Progressive activist Katie Wilson has been elected as Seattle's next mayor after incumbent Bruce Harrell conceded the narrow race on Nov. 13, marking a victory for progressive Democrats across the country.

Harrell, a centrist Democrat and first-term mayor, initially led on election night, but late-arriving ballots ultimately gave Wilson the edge. The Seattle Times, which called the race on Nov. 12 , reported that Harrell would fall about 2,000 votes short in the final tally of what the newspaper described as the closest mayoral race in the city's modern political history.

In his concession speech at City Hall on Nov. 13, Harrell, 67, said he had congratulated Wilson and promised to aid in the transition. He noted that while the two campaigns offered different visions for governing th

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