Constantine, Hutchison apparent victors of primary for King County Executive

With just under seventeen percent of ballots cast per registered voters, it looks like we know what the outcome of the race for King County Executive is going to be, even though these are only the first numbers.

As of 8:10 PM Pacific Time, Dow Constantine had captured 22% of the vote, with Susan Hutchison, as expected, running ahead at 37%. Fred Jarrett is third with just over 12%, Larry Phillips has close to twelve percent, and Ross Hunter is last with less than eleven percent. The other three candidates, all of them perennials, are splitting about four percent of the vote.

So it looks like the general election will be a contest between Dow Constantine and Susan Hutchison. Big congratulations to Dow for a well run campaign, and achieving the apparent honor of becoming the Democrat who will carry the banner of our party through to the general election in the state's most important local race.

In Port Commission races, Rob Holland has strong command of the field for Position 3, with a whopping fifty plus percent of the vote. His challenger will likely be David Doud, who has thirty three percent.

In the other race, Tom Albro has close to forty percent of the vote, leading the pack. The contest for second place, between Max Vekich and Robert Walker, is where the action is. Vekich has 26.75%, Walker stands at 24.73%. If Vekich can hold off Walker, he'll move on to the general election to face Albro.