US EditionKatie Wilson Likely to Be Seattle’s Next Mayor
- On Tuesday, Katie Wilson, mayoral candidate, leads by 1,346 votes after Monday's count and Tuesday additions with just over 1,400 ballots left, making her the clear favorite.
- After trailing by more than 10,000 votes the day after the election, late-counted and mail-in ballots broke for Katie Wilson, while her focus on affordability and homelessness helped narrow Bruce Harrell's lead.
- A longtime activist, Katie Wilson founded the Transit Riders Union and built her campaign on renter protections, taxes on corporations like Amazon, and pledging 4,000 new shelter units.
- If confirmed, Katie Wilson will face key decisions about department heads for transportation, housing, utilities, receive a transition office in Seattle Municipal Tower, and inherit 2026 World Cup duties plus a more than $140 million deficit in the coming year.
- With City Hall remade, the election results signaled a strong progressive return, but the Democratic Socialists of America, local chapter declined to endorse Katie Wilson, and few clear blocs on the City Council complicate governance.
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Socialist Community Organizer Katie Wilson Narrowly Wins Seattle's Mayoral Election
Maddy Grassy/APA first-time candidate and self-proclaimed socialist was declared the winner of last week’s Seattle mayoral race, bringing an end to the closest election in the city’s history.Katie Wilson, a 43-year-old transportation advocate, unseated incumbent Democrat Bruce Harrell with 50.2% of the vote compared to Harrell’s 49.5%. The race was the tightest in municipal election history, according to city archives.“This campaign was driven b…
Progressive challenger Katie Wilson elected mayor of Seattle
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Nov. 13, 2025. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. With the help of an “army of grassroots volunteers” and the support of Seattle’s working-class neighborhoods, progressive candidate Katie Wilson was named the winner of the city’s mayoral election on Wednesday night, beating corporate-backed Democratic Mayor Bruce Harrell after a campaign that focused heavily on…
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