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2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election

| country = Washington

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2021 Seattle City Council election

| previous_year = 2021

| next_election = 2023 Seattle City Council election

| next_year = 2023

| election_date = December 7, 2021

| turnout = 52.84%

| module = {{Infobox referendum

| embed = yes

| no = 20,656

| yes = 20,346

| total = 41,033

| electorate = 77,652

| turnoutpct = 52.84

| map = 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election by precinct.svg

| map_size = 200px

| map_caption = Precinct results
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| module = {{Infobox election

| embed = yes

| ongoing = no

| title = City Councilor

| before_election = Kshama Sawant

| before_party = Socialist Alternative (United States)

| posttitle = City Councilor after election

| after_election = Kshama Sawant

| after_party = Socialist Alternative (United States)

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{{Elections in Washington State}}

The 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election was held on December 7, 2021. Kshama Sawant, a member of the Seattle City Council from the 3rd district, defeated an attempt to recall her. This was the first recall election held in Seattle since the one held against Mayor Wesley C. Uhlman in 1975, and the first for a city councilor in the city's history.

Ernie Lou filed a complaint against Sawant on August 18, 2020, to the King County Elections Office to start the recall campaign against her. The complaint against Sawant included allegations that she violated the law through the use of city resources for the promotion of a ballot initiative, the delegation of employment decisions to Socialist Alternative, and encouraging the creation of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.

Sawant filed a lawsuit against the recall attempt, but the Judge Jim Rogers certified four of the six complaints, and the Washington Supreme Court certified three of those four on appeal. Sawant and her supporters attempted to have the recall held in November by collecting recall signatures themselves. The recall campaign submitted its signatures and were certified on September 30, 2021. The recall lost with 20,656 voting against and 20,346 voting in favor.

Background

An attempt was made to conduct a recall election against Richard Conlin, a member of the Seattle City Council from the 2nd position, in 2011. The recall campaign alleged that Conlin had violated the law to advance the construction of the State Route 99 tunnel when he signed a draft environmental statement, colluded with Pete Holmes, the Seattle City Attorney, to bring a lawsuit to block a referendum on the tunnel, and by him delaying a referendum to prohibit city streets from being used to construct the tunnel. Judge Carol Schapira ruled that there was not enough evidence to prove that Conlin had violated the law although she stated that he had done so for political reasons.{{Cite news |date=July 22, 2011 |title=Judge throws out petition to recall Seattle council president |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/judge-throws-out-petition-to-recall-seattle-council-president/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621194925/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/judge-throws-out-petition-to-recall-seattle-council-president/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}

Kshama Sawant, a member of Socialist Alternative, defeated Conlin in the 2013 election becoming the first socialist elected in Seattle since Anna Louise Strong.{{Cite news |date=December 28, 2013 |title=A Rare Elected Voice for Socialism Pledges to Be Heard in Seattle |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/us/a-rare-elected-voice-for-socialism-pledges-to-be-heard-in-seattle.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621202949/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/us/a-rare-elected-voice-for-socialism-pledges-to-be-heard-in-seattle.html |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}{{Cite news |date=December 1, 2013 |title=Socialist Alternative Elects Seattle City Council Member |work=Ballot Access News |url=http://ballot-access.org/2013/12/31/37121/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621203227/http://ballot-access.org/2013/12/31/37121/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}{{Cite news |date=October 16, 2019 |title=Seattle Socialists Have a History of Sputtering Out. Can Kshama Sawant Beat That Fate? |work=The Stranger |url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/10/16/41648642/seattle-socialists-have-a-history-of-sputtering-out-can-kshama-sawant-beat-that-fate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621203427/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/10/16/41648642/seattle-socialists-have-a-history-of-sputtering-out-can-kshama-sawant-beat-that-fate |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }} During the campaign she had raised and spent $161,823.10 against Conlin who had raised and spent $241,986.34.{{Cite news |title=Kshama Sawant campaign finance 2013 |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2013&type=campaign&IDNum=338&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621203933/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2013&type=campaign&IDNum=338&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=Richard Conlin campaign finance 2013 |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2013&type=campaign&IDNum=271&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621204051/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2013&type=campaign&IDNum=271&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }} Sawant defeated Pamela Banks in the 2015 election after raising and spending $480,258.24 against Banks who had raised and spent $388,544.75.{{Cite news |date=November 3, 2015 |title=2015 election results |page=45 |work=King County, Washington |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/results/2015/201511/results.ashx?la=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214071447/https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/results/2015/201511/results.ashx?la=en |archive-date=February 14, 2021}}{{Cite news |title=Kshama Sawant campaign finance 2015 |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2015&type=campaign&IDNum=389&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621204519/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2015&type=campaign&IDNum=389&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=Pamela Banks campaign finance 2015 |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2015&type=campaign&IDNum=434&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621204638/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2015&type=campaign&IDNum=434&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }} She defeated Egan Orion in the 2019 election after raising and spending $587,141.43 against Orion who had raised and spent $403,881.92.{{Cite news |date=November 5, 2019 |title=2019 election results |page=32 |work=King County, Washington |url=https://aqua.kingcounty.gov/elections/2019/nov-general/results.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104163527/https://aqua.kingcounty.gov/elections/2019/nov-general/results.pdf |archive-date=January 4, 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Kshama Sawant campaign finance 2019 |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2019&type=campaign&IDNum=635&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621205258/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2019&type=campaign&IDNum=635&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=Egan Orion campaign finance 2019 |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2019&type=campaign&IDNum=676&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621205605/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2019&type=campaign&IDNum=676&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}

