{"id":2471326,"date":"2025-08-06T05:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-mayor-to-face-off-against-left-wing-activist-in-november-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T05:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:43:40","slug":"seattle-mayor-to-face-off-against-left-wing-activist-in-november-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-mayor-to-face-off-against-left-wing-activist-in-november-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle mayor to face off against left-wing activist in November election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseattle-mayor-to-face-off-against-left-wing-activist-in-november-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471326&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell will face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: &#039;Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable&#039;\">left-wing activist<\/a> and organizer Katie Wilson in the upcoming November mayoral election. in the recent primary election, Wilson narrowly led Harrell wiht 46.4% of the vote compared to his 45%, with both advancing to the general election.Harrell, elected mayor in 2021 and a former city council member and president, has built a broad coalition of support including elected officials and community leaders. Wilson is the co-founder and executive director of the Transit Riders Union and advocates for progressive causes such as increased minimum wage, renters&#8217; protections, and better public transit. Her platform emphasizes climate action and environmental justice,drawing comparisons to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. The election will determine whether Harrell secures a second term or Wilson pulls off an upset.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Seattle mayor to face off against left-wing activist in November election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2197625\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seattle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Seattle<\/a> Mayor Bruce Harrell will face off against left-wing activist and organizer Katie Wilson in the city&rsquo;s mayoral election in November.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.king5.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/harrell-wilson-advance-seattle-mayoral-race\/281-9fc3e92c-818e-41dc-b58b-559b59178d23\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>, Wilson was leading the incumbent in the early returns of Tuesday&rsquo;s primary election in Seattle by a slight margin of 46.4% to 45%. Election returns showed five candidates received at least 1% of the vote in Tuesday&rsquo;s primary, with the top two candidates advancing to the election in November. Harrell and Wilson both received over 45% of the vote, with the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-squad-reps-tlaib-and-bush-defeat-primary-challengers\/\" title=\"Far-Left &quot;Squad&quot; Reps. Tlaib and Bush Defeat ... Challengers\">closest candidate receiving<\/a> just 5%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3491672\/texas-redistricting-map-longterm-legal-showdown\/\">Texas&rsquo;s new redistricting map poised for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >long-term legal showdown<\/a>, experts say<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3492024\/lithuania-nato-air-defenses-russian-drone\/\">Lithuania requests NATO bolster air defenses after Russian drone enters airspace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3491998\/mary-sheffield-wins-detroit-mayoral-primary\/\">Mary Sheffield dominates Detroit mayoral primary in race to succeed three-term Mike Duggan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harrell was elected Seattle&rsquo;s mayor in 2021, succeeding Jenny Durkan, who made the infamous &ldquo;summer of love&rdquo; comment during the city&rsquo;s riots in June 2020. He previously <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/politics\/new-seattle-city-council-sworn-in-monday\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">served<\/a> as a member of Seattle&rsquo;s City Council from 2008 to 2020 and as its president from 2016 to 2020.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My re-election is supported by 100+ current and former elected officials, labor, as well as affordable housing, environmental, community, and transportation leaders. <\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m proud of the broad and diverse coalition we&rsquo;ve built to keep Seattle moving forward. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uf4J4cLJBa\">pic.twitter.com\/uf4J4cLJBa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruce Harrell (@bruceforseattle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bruceforseattle\/status\/1949965231347708059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;My re-election [sic] is supported by 100+ current and former elected officials, labor, as well as affordable housing,&nbsp;environmental, community, and transportation leaders,&rdquo; Harrell <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bruceforseattle\/status\/1949965231347708059\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> on his social media accounts. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m proud of the broad and diverse coalition we&rsquo;ve built to keep Seattle moving forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wilson is a left-wing activist, community organizer, co-founder, and executive director of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/transitriders.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transit Riders Union<\/a>, &ldquo;an independent, democratic, member-run union of transit riders organizing&nbsp;for better public transit&rdquo; in Seattle and other nearby areas. She has advocated for many causes, including hikes in minimum wage, increased renters&rsquo; protections, and improved public transit access. Her <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonforseattle.com\/climateaction\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political platform<\/a> features initiatives for &ldquo;climate action and environmental justice&rdquo; and &ldquo;Trump-proofing&rdquo; Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>Her agenda and initiatives have drawn <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-style-activist-liberal-incumbent-advance-seattle-mayoral-runoff\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comparisons<\/a> to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight, we got results that were even better than we hoped, and it&rsquo;s likely to only get better.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle, you showed up! <\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s clear that voters want change. <\/p>\n<p>This is your city. <\/p>\n<p>Join the campaign, and let&rsquo;s get this done! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RCukRi53g1\">pic.twitter.com\/RCukRi53g1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor (@wilsonformayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilsonformayor\/status\/1952959132174303599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Tonight, we got results that were even better than we hoped, and it&rsquo;s likely to only get better,&rdquo; Wilson <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wilsonformayor\/status\/1952959132174303599?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> on her X account. &ldquo;Seattle, you showed up! It&rsquo;s clear that voters want change. This is your city. Join the campaign, and let&rsquo;s get this done!&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harrell will go for his second term, while Wilson will go for the political upset in Seattle&rsquo;s general election on Tuesday, Nov. 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2197625\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2197625\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle mayor to compete with left-wing activist in November vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2471327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP21292588532874-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3728,60719,4602,7035],"class_list":["post-2471326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-election","tag-left-wing-activist","tag-mayor","tag-seattle"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP21292588532874-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471330,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471326\/revisions\/2471330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}