At the end of Election Day, incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell appeared to have a comfortable path to reelection.

Harrell lead challenger Katie Wilson by more than 10,000 votes in the early tally. The race tightened dramatically as late-arriving and mail-in ballots were counted over the following days. Wilson, a longtime progressive activist running for office for the first time, now holds a narrow lead of roughly 1,346 votes, with just over 1,400 ballots left to be counted.

Though the race remains close, one political consultant in the city told Politico that she would be “comfortable calling this race for Wilson now.”

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Wilson, 43, ran on a platform focused on affordability, homelessness, and public transit. She highlighted her own struggles to make ends meet in Seattle, adv

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