With 137,237 votes counted thus far in the Seattle mayoral race, Bruce Harrell, the Democratic incumbent, leads with 73,883 votes (53.84%), more than eight points ahead of his Democratic challenger, Katie Wilson, who has secured 62,700 votes (45.69%), per state figures .

That lead grew by about a percentage point when a fresh batch of votes were announced at 4 p.m. local time on Wednesday in a race where it could reportedly take several days to determine a winner.

“The race isn’t over folks,” stated Wilson, a progressive who has accused Israel of “genocide” and whom the Council on American-Islamic Relations endorsed, on Wednesday.

“We anticipated the day after the election would look like a continuation of day one, where the results typically favor the more conservative candidate,

See Full Page