Bruce Harrell

Bruce Allen Harrell is an American politician and attorney who was the 54th and 57th mayor of Seattle. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020, he was president of the city council. He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18, 2017 following the resignation of Ed Murray. He was elected mayor in his own right in 2021, becoming the city's second African-American mayor and its first Asian-American mayor. In the 2025 Seattle mayoral election, he was defeated by progressive challenger Katie Wilson in his bid for reelection to a second term.