Politics

this is significant because it initially looked like Harrell, the more centrist option, would breeze through this race; now, though, it seems like a very real possibility that Seattle will also elect a progressive mayor this November in Katie Wilson. (her platform is, though not socialist like Zohran Mamdani's, still pretty good and deserves your support)

Katie Wilson’s voter’s pamphlet statement reads, in part: “As your mayor, I’ll create 4,000 units of emergency housing to reduce unsheltered homelessness. I’ll invest in alternatives to police response for nonviolent calls so SPD can focus on serious crime. I’ll expand mental health and addiction treatment. I’ll support small businesses and create good, green jobs. I’ll build on the gains we’ve made for our city’s workers, and raise new progressive revenue to protect vulnerable communities from Trump’s cuts. Voters have twice supported social housing, by a landslide; Seattle deserves a mayor who will work to make it successful, not undermine it.”

”She [Wilson] is competent, pro-active, experienced, smart, and is committed to public service with visionary leadership to make sure Seattle is a good place for the majority of regular working people in Seattle to live and build vibrant communities with real quality of life,” said a female Democratic voter between the ages of fifty and sixty-four.

“Wilson has shown she is the smartest person in the race and is standing up for the people of this city and the neighborhoods, not just the wealthy and downtown business interests,” said a male Democratic voter between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four. “Harrell has been plagued by scandals that have cost the city millions. He also has failed to maintain a healthy budget by refusing to raise progressive taxes, which is exactly the issue Wilson is best suited to resolve.”