Former Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant has accused Indian authorities of denying her visa applications twice since May 2024, preventing her from visiting her ailing mother in India.

SEATTLE, WA — Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant announced on June 2 that she is running for Congress in Washington’s 9th District, challenging longtime Democratic Rep. Adam Smith ...

House candidates with nontraditional backgrounds could give both Democrats and Republicans a boost in the 2026 midterm ...

Time for Seattle City Council centrists to bring their A-game and put more points on the board. In politics, good ideas aren't enough.

For years, lefty democrats and socialists in the Seattle area have been trying to unseat Democratic Congressman Adam Smith in Washington's 9th congressional district. His challengers have always ...

No, not her opponent — though Adam Smith is unbeaten in a 35-year career. It's the two-party system, which hasn't lost to an independent campaign here in a century, Westneat writes.

Kshama Sawant, the socialist who served a decade on the Seattle City Council, launched a “working-class, antiwar, anti-genocide” campaign Monday to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam ...

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Adam Smith says he welcomes a challenge from former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who recently filed to run for Smith's seat. Sawant filed to run for ...