King County Elections releases Wednesday numbers; mayor's race way too close to call
King County Elections has released its first patch of post-primary day numbers.
In countywide races, not too much has changed, although Dow Constantine's percentage of the vote climbed a little while Susan Hutchison's fell. It's safe to say that Larry Phillips, Fred Jarrett, and Ross Hunter, as well as the three perennial candidates who filed, have been eliminated.
Rob Holland and Max Vekich (the Port Reform slate of candidates) also gained, which is good news. Holland is completely dominating his race with a majority of votes, while Vekich is pulling away from third place finisher David Walker. Vekich will face the well connected Tom Abro, while Holland will face David Doud.
The contest for Seattle mayor essentially remains a three way tie. Joe Mallahan has pulled into the lead ahead of Mike McGinn, but not by much (two hundred and twenty one votes). Meanwhile, Greg Nickels continues to languish in third place; over a thousand votes separate him from McGinn.
Tomorrow's report promises to be very suggestive. If Nickels' position doesn't improve with Thursday's numbers, he is probably out. He would be the second straight mayor of Seattle, after Paul Schell, to have been booted out in a primary.
The Nickels campaign gambled that negative attacks would blunt the momentum of McGinn and Mallahan in the days leading up to the primary. Those attacks appear to have backfired, energizing the campaigns of Nickels' opponents.
We could tell that Nickels was in trouble when he started dumping money into advertising knocking his opponents. Why didn't he stress what's positive about his own record, to give people a reason to vote for him?
If Nickels' staff didn't understand that the people of Seattle are unhappy with the mayor, they surely got that message on Tuesday night.
If Nickels does manage to survive the primary, he will face an uphill battle in the general election against either Mallahan or McGinn.
In countywide races, not too much has changed, although Dow Constantine's percentage of the vote climbed a little while Susan Hutchison's fell. It's safe to say that Larry Phillips, Fred Jarrett, and Ross Hunter, as well as the three perennial candidates who filed, have been eliminated.
Rob Holland and Max Vekich (the Port Reform slate of candidates) also gained, which is good news. Holland is completely dominating his race with a majority of votes, while Vekich is pulling away from third place finisher David Walker. Vekich will face the well connected Tom Abro, while Holland will face David Doud.
The contest for Seattle mayor essentially remains a three way tie. Joe Mallahan has pulled into the lead ahead of Mike McGinn, but not by much (two hundred and twenty one votes). Meanwhile, Greg Nickels continues to languish in third place; over a thousand votes separate him from McGinn.
Tomorrow's report promises to be very suggestive. If Nickels' position doesn't improve with Thursday's numbers, he is probably out. He would be the second straight mayor of Seattle, after Paul Schell, to have been booted out in a primary.
The Nickels campaign gambled that negative attacks would blunt the momentum of McGinn and Mallahan in the days leading up to the primary. Those attacks appear to have backfired, energizing the campaigns of Nickels' opponents.
We could tell that Nickels was in trouble when he started dumping money into advertising knocking his opponents. Why didn't he stress what's positive about his own record, to give people a reason to vote for him?
If Nickels' staff didn't understand that the people of Seattle are unhappy with the mayor, they surely got that message on Tuesday night.
If Nickels does manage to survive the primary, he will face an uphill battle in the general election against either Mallahan or McGinn.
# Posted by Andrew : 4:43 PM
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