Socialist wins Seattle mayoral race

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00:00New York isn't the only major city sporting a socialist mayor-elect these days.

00:04Seattle's mayoral election was a nail-biter, but the final count left 43-year-old Katie Wilson on top.

00:11The self-proclaimed socialist admits that she's still financially supported by her parents in New York.

00:17She'll now oversee a budget of close to $9 billion.

00:20Wilson admitted to a local news station that her two professor parents in New York

00:25periodically send her a check to help her pay the $2,200-a-month bill for child care for her two-year-old.

00:32Wilson, who moved to Seattle in her 20s, admitted that she left college,

00:36she attended Oxford, six weeks before graduation, but debt-free thanks again to her parents.

00:43Wilson ran on a platform that includes city-run grocery stores and taxing the rich.

00:48She also vowed to, quote,

00:50New Yorkers have heard that campaign pitch as well.

00:55Have a long, come on, come on.

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