WA Senate's Democratic majority leader draws challenger from the left

Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, who has served in the Legislature for two decades, faces the prospect of a fellow Democrat challenging him in this year’s election.

Hannah Sabio-Howell, a progressive activist who previously worked as a state Senate staffer, intends to formally announce her candidacy Monday in Seattle’s 43rd District.

She outlined her plan in an email to family and friends, obtained by the Standard, asking them to chip in to her campaign. A donor webpage for Sabio-Howell is live. She had not yet filed to run with the state’s Public Disclosure Commission as of Friday evening.

On Friday, she declined an interview before her planned campaign launch but did issue a statement.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/wa-senates-democratic-majority-leader-draws-challenger-from-the-left/