Trump Goes After His Next Political Enemy: Eric Swalwell

“We are pleased with this latest decline, which continues to move in our direction. Up by nearly 2,000 votes, we now believe we are in an insurmountable position,” Wilson wrote in a statement. Facebook post Wednesday. “We are so grateful to all the volunteers who propelled this grassroots campaign to victory. We look forward to hearing the Mayor’s address to the city tomorrow.”

Wilson, 43, who said She may be called a Democrat, a socialist, or both, but she has never run for office before, but she has focused her campaign on affordability, proposed transit improvements, and increased housing for Seattle’s homeless population.

“I think the affordability crisis of the last few years has kind of brought it to a head where people don’t feel like their elected leaders are actually fighting for them, really fighting for affordable housing, for affordable child care, for the things that impact them on a daily basis,” Wilson said. said The New RepublicIt is Monica Potts in October. “And the failure of a certain form of Democratic Party policy to prevent the election of Trump… It’s like, OK, now we see that the government can act quickly. It can do very bad things very quickly. So why can’t there be good things?”