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Jeff @jefft.bsky.social · 8h

Did you mean to say she outgained him by 17k between primary night and final primary tally? Seems to match the graph.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 8h

*gained 17,221 votes more than Harrell between the primary Election Night and final results

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, correct. Whoops. Bedtime for me.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 8h

UPDATE: the incumbent school board, who voted against the ban on trans girls and is now facing the mother of the complaining student, is leading in results so far.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d

I'd totally missed this:

In Tumwater, WA, a HS student complained about a trans basketball player. Then, the local school board passed a resolution to ban trans girls from girl sports.

Now, the mother of that student is running against the sole school board member to vote against the resolution.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 8h

With the caveat that we haven't seen precinct-by-precinct results yet, I would call Katie Wilson the favorite at this point.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 8h

Here's a look at the raw numbers in the Seattle mayoral contest, with 2021 for scale. Harrell has lost a lot of ground from his 2021 win.

Wilson gained 17,221 votes more than Harrell between the primary and general. That would be more than enough to eliminate the 8,319 vote gap here.

Vote totals: Primary election night, primary election final, general election night, general election final.

Katie Wilson 44,457 98,562 53,767
Bruce Harrell 43,160 80,043 62,086
Other 8,596 15,624 580
2021 Harrell 33,759 69,612 84,975 155,294
2021 González 25,209 65,750 46,046 109,132
2021 Other 29,344 69,402 465 777

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 10h

New York and Seattle might both elect socialist mayors who rent and don’t own cars tonight

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 18h

Saw a bunch of folks using the ballot drop box by the Ballard library on my little lunch break walk. It’s a beautiful day in Seattle to elect a new mayor and ditch our disaster of a council president.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 22h

They're out there, and they're voting.

Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 2d

That’s right

Color of Seattle @colorofseattle.bsky.social · 2d

The color of the sky in Seattle is dark pastel blue #7c97c1

2025-11-02 13:55:01 #7c97c1 dark pastel blue

2025-11-02 13:55:01 #7c97c1 dark pastel blue | [#7c97c1 - 54%] [#526a97 - 20%] [#627ca9 - 14%] [#cbd9e6 - 8%] [#efecdf - 2%] [#aabeda - 1%] [#dfe6e4 - 1%]

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 4d

It is absolutely remarkable that multiple states — including at least one with a Republican governor — are fully backstopping November SNAP payments, but Governor Doge Ferguson again has failed to meet the moment. What a profound disappointment of a first year as Governor.

Rep. Shaun Scott 🌹🤝 @organizewithshaun.bsky.social · 5d

Today I'm calling on @governorferguson.bsky.social to declare a state of emergency: the expiration of SNAP benefits for nearly one million Washingtonians will be a disaster for the health of many, and for the economic health of the state. We must join other state governments and act swiftly.

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Rep. Shaun Scott 🌹🤝 @organizewithshaun.bsky.social · 5d

Today I'm calling on @governorferguson.bsky.social to declare a state of emergency: the expiration of SNAP benefits for nearly one million Washingtonians will be a disaster for the health of many, and for the economic health of the state. We must join other state governments and act swiftly.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 6d

I used to live in First Hill and it was a genuinely useful transit mode for going to Pioneer Square, the ID, and Cap Hill. Completing the Culture Connector would make it a fantastic option for tourists visiting Pike Place and people living and working in SLU.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 6d

I believe we can make the Seattle Streetcar look more like the video on the left, and run it as a complete line. And it's a much better idea than tearing it all up.

justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 6d

The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 6d

Seattle’s RapidRide bus upgrade program is a scheduling and funding nightmare. These projects turn into huge utility upgrading efforts and chasing the federal funds take decades. We would be better off painting the Bus Only lanes now while we wait for design and finding to be complete

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 9d

Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck is once again the only Seattle elected official with a positive job performance rating

Likely November 2025 general election voters in Seattle aren't satisfied with the performance of their elected officials, with one exception: Councilmember Alexis Mercedes…

Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck is once again the only Seattle elected official with a positive job performance rating

Likely November 2025 general election voters in Seattle aren't satisfied with the performance of their elected officials, with one exception: Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck, who was elected last year and is the most progressive member of the Council.

www.nwprogressive.org

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 10d

We know people want to ride transit here. Why do we keep building more car capacity?

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 10d

Given the Link light rail's rapid expansion, Seattle now has the fastest transit ridership growth of any major US metro area, beating out the continued recovery of DC

A graph of ridership growth, 2025 vs 2024, in the 10 largest US Metro Areas by Transit Use

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 12d

If Bruce Harrell squeaks out a win in two weeks, I for one will never forget the contempt that he readily showed for wide swaths of the city in service of doing it.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 21d

Me too!

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 23d

Watching a crowd of people wait to cross Leary to get to the Ballard Farmers’ Market because SDOT used transit funds to turn a crosswalk from cross-whenever to signaled without reducing car traffic at all. So cool

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 24d

Does she not know that already exists in station areas from HB 1491?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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