Leftward lurch: Second socialist leader ready to rule another iconic American city

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While national media obsess over New York City’s lurch toward socialism under its rising star, Zohran Mamdani, few have noticed that Seattle is preparing its own ideological twin. What Mamdani is doing in Queens, progressive Katie Wilson is poised to replicate in the Pacific Northwest.

Wilson, an activist with almost no executive experience but deep roots in Seattle’s far-left circles, leads incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell in new polling. Her rise mirrors the political realignment sweeping New York: a movement powered by younger, fiercely ideological activists who view capitalism as the root of all injustice and government as the cure.

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A recent DHM Research poll shows Seattle voters are ready to hand City Hall to a slate of socialists and progressives. Wilson leads Harrell, while left-wing candidates are favored to win both open City Council seats and the city attorney’s race — the only citywide position still held by a Republican. It’s an echo of the Mamdani coalition in New York, where Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates have seized power from the traditional Democrats who once defined the city’s pragmatism.

The DSA, which backs Mamdani, has long treated Seattle as a second stronghold. Its influence was cemented a decade ago when the Seattle City Council turned "Tax Amazon!" and "$15 now!" into national slogans. Mamdani picked up the same playbook: vilify wealth, demand redistribution and sell it as "justice." Wilson, too, proudly identifies with Mamdani’s brand of urban socialism. Like him, she wants to tax businesses and the wealthy to fund "social housing" — government-owned apartment blocks managed by the city.

Longtime progressive organizer Katie Wilson is running for mayor of Seattle, Washington (Katie Wilson for Seattle )

Mamdani calls for public ownership of utilities and declares that capitalism has failed. In Seattle, Wilson uses softer language but the same intent. She supports a $1 billion housing bond, and frames private property as a social problem rather than a personal right. It’s the same utopian pitch, just delivered with Pacific Northwest politeness. But the results will be the same.

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In New York, Mamdani’s wing has helped drive businesses out, cripple housing construction and expand welfare dependency. In Seattle, the ideological groundwork has already been laid. Businesses are overtaxed, downtown is hollowed out and public safety remains in crisis. Now Wilson’s solution is more government — more taxes, more mandates, more "compassionate" policies that treat criminals and addicts as victims of the system.