Katie Wilson, who has accused Israel of “genocide” and whom the Council on American-Islamic Relations endorsed , led Bruce Harrell, the Seattle mayor, by nearly 2,000 votes, after the state released its latest ballot numbers on Wednesday evening, prompting the Seattle Times and others to call the race for Wilson.

The socialist had 138,489 votes (50.19%) to the incumbent’s 136,513 votes (49.48%), according to state figures . The state has been releasing new numbers around 4 p.m. local time every day in the more than a week since Election Day.

Harrell, who has not conceded, has called a press conference on Thursday. Many have predicted that the race between the two Democrats would be so close that a recount was inevitable.

Keith Swank, sheriff of Pierce County, Wash., and a Republ

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