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Incumbent Mayor of Seattle Bruce Harrell's attempt to win reelection fell short after a razor-thin loss to local progressive activist and community organizer Katie Wilson.

Harrell conceded Thursday as the vote totals all but guaranteed a win for Wilson, who, like Zohran Mamdani, identifies as a democratic socialist. Wilson has become the latest self-described socialist to win elected office, but unlike many of the other socialist candidates who won their elections last week, but similar to Mamdani, Wilson will end up in a post charged with leading one of the country's largest metropolitan areas.

Wilson beat Harrell by less than 2,000 votes, according to the latest tally on the King County Elections website that was updated y

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