On Tuesday, September 7th, 2022, Seattle Democratic Socialists of America overwhelmingly voted to endorse Seattle City Attorney Candidate, Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, a former public defender who took first in the primaries. Thomas-Kennedy beat out the incumbent, establishment Democrat Pete Holmes, with a platform that boldly backs the movement for Black Lives in its pivot away from a punitive carceral system and towards a justice system that takes care of the residents of Seattle who need justice the most and which can bring meaningful community safety to our City. Join us as we make the push in the coming months for this important City race. 

In 2019 the Seattle elections became a referendum on who runs the city: big business or working people. Amazon and big business made it crystal clear that the biggest prize for the establishment would be getting rid of socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant. But working class people fought back and won: decisively demonstrating Amazon can’t buy city hall.

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In 2019, Seattle’s 1% blatantly attempted to purchase a city council seat. Working people all over the city recognized this, fought back, and won, re-electing Kshama Sawant by thousands of … Read more