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Socialist Alternative (United States) (SAlt) has fielded electoral candidates for local and state offices.

Only one SAlt member has ever won election: Kshama Sawant.

Presidential elections

Socialist Alternative has never run a presidential candidate. In 2020, SAlt endorsed Green Party US and Socialist Party USA candidate Howie Hawkins for the 2020 general election as a protest vote against the two major parties of the United States.[1]

Congressional elections

Socialist Alternative has never run a congressional candidate.

State elections

Year Candidate Office Area District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2014 Jessica Spear State Representative Washington 43-2 8,606
17.7%
 Lost ran as Socialist Alternative candidate [2][3][4]
2012 Kshama Sawant State Representative Washington 43-2 20,425
29.4%
 Lost ran as Socialist Alternative candidate [5]

Local elections

Year Candidate Office Area District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2021 Kshama Sawant City Council Seattle 3 20,656
50.4%
 Won non-partisan recall election, joined Democratic Socialists of America in February[6] [7]
2019 Kshama Sawant City Council Seattle 3 22,263
52.1%
 Won non-partisan election [8]
2017 Ginger Jentzen City Council Minneapolis 3 3,844
44.2%
 Lost ran as Socialist Alternative candidate, ranked choice election [9][10]
2015 Kshama Sawant City Council Seattle 3 17,170
56.1%
 Won non-partisan election [11]
2013 Kshama Sawant City Council Seattle 2 93,682
50.9%
 Won non-partisan election [12]
2013 Seamus Whelan City Council Boston At-Large 3,118
2.6%
 Lost non-partisan, plurality at-large election [13][14]
2013 Ty Moore City Council Minneapolis 9 1,758
46.9%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate, ranked choice election [15][16]
2007 Matt Geary City Council Boston At-Large 3,025
6.5%
 Lost non-partisan, plurality at-large election [17][18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Break from the Democrats: Protest Vote for Howie Hawkins". Socialist Alternative. October 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Reviewing the Jess Spear Campaign". Socialist Alternative. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  3. ^ "Legislative candidate Jess Spear arrested in oil-train protest". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  4. ^ November 4, 2014 General Election Results: Legislative - All Results (Report). Washington Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  5. ^ November 06, 2012 General Election Results: Legislative - All Results (Report). Archived from the original on November 25, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Mullen, Keely (2021-02-26). "Why I'm Joining Democratic Socialists of America". Socialist Alternative. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  7. ^ "2021 election results" (PDF). King County Elections. December 9, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "2019 primary results" (PDF). King County, Washington. November 5, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 4, 2020.
  9. ^ "Ginger Jentzen announces run for Minneapolis Council seat under Socialist Alternative banner". Minneapolis Post. January 26, 2017. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: City Council Ward 3". vote.minneapolismn.gov. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  11. ^ King County (November 24, 2015). "Election Results" (PDF). p. 45. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  12. ^ King County (November 26, 2013). "Election Results" (PDF). p. 46. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  13. ^ "Seamus Whelan on the Ballot!". Socialist Alternative. June 3, 2013. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "City of Boston Preliminary Municipal Election - September 24, 2013 City Councillor At Large" (PDF). City of Boston. September 24, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  15. ^ "Ty Moore for Minneapolis City Council, Ward 9". Socialist Alternative. April 18, 2013. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  16. ^ "2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: City Council Ward 9". City of Minneapolis. November 8, 2013. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  17. ^ "Vote for Matt Geary: A Voice for Boston Workers and Youth". Socialist Alternative. September 7, 2007. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  18. ^ "City of Boston Municipal Election - November 6, 2007 City Councillor At Large" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
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