2025 Seattle mayoral election

2025 Seattle mayoral election
November 4, 2025
Turnout55%
 
Candidate Katie Wilson Bruce Harrell
Popular vote 138,931 136,920
Percentage 50.20% 49.47%

Wilson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Harrell:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

Mayor before election

Bruce Harrell
Democratic

Elected mayor

Katie Wilson
Democratic

The 2025 Seattle mayoral election was held on November 4, 2025, with a primary election on August 5, 2025, to elect the mayor of Seattle. Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell ran for re-election to a second term and was challenged by community organizer Katie Wilson, who placed first in the August nonpartisan primary.

The Seattle Times and other outlets called the election for Wilson a week after election day, with Harrell conceding to Wilson on November 13. Wilson ultimately won by a margin of 0.73%, the closest mayoral election in Seattle by percentage since 1906.