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Friday, November 18, 2011

Election Stokes Jumps to 88 Vote Lead in Bellevue City Council Race!

Posted by Goldy on Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:22 PM

Yeah, my headline is somewhat sarcastic, but with so few ballots left to count, and today's drop trending strongly in his favor, progressive activist John Stokes' tiny 14,853 to 14,765 lead over Kemper Freeman toady Aaron Laing in their Bellevue City Council race is starting to look insurmountable, especially with only another 400 ballots or so left to count.

Congratulations to Stokes for the biggest upset on the Eastside this November.

In another excruciatingly close race, labor and enviro backed Mia Su-Ling Gregerson is clinging to a 29 vote lead over Erin Sitterley in their SeaTac City Council race, but with fewer than 5,000 votes cast, that's actually outside the automatic recount margin, and with maybe 80 ballots left to count, it's looking like a bit of a lock. Labor/enviro backed candidates in this working class port-dependent community actually did real well in this election; progressive activists in SeaTac should pat themselves on the back.

And of course in their Seattle School Board race, challenger Sharon Peaslee is now kicking incumbent Peter Maier's ass, 74,404 to 73,115. Fat lady, sing!

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A vote is not the same as a point. A point is what is on the top of your head "Goldy".

Posted by pointless on November 18, 2011 at 6:00 PM

Again, no mention of the tight race in Shoreline, where Jesse Salomon has now rebounded from being nearly 500 votes down on election night to being ahead by nearly 80 votes today.

Posted by 32dem on November 18, 2011 at 8:46 PM

The defeat of Peter Maier means we should see a more balanced and nuanced Board. It also means that money cannot buy School Board elections (as all the incumbents received big money from a small and select group of people, like Microsoft and Gates foundation leaders who don't even live in Seattle).

I applaud the voters for not voting a slate either way and considering each individual candidate.

That said, I think if The Stranger had endorsed Buetow, the Voter's Guide had been updated with endorsements gained after the primary and if the teachers union had helped all the challenger, all four challengers might have won.

Posted by westello on November 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM