Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s chief of staff resigned this week, The Seattle Times reported.

After more than a decade with Harrell, Jeremy Racca decided to leave the mayor’s office and take a job in New York, where his wife lives.

His exit comes as Harrell faces a tight mayoral race with Katie Wilson , trailing behind her with less than 42% of the vote in the primary.

However, Racca told The Seattle Times his departure had nothing to do with the election, but was due to health issues. Racca went through two “cardiac events” in the last 18 months and wanted to distance himself from the stress of City Hall.

“If anything, it made it even harder to make this decision,” he shared with the media outlet. “I mean, it’s quite soul-wrenching.”

Racca went on unpaid leave to make sure, w

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