Bruce Harrell

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.

Bruce Harrell
57th Mayor of Seattle
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2022
Preceded by	Jenny Durkan
Succeeded by	Katie Wilson (elect)
Acting September 13, 2017 – September 18, 2017
Preceded by	Ed Murray
Succeeded by	Tim Burgess
President of the Seattle City Council
In office January 5, 2016 – January 5, 2020
Preceded by	Tim Burgess
Succeeded by	Lorena González
Member of the Seattle City Council
In office January 3, 2016 – January 6, 2020
Preceded by	Kshama Sawant
Succeeded by	Tammy Morales
Constituency	District 2
In office January 3, 2008 – January 3, 2016
Preceded by	Peter Steinbrueck
Succeeded by	Kshama Sawant
Constituency	Position 3
Personal details
Born	Bruce Allen Harrell (1958-10-10) October 10, 1958 (age 67) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Joanne Harrell
Education	University of Washington (BA, JD) City University of Seattle (MS)