Comments on Was It Good for Hugh?

You really think the only difference between one race and the next is a Stranger endorsement? Not the actual candidates who are running? It seems like a lot of people didn't like Pedersen for a variety of reasons, and voted against him. I don't think you can compare him and Ed Murray or anybody else. I suppose you could do a study on how much effect a Stranger endorsement has, but to draw any conclusion from this election cycle is pretty silly.

If only elections were won by the "gallon challenge", Hugh would have had it in the bag.

i was wondering when you were going to point this out. here's to all of us that voted for hugh! (or those of us that couldn't bring ourselves to vote for jaime.)

though, perhaps the inflated portion of the vote that hugh took could be attributed to a higher number of write-in votes?

just checked on that: though the number of write-ins for 43rd - H1 was substantially higher than other 43rd races, it looks like the stranger's endorsement might have been good for anywhere between 600 and 900 votes.

smarter people than me will point out: that's a governor's race.

I stand corrected on the Hugh Foskette endorsement. I tip my hat to your wisdom (or is it refusal to take seriously) regarding seattle politics.

Now that the election is over, you think Foskette might be open for a lil' man on man experimentation?

joke hell, they like them young at the strange - or so goes the street talk

Have you met my 35 year-old boyfriend?

I couldn't bring myself to vote for Pedersen either - for the first time ever, I wrote in a candidate: Stephanie Pure.

Dan - have you never married the guy? I thought he was your hubby - what goes with the boyfriend tag?

He's my husband in Canada and the UK, my boyfriend in the states...

Actually, our mistake. We should measure all of this by the delta between Hugh's and Gomez's paycheck in 5 years.

It's worth mentioning that Linde Knighton probably took more votes away from Pederson than Foskett did.

Ahem, excuse me? I am now the replacement-level baseline for humanity?