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The 2025 Seattle mayoral election is scheduled to be held on November 4, 2025, with a primary election on August 3. Incumbent mayor Bruce Harrell announced he is running for re-election. Candidates
Bruce Harrell, a former City Council member who has called for hiring more police officers to stem a rise in shootings and who is endorsed by the business community, was leading all candidates in ...
The 2021 Seattle mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the Mayor of Seattle. It was won by former Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell , who defeated then-current President Lorena González ; both candidates had advanced from a nonpartisan primary election on August 3.
In 2021, Nelson again attempted to run for the city council, this time running for the position 9 office being vacated by Lorena Gonzalez who ran for Mayor of Seattle. [6] In the August primary, seven candidates ran for the open seat, with Nelson and activist Nikkita Oliver advancing to the general election, with 39.47% and 40.18%, respectively ...
Over three dozen Black leaders in Seattle, Washington are calling for mayoral candidate Lorena Gonzalez to pull a “morally disgusting” The post Seattle mayoral candidate called racist after ...
He was previously elected mayor in 2021 by the largest margin for a non-incumbent candidate since 1969. Harrell touted his administration’s “One Seattle” approach to handling the top issues ...
The mayor serves a four-year term, without term limits, and is chosen in citywide, two-round elections between nonpartisan candidates. Since the appointment of Henry A. Atkins in 1869, 56 individuals have held the office of mayor. The city elected Bertha Knight Landes, the first female mayor of a major U.S. city, in 1926. [3]
The two candidates had advanced from an earlier primary election held in August, which ensured that Seattle would have its first female mayor since Bertha Knight Landes was elected in 1926. [1] Municipal elections are officially nonpartisan though most candidates have declared party affiliations.