Control of the Clark County commission may hinge on a recount. The Columbian reports that Republican former state legislator Tom Mielke has a slim 78 vote lead over Democrat Pam Brokaw. Since Republican incumbent Marc Boldt won handily, and Democrat Steve Stuart was not up this year, partisan control will rest on the outcome of the Mielke-Brokaw race.
Don’t know exactly why ballots counted later tend to break Republican, and I suppose it doesn’t matter as the votes are the votes, but it is like water torture, as Aneurin observes.
sorry off topic but i notice that about 5000 voters in 41st ld (mi, blvu, renton) voted for demo senate candidate (jarrett a former r) and repub representative candidate (litzow). all of 41st is in 8th cd. safe bet that virtually all of those 5000 voted for reichert. flip those 5000 from reichert to burner and she would be ahead now. so maybe it isn’t pierce co. voters where dems are losing this perenially close 8th cd race.
@1 The flaw in your argument is that you don’t know whether those voters voted for Reichert or Burner.