Randy Gordon slips for the second consecutive day, not gaining on Steve Litzow
After gaining serious ground on his Republican challenger Steve Litzow on Wednesday, the 41st LD's incumbent Democratic senator, Randy Gordon, has since slipped backward for two consecutive days — although not by much.
Gordon had pulled to within one hundred and fifty votes as of forty eight hours ago; he is now behind by one hundred and seventy. Litzow widened his lead by twenty six votes yesterday and twelve today. However, it's important to keep in mind that not many ballots were processed over the last forty eight hours. Only one hundred and five ballots have been tabulated since yesterday afternoon in the 41st, which is a tiny fraction of the 62,784 cast and counted in that district so far.
Whether Randy still has a shot at winning depends on how many ballots are still outstanding from the 41st, and to what degree they will break in his favor. Turnout has now surpassed seventy three percent in the district, which covers Mercer Island, Newcastle, and parts of Bellevue and Renton.
In a similar predicament to Gordon is House Appropriations Chair Kelli Linville, who is only one hundred and fifty eight votes behind Republican challenger Vincent Buys. There has been no change in that contest since Wednesday.
Meanwhile, not much has happened in the closely-watched race in the 25th LD (Pierce County), where Democrat Dawn Morrell remains agonizingly close behind extremist Republican Hans Zeiger.
The difference is down to thirty nine votes, which isn't much of a change. There may be more of a shift when the ballots are recounted... we'll see.
Gordon had pulled to within one hundred and fifty votes as of forty eight hours ago; he is now behind by one hundred and seventy. Litzow widened his lead by twenty six votes yesterday and twelve today. However, it's important to keep in mind that not many ballots were processed over the last forty eight hours. Only one hundred and five ballots have been tabulated since yesterday afternoon in the 41st, which is a tiny fraction of the 62,784 cast and counted in that district so far.
Whether Randy still has a shot at winning depends on how many ballots are still outstanding from the 41st, and to what degree they will break in his favor. Turnout has now surpassed seventy three percent in the district, which covers Mercer Island, Newcastle, and parts of Bellevue and Renton.
In a similar predicament to Gordon is House Appropriations Chair Kelli Linville, who is only one hundred and fifty eight votes behind Republican challenger Vincent Buys. There has been no change in that contest since Wednesday.
Meanwhile, not much has happened in the closely-watched race in the 25th LD (Pierce County), where Democrat Dawn Morrell remains agonizingly close behind extremist Republican Hans Zeiger.
The difference is down to thirty nine votes, which isn't much of a change. There may be more of a shift when the ballots are recounted... we'll see.
# Posted by Andrew : 4:35 PM
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