Seattle voters split down stark political lines in early primary election results
With the first round of primary election results in, Seattle voters put much of their support behind known quantities in the race for mayor, while a sharp political divide has taken shape in other races.
In early returns for the mayoral race, Bruce Harrell and Lorena Gonzalez have carved out comfortable leads over the rest of the field. Harrell served on city council for over a decade before opting not to run for reelection in 2019. Gonzalez currently serves as council president.
Further on down the ballot, few candidates appear to have made headway with voters while campaigning on a message that Seattle needs new leadership. To wit, none of Colleen Echohawk, Jessyn Farrell, or Andrew Grant Houston — all of whom cast themselves as local political outsiders — have garnered more than 9% of votes with roughly 18% of ballots counted.
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A similar narrative is playing out in Teresa Mosqueda’s bid for reelection to her at-large city council seat, having already gathered 54% of votes. By all appearances, she seems likely to coast into the general election to face either civil engineer Kenneth Wilson or perennial council candidate Kate Martin.
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