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There it is. Wow.

After being down EIGHT POINTS on election night, Seattle's socialist councilmember, Kshama Sawant, is winning later ballots by such a large margin that she's moved ahead.

What a remarkable rebuke to Amazon's effort to alter the council.
The top four candidates backed by the Amazon/business spending (Wills, Pugel, Orion, Tavel) are now all on track to lose.

I think we can see which of Seattle’s sometimes-competing identities is emerging with the most power...
nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/…
Heidi Wills was the recipient of the most biz support and a total of $800,000 in PAC expenditures. That will end up being about $40 per vote Wills receives.

She is now on track to lose that race by double digits. Unreal.
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