Joe Szwaja
Politician
1956 –
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Who is Joe Szwaja?
Joseph Brian "Joe" Szwaja 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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- Born
- Oct 10, 1956
Oberlin - Also known as
- Joseph Brian Szwaja
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Cleveland
- Wisconsin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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