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Urban League president will run for Seattle City Council, challenge Sawant
Seattle Times:Pamela Banks, president of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle since 2012, announced Thursday she’ll seek the Seattle City Council’s 3rd District seat.
Banks, endorsed by former King County executive Ron Sims, is running against Councilmember Kshama Sawant and two other challengers, Rod Hearne and Morgan Beach.
The 3rd District includes Capitol Hill, the Central District, Montlake and Madison Park.
Sawant, the council’s most outspoken member and a socialist, is well-known. But Banks, a longtime Central District resident, has deep roots in local politics.
