Let's Unite Seattle - Together!

Continuing to make progress for you and our city.
During my first term, we’ve made real progress and put our One Seattle approach into action – advancing our shared priorities by uniting the people of our city together around common values. We’ve delivered public safety solutions, kept parks and sidewalks open and accessible while moving people into shelter and housing with services, made historic investments in affordable housing, prioritized a transportation system focused on safety, and passed nation-leading climate legislation. But there is more work to do – this is the time for proven leadership to stand up for our values and keep Seattle moving forward as a city that is welcoming, affordable, and safe.
Keeping residents safe is my highest priority. We’ve made great strides– rebuilding our police department to reduce crime, improve response times, decrease gun violence, and increase police staffing (highest application rate in a decade). Through our new health response unit trained in de-escalation, and targeting drug trafficking, we’re helping people in crisis and removing fentanyl from our streets. We’ll accelerate these strategies to bring peace of mind to every resident.
We’ll continue to take action on affordable housing and homelessness through compassionate solutions that get people indoors and build more housing faster. We’ve dedicated over $1 billion toward affordable housing, cutting red tape to accelerate new housing, doubling housing capacity over the next decades, and reducing unauthorized tent encampments by 80% with record numbers of shelter referrals, placements, and connections to services.
We’ll continue prioritizing a transportation system focused on safety, sidewalks, road infrastructure, bus and light rail; accelerate climate solutions; plant and protect trees; and build the future of Downtown and Seattle Center.
I will continue protecting Seattle– challenging Trump administration efforts to disrupt Seattle’s stance as a welcoming city for immigrants, LGBTQ, and BIPOC communities. I’ll ensure our rights and laws are respected.
I am a Seattle Public Schools and UW graduate, lifelong Seattle resident, and father deeply committed to the diversity and dynamism of our city. Let’s keep working together for a stronger, united Seattle. With your vote I’ll continue to focus on outcomes, make no excuses, and seek bold, transformative change.
I’ve noticed recently more people safely walking the streets of downtown and Belltown than I’ve seen since before the pandemic. People are talking, smiling and interacting helpfully with tourists. Forget the Seattle Freeze.
South Lake Union is crowded with people, and few storefronts areRead More
SEATTLE TIMES
Harrell’s plan to speed up housing construction in Seattle
Mayor Bruce Harrell wants to streamline Seattle’s process for new construction by consolidating the city’s various design review boards and limiting scrutiny of new projects to more objective metrics — a departure from the individualized examinations of today.
The proposal, which now headsRead More
KUOW
Mayor Harrell says Seattle’s FIFA countdown clock sends a political message
Seattle started its official countdown Wednesday, marking one year until it hosts the FIFA World Cup.
Sounders FC owner and former player Steve Zakuani was on hand to help unveil a giant digital clock at the Seattle Center.
It’s counting down the 525,600 minutes until the cityRead More
Bloomberg Cities Network
The Mayor’s Playbook: Seattle’s Bruce Harrell
When Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell took office in 2022, it was with a vision both for the city he wanted to create and, critically, how he and his team would get there.
“In order to build the Seattle that we want to see, we first had to build relationships, build systems, build a team, and,Read More
SEATTLE MEDIUM
Mayor Harrell Unveils Plan To Expand Education and Health Services For Seattle Students
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is calling for a renewed investment in youth and education through the Every Child Ready initiative, a comprehensive proposal centered on the renewal and expansion of the city’s Families, Education, Preschool and Promise (FEPP) Levy. If approved by voters in 2025, theRead More
THE CENTER SQUARE
Seattle mayor signs bills to boost downtown storefronts, save housing projects
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed two bills on Tuesday to address the downtown area’s vacant storefront challenge and extend permits to prevent the potential loss of thousands of planned housing units.
Council Bills 120771 and 120948 help with Harrell’s Downtown Activation Plan, whichRead More
KING 5
Seattle Police Department sees record-breaking officer hiring in 2025
SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has seen its hirings and applications increase significantly this year, Mayor Bruce Harrell said Monday.
Harrell and police Chief Shon Barnes said at a police training facility Monday that SPD has hired 60 officers as of mid-April,Read More
FOX 13
Seattle Mayor, Police Chief celebrate record-high number of new officers
SEATTLE - Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Police Chief Shon Barnes announced a major increase in police officer hires in 2025 compared to years past.
Harrell, Barnes and other Seattle leaders held a press conference on Monday announcing 60 officers hired this year as of mid-April. According toRead More
SEATTLE TIMES
Seattle police on hiring binge, reversing recent struggles
With 60 new Seattle police officers hired since the beginning of the year and another 160 applicants undergoing background checks, interim Seattle police Chief Shon Barnes said the department is on a trajectory to return “to full strength.”
“I’m pushing for 200” new officers by the endRead More