Campaign

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A complaint by Ernie Lou requesting for the King County Elections Office to begin an effort to recall Sawant was made on August 18, 2020. Lou alleged that Sawant had violated the law through the misuse of city resources and her authority by opening Seattle City Hall to protesters.{{Cite news |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Formal petition filed to recall Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant |work=KOMO-TV |url=https://komonews.com/news/local/formal-petition-filed-to-recall-seattle-city-councilwoman-kshama-sawant |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621225921/https://komonews.com/news/local/formal-petition-filed-to-recall-seattle-city-councilwoman-kshama-sawant |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }} The recall campaign also alleged that Sawant had broken the law by using city resources to promote a ballot initiative, delegated employment decisions to Socialist Alternative, and encouraged the creation of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.{{Cite news |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Recall petition against Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant can move forward, judge rules |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/judge-to-decide-wednesday-whether-effort-to-recall-kshama-sawant-can-move-forward/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621225603/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/judge-to-decide-wednesday-whether-effort-to-recall-kshama-sawant-can-move-forward/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }} Orion, who had run against Sawant in 2019, gave the recall campaign a donor list containing the names of around 2,500 people.{{Cite news |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Kshama Sawant recall campaign to begin collecting signatures |work=KIRO-TV |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/kshama-sawant-recall-campaign-begin-collecting-signatures/WA42CV3B5NDNXGRYQ54DGT3YUI/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210093202/https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/kshama-sawant-recall-campaign-begin-collecting-signatures/WA42CV3B5NDNXGRYQ54DGT3YUI/ |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2021 }} Henry Bridger II was the campaign manager of the recall campaign.{{Cite news |date=December 7, 2021 |title=Effort to recall Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant leads in first vote count |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/effort-to-recall-seattle-councilmember-kshama-sawant-leads-with-53-in-tuesday-night-vote-count/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528071859/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/effort-to-recall-seattle-councilmember-kshama-sawant-leads-with-53-in-tuesday-night-vote-count/ |archive-date=May 28, 2022}}

Sawant filed a lawsuit against the recall effort and the Seattle city council voted seven to one in favor of funding Sawant's legal defense while the recall campaign was represented by John McKay, a former United States Attorney during the presidency of George W. Bush. However, Judge Jim Rogers certified four of the six complaints made by the recall campaign. She appealed the decision to the Washington Supreme Court, but the court ruled unanimously in favor of the recall campaign, but ruled that one of the four complaints certified by Rogers was not legal or factual.{{Cite news |date=September 15, 2020 |title=Seattle City Council votes to fund Kshama Sawant legal defense in recall effort |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-city-council-votes-to-fund-kshama-sawant-legal-defense-in-recall-effort/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621225722/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-city-council-votes-to-fund-kshama-sawant-legal-defense-in-recall-effort/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}{{Cite news |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Sawant Will Appeal Judge's Decision to Certify Recall Petition |work=The Stranger |url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/09/16/44483171/sawant-will-appeal-judgess-decision-to-certify-recall-petition |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621224112/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/09/16/44483171/sawant-will-appeal-judgess-decision-to-certify-recall-petition |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}{{Cite news |date=April 1, 2021 |title=Supreme Court Rules the Recall Against Kshama Sawant Can Move Forward |work=The Stranger |url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/04/01/56295866/supreme-court-rules-the-recall-against-kshama-sawant-can-move-forward |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621224453/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/04/01/56295866/supreme-court-rules-the-recall-against-kshama-sawant-can-move-forward |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}

