Bruce Harrell
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Bruce Allen Harrell is an American politician and attorney who was the 54th and 57th mayor of Seattle. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020, he was presiden
Harrell in 2022
Councilman Harrell with mayor Ed Murray meeting with local African American leaders in 2017
Harrell being sworn in as acting mayor
Harrell joins other individuals that had recently won mayoral elections in meeting President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House.
Katie Wilson
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Katherine Barrett Wilson is an American politician and activist serving as the 58th mayor of Seattle since 2026. She is the co-founder and executive director of the Transit Riders Union, a group that
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…city's second African-American mayor and its first Asian-American mayor. In the 2025 Seattle mayoral election, he was defeated by progressive challenger Katie Wilson in his bid for reelection to a second term. Harrell was born in 1958 in Seattle, to an African American father who worked for Seattle City Light and a…
Wilson in 2025
Wilson speaking at a Right to Ride rally at Westlake Park, 2016