Washington Supreme Court certified three of those four on appeal. Sawant and her supporters attempted to have the recall held in November by collecting recall signatures themselves. The recall campaign submitted its signatures and were certified on September 30, 2021. The recall lost with 20,656 voting against and 20,346 voting in favor.

rdf:langString 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election