Kammala wannan magana: Mallahan ya fara aikin siyasa a Chicago yayin da yake aiki a matsayin Shugaban Kamfanin Century Supply. A can Mallahan ya taimaka wajen kafa United Power for Action and Justice kuma ya sami horo da aiki a matsayin mai shirya al'umma daga Gidauniyar Yankunan Masana'antu. Bayan ya koma Seattle a 2000 Mallahan yi aiki a kan 'yan'uwanmu Industrial Areas Foundation tsohon dalibi
Barack Obama yaƙin neman zaɓe na shugaban kasa amma ba har sai da 2009 Seattle magajin gari tseren cewa ya gudu ga siyasa ofishin. Baya ga aikinsa na farko tare da Wakilin Al Swift Mallhan daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin majalisa ga Sanata Slade Gorton na Republican Washington. Tun lokacin da ya koma Seattle kuma ya yi rajista don jefa kuri'a a watan Afrilun 2000 bayanan zabe a King County sun nuna cewa Mallahan ya zabe a 12 daga cikin za ~ u ~~ uka 25 da ya cancanci shiga.