The recall campaign started the process in April 2021 in which they were given 180 days to collect 10,739 signatures for the recall.{{Cite news |date=June 10, 2021 |title=Coalition of Seattle unions endorses Kshama Sawant recall effort |work=KIRO-TV |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/coalition-seattle-unions-endorses-kshama-sawant-recall-effort/FFXKQRYHDFCBPKQ33XN2SNYEIA/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621230718/https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/coalition-seattle-unions-endorses-kshama-sawant-recall-effort/FFXKQRYHDFCBPKQ33XN2SNYEIA/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }} Supporters of Sawant started collecting signatures in support of a recall on July 9, in order to have the election held in November with more turnout rather than in a special election and their signatures were submitted later in July. Sawant stated that the recall campaign knew "that Black people, working class people and young people typically vote in dramatically lower numbers in special elections".{{Cite news |date=July 9, 2021 |title=Kshama Sawant Solidarity organizers will collect recall signatures to force vote on Nov. ballot |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/sawant-solidarity-to-collect-signatures-for-recall-16304383.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210091310/https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/sawant-solidarity-to-collect-signatures-for-recall-16304383.php |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}{{Cite news |date=July 27, 2021 |title=Kshama Sawant supporters say they've collected enough signatures for November recall vote |work=KIRO-FM |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3056801/sawant-supporters-collected-signatures-november-recall-vote/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210092918/https://mynorthwest.com/3056801/sawant-supporters-collected-signatures-november-recall-vote/ |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }} The recall campaign accused Sawant of attempting to suppress the will of voters through her collection of recall signatures and filed a complaint against her to King County Elections.{{Cite news |date=July 14, 2021 |title=Campaign accuses Sawant of 'co-opting process' by gathering signatures for her own recall |work=KIRO-FM |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3035013/campaign-sawant-co-opting-recall-signatures-process/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210091525/https://mynorthwest.com/3035013/campaign-sawant-co-opting-recall-signatures-process/ |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }} During the campaign the Kshama Solidarity Campaign attempted to register 2,000 voters.{{Cite news |date=November 29, 2021 |title=The Sawant recall election is relatively small but its audience is huge |work=Crosscut.com |url=https://crosscut.com/news/2021/11/sawant-recall-election-relatively-small-its-audience-huge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210094158/https://crosscut.com/news/2021/11/sawant-recall-election-relatively-small-its-audience-huge |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}

A Better Seattle, a political action committee (PAC) that supported the recall, was formed with Phillip Lloyd as its treasurer. Lloyd had served as the treasurer for PACs which had supported Bruce Harrell and Ann Davison.{{Cite news |date=November 20, 2021 |title=New PAC forms amid bid to recall Kshama Sawant, petitions for release from spending limits |work=KIRO-FM |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3245258/new-pac-recall-kshama-sawant-a-better-seattle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211211011041/https://mynorthwest.com/3245258/new-pac-recall-kshama-sawant-a-better-seattle/ |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2021 }} The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission later removed the maximum $1,000 contribution limit for A Better Seattle.{{Cite news |date=November 26, 2021 |title=A recall Sawant PAC has been released from campaign contribution limit |work=KIRO-FM |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3251788/a-recall-sawant-pac-a-better-seattle-released-from-campaign-contribution-limit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211211011238/https://mynorthwest.com/3251788/a-recall-sawant-pac-a-better-seattle-released-from-campaign-contribution-limit/ |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2021 }} The average donation to A Better Seattle was over $750, to Recall Sawant was $149.46, and to the Kshama Solidarity Fund was $88.89. The majority of donations to A Better Seattle were the maximum allowed while 4.4% of the donations to Recall Sawant and around 2% of the donations to the Kshama Solidarity Fund were the maximum allowed.{{Cite news |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Anti-Sawant PAC Enters the Recall Campaign with Some Familiar Donors |work=The Stranger |url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/11/19/62959816/anti-sawant-pac-enters-the-recall-campaign-with-some-familiar-donors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211211011456/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/11/19/62959816/anti-sawant-pac-enters-the-recall-campaign-with-some-familiar-donors |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2021 }}

