Sawant pulls close, progressives pull away in other City Council races
The late vote count turned left on Thursday in multiple Seattle City Council races, with militant socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant trailing business-backed challenger Egan Orion by just 739 votes after she trailed by nearly 2,000 votes earlier in the vote count.
Sawant has climbed to 48.46% of the vote in District 3 (Central Area, Capitol Hill) in a run reminiscent of 2013, when she overcame an eight-point election night deficit to narrowly upset Council incumbent Richard Conlin. King County elections will next report results at 4 p.m.
"Unfortunately, this election remains too close to call, and it is going to be close," Orion said in a statement.
The $2.4 million-plus spending by the Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy (CASE) -- political arm of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce -- appears not to have carried Chamber-backed candidates over the finish line.
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