Kshama Sawant is a Seattle City Councilwoman and a member of Socialist Alternative. Kshama was first elected in 2013, running as an independent, and accepting no corporate money. She campaigned on a $15 minimum wage for Seattle’s workers, and taxing the rich to fund education. After helping lead Seattle’s 15 Now movement to victory, she was re-elected last year, despite the determined opposition of Seattle’s Democratic party establishment.