From Secretary of State Sam Reed:

Friday’s final results for this year’s Washington State Mock Election show that students favored Republican Dino Rossi over Democratic incumbent Patty Murray in the closely watched race for U.S. Senate.

Rossi defeated Murray 52.84 percent to 47.16 percent in the Mock Election.

More than 15,400 K-12 student and homeschooled voters throughout Washington participated in the Mock Election, a strong turnout for a midterm election. The Mock Election, which began Monday and ended Friday at 1 p.m., has been hosted online by the Office of Secretary of State since 2004.

In other Mock Election news: The students of Washington State voted to approve I-1098 (the tax on high-income earners), I-1107 (which repeals taxes on candy and soda), and R-52 (funding for schools). In other words: They like Rossi, who wants to cut taxes for the wealthy, but they also want to tax the wealthy, and meanwhile they also want to repeal taxes on delicious things like candy and soda—oh, and more money for our schools, please.

A theory: Rossi's decision to advertise on Glee is paying big dividends in at least one demographic.