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Primary takeaways: Seattle mayoral also-ran Houston had more donors than voters

Upstart campaign raised $350K in public money, got 2.5 percent of votes

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Paul Queary
Aug 05, 2021
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One Seattle mayoral candidate is on the brink of a unique political achievement: He persuaded more people to give him money than vote for him.

Andrew Grant Houston, an architect and former City Council staffer, has been running a youth-focused campaign fueled by the city’s democracy voucher program. For review, that system sends every voter in the city …

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