Virginia and New Jersey weren't the only places Democrats underperformed last night.
Progressive activists suffered a high-profile defeat attempting to scrap the Minneapolis Police Department. Meanwhile, local media has declared a Republican candidate the winner in (checks notes) Seattle.
Republican Ann Davison is poised to become the city's top attorney. Washington State has held vote-by-mail elections for some years now. Although candidates have cut Election Day deficits by as much as 12 points as officials count ballots submitted as late as Election Day, Davison's lead of 17 points appears insurmountable.
Her most formidable opponent was police abolitionist Nicole Thomas-Kennedy. While simultaneously advocating for a world without prisons, Thomas-Kennedy cheered on Antifa via Twitter. In a now-deleted Tweet, she celebrated when an explosive device detonated outside of a police station during Seattle's Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), calling the person responsible a “hero.”
An Incriminating Pattern
She also deleted another telling the thinly-stretched Seattle P.D. to “eat some covid laced sh*t & quit ur jobs.”
Even with her half-hearted attempt at moderation, Thomas-Kennedy's profile still contained some of the most hateful bile spewed at police by a politician.
Law and Order Defeats Anarchy
With a record like that, two former governors—both Democrats—crossed party lines to support Davison. As did 75,000 Seattleites.
As KOMO News reports:
On Election Night, the crowd surrounding Ann Davison erupted in jubilation, as the early results showed Davison leading her opponent Nicole Thomas-Kennedy.
“Heartwarming and humbling the number of votes that have come in,” said Davison.
Davison said there are too many people from every walk of life—who feel unsafe in Seattle with random attacks, drug proliferation, getting their cars broken into, or businesses getting shoplifted.
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“There is a way to have a balanced approach that we are providing a way to intervene with someone and to make sure we are centering victims of crime and collectively bringing together what is public safety in our city,” Davison said.
Progressives on the Ropes
Meanwhile, KING 5 Seattle reports that moderate candidates have won three high-profile races in King County after the initial vote count.
Besides Davison, they include inevitable Mayor-elect Bruce Harrell and Sara Nelson for City Council Position 9. Both faced far-left challengers.
As of the latest tally, Harrell leads Lorena González by 31 points.
González supported defunding the police by 50%. Her proposal came amid Seattle losing 250 police officers and experiencing a rise in violent crime. Meanwhile, Harrell opposed defunding the Seattle Police Department.
Sara Nelson ran against Nikkita Oliver, who also supported slashing the city's police budget by half.
Do you think last night's election represented a turning point in America—even in far-left Seattle? As always, tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
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I’m not uncrossing my fingers yet. I’m still waiting for all the people who said they were going to leave the country when Trump was elected, to leave. So I don’t think these commies are going anywhere until we make them. But after the war, they’re all going to go on trial and this time it’s going to make the carpet baggers after the first civil war, look like a bunch of kindly old ladies. They deserve every bit of it. FJ B
I honestly see no hope for cities like Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, etc. The Violent left will make her life miserable unless the Seattle Police step up and make a difference for her
There is going to be additional support for her in the form a quiet but well informed group that is capable of taking a last stand for our country. News flash for Lenin Marxists: to poke this bear is a mistake.
NTK is not an American, she’s a communist anarchist that needs a good pimp slap every time she’s out in public. no worries about any Police getting called, she’s not gonna call NAZI’s to come save her.
Good Luck with that race …but remember!
2022/2024 national election polls are irrelevant as long as the Democrat election fraud apparatus is still intact! …and it still is!!
I expect the entire USA will Vote against the Anarchy and Dilusion we have seen, and/or became aware of over the past two years. The Left has been working for many years to destroy the USA. People now are seeing what that kind of Society looks like. And it looks like you better be Rich or you will be a Devalued and Worthless person who is at the Mercy of a Merciless Government for everything. That is what they want. A two class USA. Very Rich and Very Poor. That gaurentees the Rich keep getting Richer and everyone else does what they are told, or they face, for example, losing their jobs because they won’t take a Government Mandated Vaccine. Or, they won’t abide by Government Mandates that make going to Church an illegal Act.
Republicans have plenty of Flaws too, but, Hating the USA is not one of them. We will see Landslide Wins for Republicans in the 2022 Mid Terms and the 2024 Presidential Election.
And it can’t happen soon enough. The USA is already so severely damaged by the Biden Admin that it may take Decades to repair it all. Decades of GOP in Power in Washington.