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Katie Wilson for Seattle

@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

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Progressive coalition-builder, mom, running for Mayor of Seattle. It's time for new leadership. Join the team! https://linktr.ee/Wilsonforseattle

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · Aug 6

Tonight, we got results that were even better than we hoped, and it’s likely to only get better.

Seattle, you showed up!

It’s clear that voters want change.

This is your city.

Join the campaign, and let’s get this done!

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you to the American Muslim Advancement Council for your endorsement! #thisisyourcity

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 11h

Catch our discussion on Northwest Now from about 3:30-16:30 in the video.

Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks to Cascade PBS for the interview! We discuss how to make a more affordable Seattle with adequate housing, better childcare, and real solutions to homelessness. www.pbs.org/video/electi...

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 16h

Our communities deserve better. We can’t get this wrong.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 16h

Capt Tietjen has a long record of actions that diminish public confidence in SPD. We cannot afford that. I want to give the new chief the benefit of the doubt, but this decision reflects either bad judgment or a lack of due diligence, neither of which will be accepted when I’m Mayor.

SPD Chief Puts Cop Who Called 2020 Protesters "Cockroaches" In Charge of East Precinct

Mike Tietjen, who was promoted over a gay acting commander, was suspended, reassigned, and reprimanded after multiple complaints in 2020, including an incident in which officers taunted a trans woman.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 20h

They may have unlimited funds, but we have people power. Sign up to volunteer! #ThisIsYourCity”

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Volunteer to elect Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor! · Wilson for Seattle on Mobilize

My name is Katie Wilson and I’m running to be your next mayor. I want to bring your power and your voice into City Hall.

www.mobilize.us

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 20h

In our first installment of “Harrell’s Big Business Backers,” we present…Jeff Gow, CEO of private investment company Shelter Holdings! He wants Harrell to keep rents increasing to maximize his real estate profits.

A graphic showing a bulleted list outlining that Jeff Gow donated $15,000 to Harrell's Super PAC, Gow sold his real estate company for $500,000,000 in 2014, Gow lives in Bellevue, and that Gow is CEO of private investment company Shelter Holdings

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 20h

WHO is contributing the mountain of cash to Bruce Harrell’s Super PAC? Billionaires, real estate titans, venture capitalists, and tech executives residing primarily in the tony precincts of Bellevue, Mercer Island, and Medina.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to add to this article about Jersey City’s own progressive candidates for mayor and city council ⁠— Mussab Ali and Jake Ephros.

There's really a desire for a new kind of leadership and action. And I think that that's true across the country.

www.northjersey.com/story/news/p...

From Jersey City to Seattle, young progressives energized by Zohran Mamdani campaign

Young progressives say Zohran Mandani's NYC campaign shows they can mobilize and win in major cities.

www.northjersey.com

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Jejune Magazine for selecting me as one of their favorite progressive candidates this year! #thisisyourcity

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Our Favorite Progressive Candidates in 2025 - Katie Wilson, Mayor of Seattle, WA — Jejune Magazine

Even though it is an “off-year” for elections, several large US cities are holding mayoral elections this year, including New York City and San Antonio. In Seattle’s open primary, millennial progress...

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

"[T]he outcome of the city’s decision was that for nearly a year, Seattle paid for just as many rooms as before yet helped fewer and fewer people off the street with them."
- ProPublica on Mayor Harrell's mismanagement.

I will get results on homelessness: www.wilsonforseattle.com/homelessness

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

A PAC supporting Bruce Harrell has now raised more than $1 million from wealthy donors, and soon they will use it to attack me so that our city stays unaffordable. With less than a month until election day, I want to make a few things clear. #thisisyourcity

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Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 2d

OK, Mariners fans I took this picture of a poster of a picture of a poster I made for a rally I hosted for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social on the night of the first home playoff win for the team in a quarter of a century and if that doesn’t mean someone I’ll be damned post skeet

A picture of a poster on a utility pole. The poster is a picture of a poster on a utility pole.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 2d

More from David Kroman and The Seattle Times:

Another excerpt: "I think she is hands down the smartest, most strategic and most effective builder of people power in the city," Herbold said. The successful JumpStart Tax, though, cemented Wilson as a force in City Hall. For former Councilmember Mike O'Brien, Wilson's way of moving through the world was instructive to him as someone still forming his political beliefs. He saw himself as progressive, but never related to the tear-it-down politics of his then-colleague Kshama Sawant. How, then, could he both stick to his beliefs while honoring the part of himself that wanted to work well with others?

