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Socialist Kshama Sawant is leaving Seattle's city council

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Seattle city councilmember Kshama Sawant holds a fist in the air while speaking during a rally ahead of a Seattle city council vote on a measure, proposed by Sawant, that would ban discrimination based on caste, on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Seattle City Hall. Seattle would be the first city in the nation to do so. (Megan Farmer/KUOW)
Seattle city councilmember Kshama Sawant holds a fist in the air while speaking during a rally ahead of a Seattle city council vote on a measure, proposed by Sawant, that would ban discrimination based on caste, on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Seattle City Hall. Seattle would be the first city in the nation to do so. (Megan Farmer/KUOW)

A famous and controversial member of Seattle's city council is about to leave office.

Socialist Kshama Sawant is moving on, after nearly a decade of making headlines.

KUOW's politics reporter David Hyde looks at her legacy.

This segment aired on December 19, 2023.

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