Another shocking election result flew by the radar. Seattle is one of the most progressive cities in America, with progressive voters voting for progressive policies. However, after years of Antifa destruction, rioting and CHAZ/CHOP violence that Mayor Jenny “Summer of Love” Durkan dismissed, cries of “Defund the Police,” and rampant crime and homelessness, even the wokagensiaWe were looking for something sane.
After an entire year of negative criticism and the potential of being charged with federal crimes for her terrible response to the CHAZ/CHOP victims, Jenny Durkan was elected Mayor. Seattle sighed in relief.
Democrat candidates Bruce Harrell and Lorena González, both having served on the Seattle City Council, put their hats into the ring for the job.
After the votes were counted on Tuesday, with a margin of 65 percent to 35 percent, it appears that Bruce Harrell will be Seattle’s next mayor.
Seattle News, King5
Former Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell has won the race for Seattle mayor over current council President Lorena González.
After a second count of votes on Nov. 3, Harrell held his position with 64%.
Harrell will replace Mayor Jenny Durkan, who chose not to seek re-election, and serve a four-year term. As the mayor of Seattle, Harrell is charged with ensuring that the laws are followed and directing the control of city government.
The candidates’ party may be the same, but the distinctions between their approach towards governance are stark. Harrell’s platform was, dare I say, quite conservative.
Harrell argued for city government to be properly managed and held accountable. He advocated for focusing on small and minority-owned businesses and jobs in order to restore the city’s economy. In the video clip above, Harrell talks about moving the homeless off the streets <*Keep the pearls in your clutch*> and into housing. The final kicker: Harrell doesn’t want to defund the police! Harrell feels that the department should become more “responsive to community needs, protecting all people and neighborhoods without bias,” but there should be no push to reduce their numbers or defund their work.
By Seattle’s standards, the man might as well be a Republican.
González, on the other hand, is pure progressive. González had policies to address the economy and the homelessness crisis, but both were three pages of voluminous wish lists. Also, she wanted to abolish the police force. She had several wish lists on transportation, climate change and housing. Art and culture initiatives were also included.
KING 5 Political Analyst Scott McClellan said looking at the big picture, the voters appear to want a mayor who moves away from the “activist, ideological” approach.
You think?How do you spell it?What?
KING 5 Political Analyst Ron Sims said the attack ad against Harrell was a “game-changer with a lot of people.” The ad, which González pulled after criticism, included a sexual assault victim who said it was “horrifying” that Harrell defended former Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. It was called racist by Harrell and its supporters.
These facts are impossible to fake. González, a Hispanic woman, pulls the race card on Harrell, a biracial (Japanse-Black) man. Apparently it didn’t work, as Harrell’s win is no small margin of victory. Still, like a typical Leftist, González is holding on for some of those union ballot fixers to help her out.
Though well behind after initial results, González was not ready to concede on election night.
“Tonight’s results and the fact that the votes of so many of our voters, who tend to vote at the very end, have not been counted means we may not know until late in the week or next week who the next mayor will be,” she said in a statement. “We respect every vote as equal regardless as to when it was cast and we will not prejudge the outcome.
It might have helped New Jersey Governor Phil “Bill of Wrongs” Murphy get over the top. But the city of Seattle is not the state of New Jersey, and González’ candidacy is of little consequence to the Democrats’ national agenda.
Bye, Felicia. Bruce Harrell, congratulations.
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