Start biting those nails: No clear winner in Seattle mayor’s race — yet

Amy Radil

Isolde Raftery

November 04, 2025 / 10:02 pm

It’s going to be a loooooong few days.

Katie Wilson, the socialist candidate for Seattle mayor, was the favorite entering the general election on Tuesday night. She’d won the primary by 10 percentage points, and a recent poll showed her ahead.

When fellow progressive Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, it almost seemed fated.

But then the first round of ballots dropped: Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell secured about 53% of the vote.

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That doesn’t mean Harrell is safe. Here in Washington state, mailed ballots come in daily batches. The count historically inches left with each new afternoon drop, as younger, more liberal voters tend to

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