Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata a Mallahan i tana mahi tōrangapū i Chicago i a ia e mahi ana hei Perehitini o Century Supply Company. I reira i awhina a Mallahan ki te whakatuu i te United Power for Action and Justice me te whakangungu me te mahi hei kaiwhakahaere hapori mai i te Industrial Areas Foundation. I muri i hoki ki Seattle i roto i te 2000 mahi Mallahan i runga i hoa Industrial Areas Foundation alumnus
Ko te kaupapa perehitini a Barack Obama engari kaore i tae noa ki te whakataetae taone nui o Seattle i te tau 2009 i rere ai ia mo te tari torangapu. Hei taapiri ki tana mahi i mua i te mahi me te Kaitono Al Swift Mallhan i muri mai i mahi hei kaitohutohu ture ki a Washington Republican Senator Slade Gorton. Mai i tana hokinga ki Seattle me te rehitatanga ki te pooti i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 2000 ko nga rekoata pooti i King County e whakaatu ana kua pooti a Mallahan i te 12 o nga pooti 25 i uru ia ki te whai waahi.