Katie Wilson has prevailed in her progressive challenge to incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. Wilson expanded her lead to nearly 2,000 votes in Wednesday’s ballot update. That pushed her advantage to 0.71 points, which is beyond the threshold for a machine recount. Wilson has won 50.2% of the vote, and will be Seattle’s next mayor, breaking a long run of centrist leadership.
“Ahead by almost 2,000 votes, we now believe that we’re in an insurmountable position,” Wilson said in a statement.
