Katie Wilson

Just in case you needed evidence that Harrell’s campaign is fudging their numbers:

Quite an impressive feat to apparently create 1,000 new emergency units in the 12 days between when these two ads dropped

um, yeah.

Where do Seattle's political candidates get their bagels? Seattleites need to know: Where are our politicians getting their bagel fix?

Here's me and other candidates holding forth on Seattle's bagel scene (thanks to @seankeeley.bsky.social)

On the left the painting American Gothic by Grant Wood (a dour somewhat elderly white couple in front of a house, man holding a pitchfork), on the right me (Katie) and my husband Scott, him holding a bagel..

We're looking a little American Gothic

I tried Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson's (husband's) bagels If this is going to be Seattle's next First Bagel, we need to know how good it is...

Running for mayor is no joke, but it also has fun tangents, like having a chance to show off your husband's bagel skills!

Cool FIFA World Cup Seattle idea: Elect Katie.

Incredible thread.

Katie Wilson of Seattle Shows Zohran Mamdani Is Not Alone She’s running on a populist economic message that puts affordability of care at its heart and mobilized young grassroots organizers.

"Has Seattle had enough of business as usual?"

Pretty sure the answer here is a resounding YES.

AFAIK this is the first national reporting on @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social's campaign. By no means will it be the last. Our Mamdani, our Wu, our very own @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social.

Selfie with Katie Wilson

You never know who you're going to run into in downtown Seattle...or whose video interview you're going to accidentally walk through.

Congrats on getting the @theurbanist.org endorsement, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!

This is a bold step by the city workers, who stand to lose a lot by angering the famously grudge-holding Mayor. It is sign of the spreading realization that Bruce is vulnerable and a sign of their courage that they are willing to take this risk.

Let's stand with the people who make Seattle work!

2025 Primary Election Endorsements » The Urbanist # The Urbanist Elections Committee is excited to announce our 2025 primary election endorsements, which span the region from Tacoma to Everett. Be sure to vote by August 5.

Hot off the presses: The Urbanist's primary election endorsements.

Ballots arrive in mailboxes as soon as tomorrow.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/16/2...

I’m going back to an earlier theory that the $14k for oppo research paid someone to read all the columns I’ve ever written, an idea I quite like.

Reconsidering this, as the most recent filing shows Harrell’s campaign itself spent $35k on polling — presumably telling them to paint me as an angry, divisive, cop-hating socialist. I hope he feels that was money well spent!

Not a surprise: The Seattle Times endorsed Bruce Harrell. ~ A surprise? ~ They seemed pretty bummed about it. Here are a few choice quotes that made us😏

Is this even an endorsement?

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.

The PAC’s major contributors include banks and landlord, realtor, investor, and developer groups. All the best people. The way we’re going to counter these attacks is by talking to voters face to face. Head on over to our volunteer page and sign up! www.mobilize.us/wilsonforsea...

Screenshot from campaign finance disclosure form showing $14,000 spent paying Stanford Campaigns for "Research Opposing Katie Wilson."

I’m guessing this poll was paid for by the “Bruce Harrell for Seattle's Future” PAC, which has spent $14,000 on “Research Opposing Katie Wilson.”

"Katie Wilson is an advocate for the 'defund the police' movement that is out of touch with what our city needs. Wilson said 'there's a strong argument for simply disbanding police departments and starting over.' She signed onto the so-called Solidarity Budget that cut police by 20% and even expressed disappointment that it didn't cut the police budget even more. We can't afford a mayor who thinks policing is unnecessary."

"Instead of working together on practical solutions to Seattle's homelessness crisis, Katie Wilson has flipped her stances multiple times. She supports allowing unsafe tent encampments in our city parks while criticizing the mayor for taking action to address the problem. Wilson sees this issue as a political football and is not interested in real solutions that include moving people off the streets and into shelter with services and treatment."

"Under Mayor Harrell, Seattle is moving forward and coming together to tackle big issues. Katie Wilson represents the angry, divisive politics of a few years ago, with chaos and vandalism in the streets. Wilson is more interested in being the loudest voice in the room and less interested in bringing Seattle together and actually solving our problems. We can't go back, we need to move forward together as a city."

"Katie Wilson is not the right candidate to lead our city. She is a career activist who doesn't have what it takes to get real results. Wilson does not have the experience or temperament required to actually manage Seattle's 12,000 city employees and $2.5 billion budget. Being mayor is a major executive job -- we need someone who can take charge and bring people together to tackle the problems we face, not just shout and argue about them."

