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Indian-Origin Kshama Sawant Elected To Seattle City Council
Washington: Pune-born Sawant, 40, was declared elected after her nearest rival 16-year incumbent Richard Conlin conceded defeat as her lead grew to 1,640 votes — less than one percent of the total votes.
Indian-American Kshama Sawant has been elected to the prestigious Seattle City Council, making her the first socialist to be voted to an elected office, 97 years after the city sent their first outspoken radical into office.
Pune-born Sawant, 40, was declared elected after her nearest rival 16-year incumbent Richard Conlin conceded defeat as her lead grew to 1,640 votes — less than one per cent of the total votes.
The victory of the first socialist was celebrated with an impressive gathering in Seattle.
Her call to take Boeing -the biggest private employer of the region, which is threatening to move jobs out of the state - into public ownership was welcomed with a standing ovation.
"The machines are here, the workers are here. Let us take this entire productive activity into democratic public ownership and retool the machines to produce mass transit," Sawant said.
"Our campaign is not an isolated event, it's a bellwether for what's going to happen in the future," she added.
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Source: PTI
