Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, a career politician who aspired to a second term as the conservative leader of Washington's largest city, conceded defeated in this week's mayoral election to Katie Wilson on Thursday night.
The race was officially over Wednesday night when the number of remaining outstanding ballots was smaller than Wilson's lead. Polling results showed that Wilson, 43, won by 2,000 votes, the thinnest margin for a mayoral race in recent Seattle history.
Harrell said he talked to Wilson on Thursday morning to offer his congratulations, and offered assistance with a transition to her administration.
"The Wilson administration will have new ideas," Harrell said. "It will have a new vision. By winning the election, they have earned that right. We must listen to the young voters."
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