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| rdfs:comment | - 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 as a Green Party candidate and again in 2007 ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Seattle City Council against incumbent Jean Godden .
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| candidate | - Jim McDermott
- Jean Godden
- Joe Szwaja
- Joel Grus
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| Occupation | - Public high school teacher and political activist
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| abstract | - 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 as a Green Party candidate and again in 2007 ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Seattle City Council against incumbent Jean Godden . In November 1999, Szwaja received a local United Nations Association of Seattle's Human Rights Award for his work helping war victims in East Timor. During the 2000 United States Congressional elections, Szwaja captured nearly 20% of the vote, which at the time set a new record for a Green in a Congressional election.
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