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Mayor Wilson wades into Dem-on-Dem fight, days after Mamdani's picks win in NY 59%
By Scott Greenstone0%
6/29/2026, 3:01:48 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, False Dilemma, and Biased Writer Voice, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 25% saturation with 86 hits. Analysis detected 684 faulty-reasoning hits from 344 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 55.2% and a BS Rank of 59% (9,086 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 58.50% of the article peer group.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson made an endorsement on Saturday night in the 43rd Legislative District, the home of Democratic Majority Leader, state Sen.
Jamie Pedersen.
But she didn’t endorse the Democrats’ majority leader – she endorsed Pedersen’s younger challenger, Hannah Sabio-Howell.
Howell is a former legislative aide and communications specialist who says despite leading a charge to pass the millionaires tax earlier this year, Pedersen hasn’t done enough to stand up to big business.
“There is strong pressure for elected officials to endorse fellow incumbents,” Wilson said in a statement to the Washington State Standard, who broke the story.
“It’s a way of maintaining relationships, part of the quid pro quo of governing.
I understand this, but it’s not the way I want to do politics.”
Left-of-center Democrats and socialists across the country are feeling energized to go after incumbent Democrats right now.
Last week’s New York primaries saw two congressional incumbents ousted by insurgent lefties with the endorsement of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Dems fight it out
King County Democrats and the 43rd Legislative District Democrats both endorsed Sabio-Howell recently, but the powerful labor unions have stuck with Pedersen.
On Sunday, Washington State Labor Council President April Sims shot back with an emailed statement:
“Jamie Pedersen is the most progressive Senate Majority Leader we have ever had, delivering on major progressive priorities like progressive tax reform and rent stabilization when previous majority leaders couldn't,” Sims wrote.
“If he is not re-elected, the next majority leader will most likely be less progressive and less willing to tackle the toughest problems.”
Sims also defended Rep.
Gerry Pollet, whose challenger Ron Davis was also endorsed by Wilson.
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In the district representing Southeast Seattle and Skyway, longtime Rep.
Sharon Tomiko-Santos is facing Kelabe Tewolde, who picked up endorsements from King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Washington state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal.
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