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Far-left candidates appear to flop in Seattle city council race after Amazon dumps dollars
Fox Business ^ | November 06 2019 | vie Fordham

Posted on 11/06/2019 7:46:30 AM PST by knighthawk

Preliminary results are in for the Seattle City Council election, and it appears far-left candidates who were expected to be hostile to business interests have faltered after Amazon dumped more than a million dollars into the race in October.

Self-proclaimed socialist Kshama Sawant, an incumbent from the city's 3rd District, trailed her more moderate challenger Egan Orion by about eight points as of Wednesday morning.

Orion celebrated his lead with supporters Tuesday night and said he was "90% confident" that he'd hold onto it, The Seattle Times reported.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amazon; seattle

1 posted on 11/06/2019 7:46:30 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Wow, what an amazing coincidence.


2 posted on 11/06/2019 7:47:07 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: knighthawk

Limousine liberals like Bezos are pushing back.


3 posted on 11/06/2019 7:47:44 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: knighthawk
Self-proclaimed socialist Kshama Sawant

One bright spot on an otherwise miserable election night.

4 posted on 11/06/2019 7:54:42 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

That sends a message to Bernie and to Wampum.


5 posted on 11/06/2019 8:07:35 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

It’s only going to re-embolden socialists and their jihad.

Because EEEEEEEEVIL corporations are buying elections.


6 posted on 11/06/2019 8:15:58 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: C19fan

The guy that won is the Seattle queer parade organizer. About as “bright spot” as a Seattle drizzly fall day.


7 posted on 11/06/2019 8:24:17 AM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: C19fan

$30 car tab proposition passed. Sound transit and King Co Metro will have to find other money to fund their social engineering transit schemes.


8 posted on 11/06/2019 9:12:09 AM PST by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: AppyPappy

Sooner or later the loser nature and whiny aspects of leftists doom
Them

There’s no positivity. No charm. No industriousness

Remember obammy? Hope and change ! Uplifting That’s why he won

Yes it was all bullshit But it was very effective bullshiite


9 posted on 11/06/2019 9:19:35 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: knighthawk

Was Amazon supporting the socialist or it’s opponent with the dumping of cash?


10 posted on 11/06/2019 9:42:56 AM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: subterfuge

Amazon was supporting its socialist.


11 posted on 11/06/2019 9:52:33 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: knighthawk

Mensheviks beating the Bolsheviks


12 posted on 11/06/2019 10:58:45 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
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To: mewzilla

Thanks mew...


13 posted on 11/06/2019 4:07:32 PM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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