Sarah Mirk is at the Montlake Alehouse, which is absolutely packed with Sherman supporters and pictures of his face:

The supporters here are younger voters, UW students, and the elementary-school kids. Party Crasher said “there are kids fucking everywhere,” which we could not confirm, though the beer is flowing freely and the pizza is flying.

A big-screened television is tuned to the results, but the tables are crowded with laptops searching for results. Only 3,000 votes have been counted in the 43rd and Sherman said the first thing he’s going to do if he’s elected is “get really drunk.”

Bill Sherman is standing outside, shaking hands, looking excited. Everybody is smiling.