King County dropped an additional 20,953 Seattle ballots this afternoon, with Mike McGinn expanding his lead to a 4,939 margin in what until recently was considered a closely contested mayors race.
| Mike McGinn | 96,514 | 50.88% |
| Joe Mallahan | 91,575 | 48.28% |
McGinn won 56.5% of this batch of ballots, most of which I presume to have been received after election day. Talk about a trend.
I suppose that means Joe Mallahan will be conceding at his 5PM press conference today.
UPDATE:
Mallahan concedes, McGinn celebrates.
This is actually what I had hoped would happen when King Country approved the “Top 2” primary system. Instead of a Dem vs. Republican, we would get a “Green” vs. Dem.
This also was a valuable lesson: the base of the Democratic party will vote progressive, reliably — if you give them the chance.
Now let’s see if McGinn can govern.
No wonder all the Mallahan supporters are moaning about election results being too slow.
But… but… this is a HUGE problem! We need the results by last Tuesday night, or the world will end??? How will people get on with their lives, without knowing who the mayor will be next year…
What? it doesn’t make any difference???
Never mind….
(Apologies to Rossanna Rossanna Dana)
In even more awesome news, Ref-71 is now leading by 6 percentage points: 53-47!
So with the exception of Maine, is there anything for a liberal to moan about this election season. Especially in WA, we got everything we wanted.
My guy wins Mayor. My guy wins KC Exec..
The hustler Eyman, the homophobes lose..
In WA, at least, the news is good.
But hold on, it’s a bumpy ride till Nov 2010.
I wonder how Eyman voted on 71
@3: Emily Litella.
I don’t think this is the end of the road for Joe Mallahan. He gained credibility in the campaign and will be the favorite should things go sideways for Mr. McGinn.
I think that one of the great things about Joe Mallahan is I get the same “warm” treatment supporting him on this page that I get supporting Darcy on “Sound Politics”