Meet the socialist Mamdani-style mayor just elected to run West Coast's 5th largest city
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Katie Wilson, a socialist activist, defeated incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell in a tight election, drawing comparisons to New York's Zohran Mamdani.
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Like Mamdani, Wilson has faced criticism for past support of defunding the police, most notably through her support of a "Solidarity Budget" which would have cut the Seattle police force by 50%.
"There’s a strong argument for simply disbanding police departments and starting over," Wilson wrote in a June 2020 op-ed.
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