Joe Szwaja Politician

Joseph Brian "Joe" Szwaja (born October 10, 1956) is a Seattle public school teacher and political activist. Formerly a Madison, Wisconsin City Council member, he unsuccessfully ran in 2000 for a seat in the United States Congress in his current home of Washington's 7th congressional district as a Green Party candidate. In 2007, he again ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Seattle City Council against incumbent Jean Godden.During the 2000 United States Congressional elections, Szwaja captured nearly 20% of the vote, which at that time set a record for a Green in a Congressional election.

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Birth dateOctober 10, 1956
Birth place
Oberlin Ohio , United States

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Green Party of the United States

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External resources

  1. http://eatthestate.org/05-00/JoeSzwajafor.htm
  2. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002146615_szwaja10.html
  3. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/0414220
  4. http://www.irvwa.org
  5. http://www.kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=13041
  6. http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/voterguides/2000/vote.wa.gov/2000/vote2000/guide/federalaa07.html?race=2007&district=7#t3
  7. http://www2.ci.seattle.wa.us/ethics/votersguide.asp?e=20070821&p=02_04