The recall campaign submitted 16,234 signatures in September. Over 11,000 of the signatures were certified on September 30, and a recall was ordered to be held on December 7.{{Cite news |date=September 9, 2021 |title=Kshama Sawant recall campaign turns in signatures, sets sights on winter vote |work=KIRO-FM |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3136665/kshama-sawant-recall-campaign-turns-in-signatures/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210091752/https://mynorthwest.com/3136665/kshama-sawant-recall-campaign-turns-in-signatures/ |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}{{Cite news |date=September 30, 2021 |title=King County Elections Certifies Recall Petition for Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and Prepares for December Recall Election |work=King County Elections |url=https://kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/2021/September/30-Seattle-recall-petition.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210093638/https://kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/2021/September/30-Seattle-recall-petition.aspx |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }} This was the first recall election held in Seattle since the one held against Mayor Wesley C. Uhlman in 1975.{{Cite news |date=November 18, 2021 |title=Sawant recall campaign in full swing and Noam Chomsky has a bit role |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/11/18/sawant-recall-campaign.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211211084457/https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/11/18/sawant-recall-campaign.html |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2021 }} This was the first recall election for a city councilor in Seattle's history. King County Elections sent mail-in ballots to over 76,000 voters on November 17.{{Cite news |date=November 17, 2021 |title=King County Elections Mails Ballots for December Recall Election |work=King County Elections |url=https://kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/2021/November/17-recall-ballots-mailed.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210093900/https://kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/2021/November/17-recall-ballots-mailed.aspx |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}

The recall attempt lost with 20,656 voting against, worth 50.38%, and 20,346 voting in favor, worth 49.62%.{{Cite news |date=December 9, 2021 |title=2021 election results |work=King County Elections |url=https://aqua.kingcounty.gov/elections/2021/dec-recall/results.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211215063856/https://aqua.kingcounty.gov/elections/2021/dec-recall/results.pdf |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }} If the recall was successful, a replacement for Sawant would have been selected by the Seattle City Council within twenty days to serve until the 2022 election.{{Cite news |date=October 5, 2021 |title=Seattle Will Have a Recall Election After All. How Will It Work? |work=Seattle Met |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2021/10/how-will-kshama-sawant-recall-election-work |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210092105/https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2021/10/how-will-kshama-sawant-recall-election-work |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }} The turnout in the recall election was similar to the turnout in the regular election.{{Cite news |date=December 13, 2021 |title=Sawant recall wraps up with surprising turnout nearly on par with November general election |work=KIRO-FM |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3280246/sawant-recall-turnout-nearly-on-par-november-general-election/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211214093234/https://mynorthwest.com/3280246/sawant-recall-turnout-nearly-on-par-november-general-election/ |archive-date=December 14, 2021 |access-date=May 28, 2022 }}

Campaign finance

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A Better Seattle{{Cite news |title=ABetterSeattle campaign finance |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2021&type=campaign&IDNum=826&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210094756/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2021&type=campaign&IDNum=826&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}

| $151,825.00

| $6,104.30

| $145,720.70

| $157,520.00

| -$11,799.30

Kshama Solidarity Campaign{{Cite news |title=Kshama Solidarity Campaign campaign finance |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2021&type=campaign&IDNum=740&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210094545/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2021&type=campaign&IDNum=740&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}

| $941,477.68

| $917,352.70

| $24,124.98

| $20,743.33

| $3,381.65

Recall Sawant{{Cite news |title=Recall Sawant campaign finance |publisher=Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2021&type=campaign&IDNum=737&leftmenu=collapsed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210094701/http://web6.seattle.gov/ethics/elections/campaigns.aspx?cycle=2021&type=campaign&IDNum=737&leftmenu=collapsed |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}

