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Friday, August 21, 2009

Election McGinn Regains the Lead

Posted by Dominic Holden on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:26 PM

King County Elections has released the next batch of results. At this point, it's sort of moot: Nickels has conceded, and we know which top two candidates will move onto the general election. But McGinn has leapfrogged over Mallahan in the most recent returns:

Seattle Mayor

Mike McGinn: 36909 — 27.60%
Joe Mallahan: 36129 — 27.01%
Greg Nickels: 33996 — 25.42%
James Donaldson: 10906 8.15%
Jan Drago: 9671 — 7.23%
Elizabeth Campbell: 3297 — 2.47%
Kwame Wyking Garrett: 1357 — 1.01%
Norman Zadok Sigler: 1165 — 0.87%

Whereas McGinn was 540 behind votes yesterday, he's now 780 votes ahead. Also, it looks like Nickels was right when, in his concession announcement, he said, “I’m a pretty good vote counter.“ Indeed, he's further behind today than ever.

Meanwhile, Susan Hutchison's lead is shrinking in later returns. She now has less that one-third of the votes, with Dow Constantine advancing.

King County Executive

Susan Hutchison: 106418 — 33.27%
Dow Constantine: 85449 — 26.72%
Fred Jarrett: 39050 — 12.21%
Larry Phillips: 38686 — 12.10%
Ross Hunter: 34991 — 10.94%
Alan Lobdell: 7727 — 2.42%
Goodspaceguy: 3643 — 1.14%
Stan Lippmann: 3460 — 1.08%

Assuming a vast majority of voters who supported Jarrett, Phillips, and Hunter—the second, third, and fourth place Democrats in the executive race—coalesce around Constantine, Republican Hutchison will be creamed in the general election.

More results are here.

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(wide grin)

hmm, I wonder how soon until the Billionaires Tunnel concedes?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM

and Nick gains on Israel.

Posted by gnossos on August 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM

Dorsol's picking up votes - he'll probably end up in 2nd at this rate.

Lol, that would be VERY fun.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM

Man, I was wrong, huh?

You can't make any real guesses on the general election here, unlike Hutchinson v. Constantine; it's far from obvious who will get the 45% of the votes up for grabs. We has us a horse race.

Posted by Fnarf

on August 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM

@4 if by Horse Race you mean Sarah Palin the blonde run out of town on a rail ... sure.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 21, 2009 at 4:40 PM

I didn't think that McGinn had a chance. Guess his campaign showed me and the rest of the doubters.

Posted by Zander on August 21, 2009 at 4:40 PM

And I'm betting he does quite well in the general too...Maybe not well enough, but Mallahan's got a real task cut out for him: why vote for someone who has hardly ever voted himself and who has basically zero civic involvement.

Posted by gnossos on August 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM

Yay, daddy bear!

Posted by Baconcat on August 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM

@3 - Yeah, I notice Dorsol's count, too - from under 12% to over 14%. I would have liked seeing him on the city council. It needs fresh air in the worst way.

Posted by Bauhaus I on August 21, 2009 at 5:11 PM

yay McGinn!

Posted by Polar Bears fo McGinn....we're inspired to swim harder! on August 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM

Constantine could take 65% of Jarrett, Phillips and Hunter voters, and still lose in November.

And that's also assuming nobody votes in the General election except Primary voters.

Posted by RonK, Seattle on August 21, 2009 at 5:25 PM

I'm for McGinn, but I have to ask: Doesn't "leapfrogged" imply "overtaken by a large margin" ? 6/10th of a percent ain't that terrifically large a 'jump'. Jus' sayin.

Posted by treacle on August 21, 2009 at 5:25 PM

Meanwhile, the R-71 signatures data is headed in the wrong direction... The duplicate signature rate slowed today, and the new data today a substantially lower error rate than the prior two days...

At current rates, the measure will be clear by about 500 signatures. Ugh.

Posted by oneway on August 21, 2009 at 6:11 PM

McGinn and Mallahan just getting higher
In Jet City you know where that's at.

And no one's getting fat
Except Mayor Nick.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on August 21, 2009 at 6:11 PM

I wonder what happened to that nutter butter Garrett

Posted by Baconcat on August 21, 2009 at 6:18 PM

http://www.centraldistrictnews.com/2009/…

http://wykingformayor.ning.com/

http://wykingformayor.ning.com/

http://wykingformayor.ning.com/

My name is Wyking Garrett and I am running for Mayor of Seattle to join you in creating a city that exceeds its potential and values all of its citizens. I am committed to working with you to bring the new energy and real change needed to bridge the best of Seattle’s heritage with the opportunities of the future. Together we can make Seattle shine as a beacon of true diversity, opportunity, and equity.

Seattle must judge its success based on the health of our families and communities, youth and schools, economy and small businesses. May it be unexpected snow or irruption of youth violence, Greg Nickels has too often given citizens the cold shoulder while favoring developers and big money. Enough is enough!¡No más!

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on August 21, 2009 at 6:21 PM

Susan Hutchison should concede!!!!!

Posted by Quincy on August 21, 2009 at 6:36 PM

Who in the world are the 10,906 people who voted for James Donaldson?

Posted by Madrona_T on August 21, 2009 at 7:38 PM

@12

The children's game of Leapfrog is played by having one participant stand behind the other, then hop over the other so that the one participant is now standing in front of the other. I don't think any kind of distance or margin is implied.

Posted by levide on August 21, 2009 at 8:01 PM

For those of you totally bored out of your mind by the election, check out this burning doll house.

It's enough to make me want to be a pyro.

The cat that appears now and then and is totally oblivious to the fire is pretty funny too.

Posted by Frank Sinclair on August 21, 2009 at 10:08 PM

#18

the more important question is where to they go now - my bet is Mallahan -

Posted by Harry on August 21, 2009 at 10:54 PM

I'll ask them at the 43rd Dems BBQ at Gas Works Park on Saturday - they should both be there.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 22, 2009 at 3:25 AM

@11: Constantine will take 85% of Phillips, Jarrett, and Hunter's votes. Just sayin'...

Posted by Medina View Home on August 22, 2009 at 9:31 AM

The bag fee margin is under 7% now.

Posted by DOUG.

on August 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM

How did Jan Drago get fewer votes than James Donaldson?

Posted by ABM2009 on August 22, 2009 at 5:27 PM

#24 - olease hold your breath for the last count.

Missing by 7 points is a rout.

This was a can of shit from day one - and for some reason - the new pseudo enviros did not want to admit that Conlin and company did a poor job, after all he likes goats as pets.

Next, all the people who sponsored and voted for this piece of shit, they will take credit for the defeat somehow and MAYBE do a new bill. Maybe, if it makes the Sierra club money.

Posted by Alexia la Verte on August 23, 2009 at 4:55 PM