SEATTLE - Bruce Harrell has taken an early lead ahead of Katie Wilson in the race to be Seattle's next mayor .

According to the first drop of election results from the Washington Secretary of State's Office, the incumbent Harrell leads Wilson by 8,319 votes — around 7.14% — with 23.36% of the vote counted so far.

Harrell is looking to keep his seat as Mayor of Seattle, following a second-place finish in the August primary behind Wilson.

While Harrell has the early lead, FOX 13 political analyst Sandeep Kaushik notes that last-minute voters skew progressive, and the majority of the Seattle ballots left to be counted are expected to favor Wilson.

Harrell ran in 2021 on a platform of public safety and boosting police funding, following the 2020 George Floyd protests in Seattle. He als

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