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Seattle Mayor: Katie Wilson and the Socialist Makeover
Seattle voters decided experience was overrated and handed the keys of a multi-billion-dollar city to Katie Wilson, a self-described democratic socialist whose résumé reads more like a campus activist’s highlight reel than a mayor’s portfolio. She squeaked past Bruce Harrell thanks to late progressive ballots, proving that ideology now outmuscles competence on the left.
Wilson ran on taxing big business (again), taxing wealth, taxing digital ads — basically taxing anything that moves. And she’s cheerfully ignoring the fact that Amazon has already shifted thousands of jobs to Bellevue and is quietly evaluating how much more of Seattle it can afford to abandon. Businesses get the message: Seattle’s new mayor wants a socialist experiment, and they’re the guinea pigs.
And homelessness? Wilson’s “help-first, accountability-later” doctrine guarantees more encampments, more untreated addiction on sidewalks, and more public spaces handed over to people who need treatment, not another task-force meeting. Cost of living will rise, but the city will insist it’s fine because “equity.” Great.
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King County Executive: Girmay Zahilay and the New Progressive Command Center
As if Seattle wasn’t shifting left fast enough, King County voters sent Girmay Zahilay to the executive office. Zahilay has spent years pushing activist-driven policies on homelessness, policing, and housing — and now he gets to scale them countywide.
Zahilay wants more social service spending, more large-scale “continuums of care,” more government-run programs, and — surprise — more “creative” revenue streams to pay for it. Translation: higher taxes on employers already wondering if King County is worth the trouble.
With Zahilay steering the region, you can expect homelessness to spread outward rather than shrink inward. His philosophy prioritizes compassion but skips the enforcement piece — the exact formula that’s helped Seattle become a national cautionary tale. Businesses won’t need another hint. They’ll accelerate their moves to Bellevue, Kirkland, Spokane, anywhere with a functioning public-safety agenda and fewer surtaxes.
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Seattle City Attorney: A Progressive Prosecutor in Charge
Voters tossed out Ann Davison — the one person in Seattle government who still believed laws were meant to be enforced — and replaced her with Erika Evans, a progressive who sees prosecution as a last resort and “restorative justice” as the cure-all.
Seattle’s street disorder and rampant property crime already make it feel like a live-action version of “Escape from New York.” Under Evans, businesses can expect even less accountability for chronic offenders, which means more break-ins, more shoplifting, and more boarded-up storefronts. That trickles down fast: every business that closes raises costs for residents who remain.
The city attorney’s office now functions as a political extension of the activist left — not a guardian of public safety. Good luck to anyone running a retail store.
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Seattle City Council: A Full Progressive Push Toward the Cliff
Seattle voters continued the theme by electing progressive candidates like Dionne Foster and Alexis Mercedes Rinck, locking in a council that makes the 2021 version look centrist.
This council has openly discussed new revenue schemes, expanded payroll taxes, rent control, and sweeping regulations that treat business owners like villains and activist nonprofits like governing partners.
The result? Higher costs, less housing supply, and a cost-of-living crisis that will hit working families hardest — while the council insists that every new fee is “for equity.”
Combine that with soft-touch homeless policies and you get the classic Seattle blend: more tents, more trash, and more middle-class families quietly planning their exit.
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Legislative District 5: Victoria Hunt Keeps Olympia Left of Left
In LD-5, Victoria Hunt held the Senate seat for Democrats, proving the far-left energy isn’t just a Seattle thing. Her victory protects the Democrats’ ability to push statewide tax increases, regulatory expansions, and progressive housing mandates.
For businesses, this means Olympia’s anti-growth agenda stays fully stocked. For families, it means higher prices on everything from utilities to building permits. And for homelessness? More dollars funneling into systems that have yet to produce results.
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Legislative District 26: Deb Krishnadasan’s Win Secures the Progressive Firewall
Deb Krishnadasan didn’t just win — she posted the strongest Democratic showing in this district in over a decade. That locks in another reliable vote for tax hikes, union-crafted mandates, and housing laws that override local control.
This matters because statewide policies shape the cost of doing business everywhere. LD-26’s shift has Olympia lawmakers believing voters want more taxes and bigger bureaucracy. Prepare for the next round of fees, assessments, and “temporary” revenue schemes that somehow last forever.
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Legislative District 33: Edwin Obras Edges Out His Rival — and the Left Wins Again
In LD-33, Edwin Obras narrowly beat Kevin Schilling in a Democrat-vs-Democrat brawl that somehow managed to produce a more progressive winner. The left flank grabbed another seat and will treat homelessness with the same pattern that’s already failing in Seattle: pour money into agencies that can’t demonstrate results and discourage any enforcement that might actually keep neighborhoods livable.
It’s the exact formula that raised costs, hollowed out downtowns, and convinced families that Washington’s “compassion” comes with a massive price tag.
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The Bottom Line
The 2025 elections weren’t just Democratic wins — they were a progressive coup across Seattle, King County, and key state legislative districts. The people now running Washington’s largest city and its largest county share the same worldview: tax first, regulate second, pilot a social experiment third, and hope businesses somehow stick around long enough to pay for it.
They won’t.
Amazon already has one foot out the door. Other employers are watching closely. Homelessness will almost certainly rise under softer policies, and cost of living will follow — while progressives insist everything is going according to plan.
If you want, I can turn this into an email blast, a Facebook post, or a campaign script.
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