ELECTION RESULTS: In third round, Harrell-Wilson gap narrows

In the third round of results from Tuesday’s election, the gap between Bruce Harrell and Katie Wilson has narrowed; she was eight points back yesterday, now just under six points:

SEATTLE MAYOR
Bruce Harrell* – 91,263 – 52.64%
Katie Wilson – 81,355 – 46.93%

This is with just under 35 percent of Seattle ballots (175,739) counted; the ballot-return stats now show 54 percent of Seattle ballots received (277,120), so there are 101,000+ remaining to be tallied.

In the King County Executive race, Girmay Zahilay‘s lead over Claudia Balducci has widened:

KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Girmay Zahilay – 202,623 – 51.73%
Claudia Balducci – 184,304 – 47.05%

In this race, 29 percent of King County ballots have been counted, with just under 45 percent received. … Next results report, Friday afternoon.

Andy November 6, 2025 (4:23 pm)

Saying the gap is narrowing is an incomplete assessment. When looking at the actual vote count, Harrell’s lead over Wilson jumped over a thousand votes from yesterday. In the the new votes that were just released, he received a new 29,177, and she received a new 27,588. The percentages moved mostly because the write-in count raised much less than either candidate’s share.

WSB November 6, 2025 (5:33 pm)

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Not according to the official results sheets from King County – I just checked and she gained 18,655 today over Wednesday, while he gained 17,380 today over Wednesday. On Wednesday he was 11,000+ votes ahead; today he’s just under 10,000 votes ahead. (And if you want a second opinion, at least two newspaper journalists have tweeted that Wilson “won” the ballots added today:)
https://x.com/KromanDavid/status/1986586628807393591 (David Kroman, Seattle Times)
https://x.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1986582486412153074 (Mike Baker, New York Times)