| $782,171.73

| $734,451.67

| $47,720.06

| $35,681.13

| $12,038.93

Endorsements

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State officials

  • Julia Salazar, member of the New York State Senate from the 18th district{{Cite news |date=January 9, 2021 |title=Kshama Solidarity: Rally to Reject The Recall |work=Seattle Democratic Socialists of America |url=https://seattledsa.org/event/kshama-solidarity-rally-to-reject-the-recall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210094957/https://seattledsa.org/event/kshama-solidarity-rally-to-reject-the-recall/ |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}
  • Rebecca Saldaña, member of the Washington State Senate from the 37th district{{Cite news |date=November 17, 2021 |title="If Kshama Were a Man She'd Be Treated Differently": Democratic Women Defend Sawant |work=The Stranger |url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/11/17/62921542/if-kshama-were-a-man-shed-be-treated-differently-democratic-women-defend-sawant |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210095153/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/11/17/62921542/if-kshama-were-a-man-shed-be-treated-differently-democratic-women-defend-sawant |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}

Local officials

  • Larry Gossett, former member of the King County Council from the 2nd district{{Cite news |date=December 2, 2021 |title=Nearly $1M pours in from each side in Seattle Councilmember Sawant's recall |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/nearly-1m-pours-in-from-each-side-in-seattle-councilmember-sawants-recall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211203000433/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/nearly-1m-pours-in-from-each-side-in-seattle-councilmember-sawants-recall/ |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}
  • Mike O'Brien, former member of the Seattle City Council from the 6th district
  • Girmay Zahilay, member of the King County Council from the 2nd district

Individuals

Political parties

  • Freedom Socialist Party{{Cite news |title=Defend Kshama Sawant, Seattle's elected socialist |work=Freedom Socialist Party |url=https://socialism.com/fs-article/defend-kshama-sawant-seattles-elected-socialist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210100140/https://socialism.com/fs-article/defend-kshama-sawant-seattles-elected-socialist/ |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=Defend Kshama Sawant |work=Freedom Socialist Party |url=https://socialism.com/fs-article/defend-kshama-sawant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210100343/https://socialism.com/fs-article/defend-kshama-sawant/ |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}
  • Socialist Alternative{{Cite news |date=October 29, 2021 |title=Defend Kshama Sawant |work=Socialist Alternative |url=https://www.socialistalternative.org/2021/10/29/defend-kshama-sawant-and-the-right-to-protest-reject-the-recall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211210100534/https://www.socialistalternative.org/2021/10/29/defend-kshama-sawant-and-the-right-to-protest-reject-the-recall/ |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 }}

Organizations

  • Seattle Democratic Socialists of America{{Cite news |title=Seattle DSA Statement in Support of Council Member Kshama Sawant |work=Seattle Democratic Socialists of America |url=https://seattledsa.org/2020/12/seattle-dsa-statement-in-support-of-council-member-kshama-sawant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621220251/https://seattledsa.org/2020/12/seattle-dsa-statement-in-support-of-council-member-kshama-sawant/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 21, 2021 }}

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Newspapers

  • The Seattle Times{{Cite news |date=December 3, 2021 |title=No choice but to recall Kshama Sawant |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/no-choice-but-to-recall-kshama-sawant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204050107/https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/no-choice-but-to-recall-kshama-sawant/ |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2021 }}

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Results

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| colspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election

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! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:300px;"| Choice

! style="width:80px;"| Votes

! style="width:50px;"| %

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| style="text-align:left;"| No on recall

| 20,656

| 50.38

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| style="text-align:left;"| Yes on recall

| 20,346

| 49.62

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| 31

| –

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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Total votes

| 41,033

| 100

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style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Registered voters and turnout

| 77,652

| 52.84%

References

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External links

  • [https://www.kshamasolidarity.org/ Kshama Solidarity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203818/https://www.kshamasolidarity.org/ |date=June 24, 2021 }}
  • [https://sawantrecall.org/ Recall Kshama Sawant]

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