Bruce Harrell

Bruce Harrell
57th Mayor of Seattle
Assumed office
January 1, 2022
Preceded byJenny Durkan
Succeeded byKatie Wilson (elect)
Acting
September 13, 2017 – September 18, 2017
Preceded byEd Murray
Succeeded byTim Burgess
President of the Seattle City Council
In office
January 5, 2016 – January 5, 2020
Preceded byTim Burgess
Succeeded byLorena González
Member of the Seattle City Council
In office
January 3, 2016 – January 6, 2020
Preceded byKshama Sawant
Succeeded byTammy Morales
ConstituencyDistrict 2
In office
January 3, 2008 – January 3, 2016
Preceded byPeter Steinbrueck
Succeeded byKshama Sawant
ConstituencyPosition 3
Personal details
Born
Bruce Allen Harrell

(1958-10-10) October 10, 1958
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Joanne Harrell
EducationUniversity of Washington (BA, JD)
City University of Seattle (MS)

Bruce Allen Harrell (born October 10, 1958)[1] is an American politician and attorney. He is the Mayor of Seattle since 2022. He was the mayor before for a short time in 2017.[2][3] He was a member of the Seattle City Council. He was first elected to the city council in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011 and 2015, and did not run again in 2019.[4][5] Harrell narrowly lost re-election to activist Katie Wilson in the 2025 mayoral election.

References

  1. ↑ Laws, Cindi (October 20, 2015). "The Case for Bruce Harrell". South Seattle Emerald. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Beekman, Daniel (September 13, 2017). "City Council President Bruce Harrell becomes Seattle's 54th mayor; Ed Murray steps down". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ DeMay, Daniel (September 18, 2017). "Seattle council picks Burgess as new interim mayor". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ King County Election Results http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/200711/resPage17.htm Archived 2019-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "2011 General Election Results - November 8, 2011 - King County Elections". your.kingcounty.gov. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.