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-I'm Rebecca Saldaña, and
I'm running for King

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County Council District
2 because working people

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deserve a county we can
actually afford to live in.

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Right now, too many people are
struggling with rising rents,

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childcare costs, health care
bills, and long commutes,

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while the wealthiest
corporations and the

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ultra-rich continue to profit.

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I'm running to build more
housing that's affordable

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at every income level, raise
wages, improve transit,

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expand behavioral health care,
and make childcare more

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accessible for working families.

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As a daughter of a Mexican
immigrant farm worker who

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later became a machinist,
I know what economic

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insecurity looks like, and
I know how transformative

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good union jobs and vibrant
communities can be.

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That's what has shaped
my life and my work.

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Before elected office,
I organized alongside

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janitors and farm workers
fighting for dignity

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and fair wages.

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In the state Senate, I've
spent the last decade

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delivering real
progressive change,

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helping pass the capital
gains and millionaire's tax

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so the wealthiest pay
more towards the services

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we all rely on, passing
one of the strongest

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paid family medical and leave
programs in the country,

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and sponsoring the Domestic
Workers' Bill of Rights

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to protect care workers
and immigrant workers

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too often excluded from
labor protections.

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I've also fought for
major investments in

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affordable housing,
transit, climate justice,

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and safer, healthier
communities.

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Now, I'm ready to bring that
proven leadership to the King

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County Council because meeting
this moment will require

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leaders willing to stand
up to powerful interests

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and fight unapologetically
for working people.

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I'm honored to have the sole
endorsement of the King County

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Democrats as well as the
endorsements of King County

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Councilmembers Teresa
Mosqueda, Sarah Perry,

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Claudia Balducci, and
many more progressive

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labor unions and
community leaders.

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I'd be honored to
earn your support.