Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - 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. Whai muri i tana hokinga ki Seattle i te tau 2000 i mahi a Mallahan i runga i te kaupapa perehitini a Barack Obama, he hoa hoki o te Industrial Areas Foundation
engari i tae noa ki te tauwhāinga kaitiaki o Seattle i te tau 2009 i whakataetae ai ia mō te tari tōrangapū. 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.