Sawant Lost Against Melissa Chaudhry, not Smith

Sawant Lost Against Melissa Chaudhry, not Smith

The man the Seattle Times tasked with the job of compressing cultural and political developments into tokens that the reader can share during a dinner party, or in a pub, or with the person next to them on a flight, Danny Westneat, has determined that the recent primaries in the state of Washington were spared the surge of progressivism seen elsewhere in the United States. His column’s title: “When the revolution got to WA, it fizzled.” But foll…

Op-Ed: Progressives Are Winning the Future of Washington's Legislature

Danny Wesneat has a column in the Seattle Times in which he claims the left in Washington State, unlike other parts of the country like Michigan or New York, “fizzled” because only four of the 22 insurgent progressives challenging Democratic incumbents or centrists for the state legislature are on track to possibly win their races following the August primary. He points to the 43rd Legislative District where Senate Majority Leader Jaime Pedersen…