Wilson’s lead increases in Seattle mayoral race, leaving Harrell further behind Catharine Smith November 11, 2025 / 4:25 pm

Katie Wilson held onto her lead a week into ballot counting in Seattle’s mayoral race.

Wilson was 1,346 votes ahead of incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell after Tuesday’s ballot drop. She'd been up 91 votes the day before.

About 1,400 ballots remain to be counted, according to Halei Waktins, communications director at King County’s election department.

The race is still within the margin for a recount.

The Wilson campaign stopped just short of declaring victory on Tuesday.

"We want to wait until every vote has been counted, but we believe that we've won this race," the campaign said in a statement to KUOW.

The Harrell campaign immediately responded to a reques

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