In late September, Candace Faber, a civic technology advocate for the City of Seattle, accused two-term Republican Joe Fain of raping her the night she graduated from Georgetown in 2007. Fain denies the allegations and has called for an investigation. Even if he hadn’t been credibly accused of rape (!), Fain would still be a “moderate” Republican who helped block the Reproductive Parity Act from coming to a vote.
Meanwhile, Mona Das, a former congressional candidate with a mortgage business, says she’ll support a capital gains tax, fight for climate change mitigation, work on expanding funding for early education and vocational programs, and secure more affordable housing in the burbs. In response to allegations against Fain, she said she “believes survivors of sexual assault” and added that “it’s obvious we need more women in positions of power.”
