Transit can drive a candidate all the way to City Hall.
An unapologetic advocate to reduce car dependency and give residents more transportation options is leading the primary vote in the race to be Seattle’s next mayor — and sending the latest signal that transportation reform might just be a winning campaign issue in local elections across America.
Seattle Transit Riders Union co-founder Katie Wilson (no relation to the author of this article) made headlines last week when early returns showed her winning a four-point lead in the Emerald City mayoral race over incumbent Bruce Harrell — a margin which the Seattle Times said is “likely to worsen for Harrell as more ballots are counted … and, in fact, made him the underdog heading into the general election” in November, when the two are poised to face off next…