Seattle Elects Democratic Socialist

Seattle’s election of Katie Wilson as mayor comes days after New York chose Zohran Mamdani, giving two major cities socialist leaders.
Seattle Elects Democratic Socialist
People take in a view of the skyline in Seattle, Washington on June 10, 2021. David Ryder/Getty Images
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Seattle will be led by a democratic socialist after incumbent Bruce Harrell, a Democrat, conceded the city’s mayoral race on Nov. 13 following the counting of final ballots to self-described socialist Katie Wilson.

Wilson pulled ahead as later-arriving mail ballots were tallied under Washington’s all-mail election system, which allows ballots postmarked by Election Day, which was Nov. 4, to be counted.

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