Kshama Sawant, Seattle's socialist city council member, is behind in early recall election results

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FILE – Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant speaks at City Hall in Seattle on June 12, 2018. Henry Bridger II, a former supporter of Sawant, is leading an effort to recall her, and ballots are due Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 in Seattle’s Third District. The results could further shift power in the Northwest’s largest city and deal another setback to leftist activists who saw business-friendly candidates win a council seat and the mayor’s office in the November 2021 general election.

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Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant speaks to everal hundred people gathered outside of City Hall, Tuesday, as part

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