And then there were two — the top two candidates in the race for Seattle mayor are now headed for the general election in November.

Progressive challenger Katie Wilson currently leads incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 4.5%, or about 5,100 votes.

“I didn’t expect to be in first place on primary night, and we expect the numbers will only get better as more votes are counted,” Wilson said. “I think it really shows that Seattle voters are ready for a change. I think people are frustrated with a lack of progress from the current administration on affordability, on homelessness, on safety.”

Wilson and Harrell are by far the top two vote-getters and will go head-to-head in November.

“We knew this would be a challenging race, but we saw a similar close race in 2021 and a large margin of victory

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