Socialist mayor-elect reveals why she embraced her parents giving her money as a 43-year-old
Katie Wilson, 43, said openness about taking her parents' money during campaign made her 'relatable' to voters
By Alec Schemmel Fox News
Published November 20, 2025 8:07pm EST
Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson, 43, said now that she has been elected mayor and is earning more money as a result, she no longer needs to ask her parents for help to pay the bills.
Wilson, who recently told CNN she thought embracing the help she got from her parents made her more "relatable" to Seattle voters, quipped on social media that, "after much deliberation and a grueling interview process," she was "pleased" to announce that her higher salary as mayor will mean she no longer needs financial support from her parents.
During Wilson's campaign, she credited her parents' financial support for allowing her to run.
"My opponent's campaign and the corporate PAC that tried to stop my election certainly cast it as a negative thing," Wilson responded when asked whether she thought people in Seattle saw her parents' financial support as a negative or a positive.
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