It's just the sort of home one might imagine for a scrappy organizer, but far from Harrell's 7,000-square-foot Seward Park home, more typical of a big-city mayor. The incongruity between its diminutive size and the enormous scope of the job Wilson wants is dizzying. It's a disconnect that now colors much of Wilson's life. Since the primary, people recognize her on the street. Her privacy is mostly gone, particularly in the friendly confines of Capitol Hill. Based on what she heard on the campaign trail, she suspected she would do well in the primary but was surprised at just how well. It's changed her view of the city. "All of these people are now looking at me as someone carrying their hopes and dreams and their vision of what Seattle could be, and their hope that this could be a city that they can live in long term, and their children can live in long term, and it feels like a huge responsibility, you know?" she said. "Because it does feel very likely that I'm going to win this race.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to David Kroman and The Seattle Times for this great profile!

An image of the Seattle Times article by David Kroman headlined "Katie Wilson's Seattle mayor race: What to know about Harrell's rival"

A screenshot excerpt of the article that reads: "As an organizer of people, she views the major's office as the city's nucleus for coalition-building and effectuating change. "I do think that there is the potential from the mayor's office to just change the way City Hall actually works and executes things in a way that will really have transformative impacts," she said. Wilson's decision to drop out of Oxford sent her cascading through a series of low-paying jobs and toward becoming one of Seattle's most prominent organizers, a leading..."

A screenshot of the article that reads: "For Wilson, they say, there is no delta between theory and practice. "She has lived her life, from dropping out of Oxford onward, very much trying to live all aspects in alignment," said her high school friend Philip Chaffee. "And it's how I understood the direction she was headed even when we were teenagers."

A screenshot of the article that reads: Such was the beginning of the Transit Riders Union. For its first several years, Wilson was focused on transit, pushing for discounted fares for young people and preserving service on King County Metro. "She was hardworking, passionate and very good at working with other people," said Marci Carpenter, who served on the city transit advisory board with Wilson in 2016. Eventually, the organization came to broaden its focus.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 3d

I’m grateful to Mona Das for her endorsement! #thisisyourcity

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

Getting ready for the KING 5 / Seattle Times debate! Tune in in 10 minutes to watch me and the mayor go head to head! #pinkjacket #goodwill #sneakpeak #thisisyourcity

Katie Wilson stands in the control room of the television station studio with a supporter in a pink jacket.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

as well as major labor unions including UFCW 3000 and PROTEC17; every Democratic Party organization in the city; and the thousands of grassroots supporters who powered her primary victory with their democracy vouchers, volunteer doorknocking, and votes.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

Wilson’s fast-growing list of endorsers includes elected officials such as State Senators Rebecca Saldaña and Yasmin Trudeau; community leaders like Mauricio Ayon Rodriguez, Cindy Domingo, and Sharon Maeda...

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

Jayapal cont... "and hallmarks of the fights I take on every single day as your Member of Congress."

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

Jayapal cont... "She understands the need to build a strong team around her that will ensure her vision becomes reality. She will be a fighter for the principles of equity, immigrant justice, civil rights, and fundamental democratic rights that are all under threat right now..."

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal:
"Katie is an organizer, like me, who has shown her fight and mettle in successfully organizing transit riders from the ground up, working in coalition to pass successful policies like the Jumpstart tax and desperately needed social housing..."

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

Mosqueda cont... "Katie Wilson’s experience and record run deep, and I know firsthand her commitment to building a city that works for all of us.”

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda:
“I’ve been proud to work with Katie Wilson to champion progressive policies like Seattle’s JumpStart Payroll Expense Tax, stronger renter protections, and a higher minimum wage for unincorporated King County..."

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 4d

As a coalition of billionaires, landlords, and real estate developers invest more than $1.2 million in Bruce Harrell’s re-election, local progressive leaders Pramila Jayapal and Teresa Mosqueda are announcing their endorsements of Katie Wilson.

A graphic in Katie Wilson for Mayor campaign colors reading "Rep. Pramila Jayapal and King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda announce endorsements of Katie Wilson."

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