Katie Wilson pulls ahead of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell – by 91 votes Catharine Smith November 10, 2025 / 4:20 pm

Ninety-one votes.

Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is now ahead in this nail-biter of an election count. Incumbent Bruce Harrell had been ahead on Election Day by just over 7 points, his lead dramatically reduced by Friday night.

By Monday, Katie Wilson had 49.83% of the vote; Bruce Harrell 49.79%.

Wilson’s campaign said it was “elated” by the results.

The last time a Seattle mayoral race was this close was 2001, when Greg Nickels defeated Mark Sidran by 3,158 votes.

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There remain 6,400 votes to count, according to Halei Watkins, communications director for King County’s elections department. She added that counting would continue Tuesday, for Seatt

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