And here are the other four:

"Katie Wilson does not have the needed experience to lead our city. She has no background in management or government and has only run an activist organization where she was the only employee. With our city facing serious challenges, from homelessness and affordable housing, to transportation and climate change, to attacks from Trump and MAGA Republicans, we need a seasoned leader with a proven track record who has the skills to manage a major city from day one."

"Katie Wilson has a long history of supporting former city councilmember Kshama Sawant and her divisive vision for Seattle. Wilson endorsed Sawant multiple times, opposed the effort to recall her, and she even contributed to Sawant's campaign personally. At a time when we need to stand united against Trump's attacks on our city, we can't afford to go back to the politics of shouting, accusing, and undermining fellow Democrats."

"Katie Wilson will raise taxes on working families and small businesses. While she claims her tax proposals would only increase taxes on the rich, her plans don't protect local small businesses and working people, and would make Seattle an even more expensive city to live in. We can't afford a self-described socialist who plans to raise taxes even higher when so many working families are struggling to make ends meet in our city."

"Katie Wilson campaigns on progressive housing solutions, yet her support for the most radical housing activists has backfired. As a result of policies she supported, real affordable housing units were sold off, forcing smaller landlords our of the market and worsening the crisis. She even said 'it's not clear that we should care' if small landlords leave the market, opening the door for predatory corporate landlords to fill the vacuum."

Here are four of eight messages tested against me:

Poll Tests Message that Katie Wilson is "Angry," "Divisive," and "Loud"; No Charges Yet for County Assessor Accused of Stalking - PubliCola And: Three City Councilmembers declined to sign on to an anti-Trump letter; guess which ones! 1. Two online polls that…

With ballots about to drop and just three weeks before Primary Election Day, it's clear the incumbent and his big-money backers are terrified of our campaign. I’m bracing for the attacks to begin. 🧵

Polling schmolling. Even the Seattle Times knows we need a new mayor..
“Harrell’s three major challengers — Katie Wilson, Ry Armstrong and Joe Mallahan — all claim Seattle is underperforming. They are correct.”

Reposting for the Monday crowd my case for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social in @thestranger.com last Friday. We need leadership, and we have the chance for it.

It finally came and we had a blast racing the L8. With so many fellow transit riders!

Sign-On Letter: 4th of July & "Big Beautiful Bill" Passage Response Letter from WA Elected Officials July 4th, 2025 To the People of Washington state, King County, City of Seattle, As we celebrate Independence Day 2025, we write to you not in celebration, but with heavy hearts and urgent concern. Y...

Full letter and signatories here:

"No Call For Celebration" This July 4: 60+ WA Elected Officials And Candidates Commit To Immediate Action After Big Beautiful Bill Passage Washington State and local elected officials are not feeling very patriotic this 4th of July. Early Friday afternoon, 69 elected officials signed and published a letter in which they condemn the Trump...

Great letter from dozens of WA elected officials, including four Seattle city councilmembers, committing to action after the passage of Trump's bill. Where is Mayor Bruce Harrell's signature?

Instead, Harrell’s administration has consistently shifted responsibility. Now, as he fights for re-election, he’s suddenly the champion of immigrants and refugees. But the real test is not what you say when you give a speech. It’s what you do when you’re called upon to act. /

As our region’s largest city, Seattle should have been leading the conversation, working with the then-federal, state, and county governments and other local jurisdictions on a coordinated response to this humanitarian crisis — not waiting for someone else to develop solutions.

Asylum seekers in limbo as Seattle grapples with hotel payments and relocation plans Where will a group of asylum seekers stay now that the city of Seattle agreed to fund its hotel rooms for two months?

Those that remained were told they would receive a two-month hotel stay at the Kent Quality Inn, only to find out that the City never inked an agreement with the hotel. Dozens of families were displaced from the park and never connected to long term shelter or services.

Seattle says it will clear asylum-seekers from Central District park The majority of asylum-seekers living outside in a Seattle park have returned to some form of temporary shelter. Those who remain won't be able to stay for long.

As the church filled beyond capacity, mutual aid groups helped set up tent encampments at Powell Barnett Park, on City of Seattle property. Within a week the Harrell administration posted eviction notices. With no relocation plan in place, many families fled for fear of being arrested.

Hundreds of asylum-seekers found Tukwila church, but who will help? There are about 180 migrants and asylum-seekers living on the property of a church in Tukwila, and so far it has received little governmental support.

The Riverton Park United Methodist Church quickly became overwhelmed, as over 400 asylum seekers slept in cold tents surrounding their church over the winter: families with small children, toddlers, at least a dozen pregnant women, and people with chronic medical conditions.