Don’t count incum­bent Kirk­land City Coun­cilmem­ber Jes­si­ca Green­way out just yet.

Though she start­ed out some dis­tance behind her chal­lenger (for­mer state leg­is­la­tor Toby Nixon) last night, Green­way has closed the gap today and now trails by only two hun­dred and ten votes. If this trend con­tin­ues, she may pull ahead of Toby before the week is over, which would make East­side pro­gres­sives very happy.

As of last night, Jes­si­ca was behind by three hun­dred and twen­ty three votes with 25.85% of the city’s reg­is­tered vot­ers hav­ing cast bal­lots. Turnout increased to 30.22% today as King Coun­ty Elec­tions processed and tab­u­lat­ed more ballots.

Here’s where the race stood as of last night:

Coun­cil Posi­tion No. 4
Jes­si­ca Green­way: 48.39% (5,193 votes)
Toby Nixon: 51.40% (5,516 votes)
Write-in: 0.21% (22 votes)

And here’s where the race stands now:

Coun­cil Posi­tion No. 4
Jes­si­ca Green­way: 49.06% (6,168 votes)
Toby Nixon: 50.73% (6,378 votes)
Write-in: 0.21% (26 votes)

If Green­way can con­tin­ue to nar­row the gap by at least a hun­dred votes per day, she will soon be in a posi­tion to take over the lead.

Green­way’s oth­er col­leagues on the city coun­cil — embat­tled Coun­cilmem­ber Bob Ster­noff and Coun­cilmem­ber Dave Ash­er — appear to be on their way to reelec­tion. Ash­er has 65% of the vote and Ster­noff has 52%

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Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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2 replies on “Jessica Greenway making a comeback in Kirkland, after starting out behind”

  1. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, Jes­si­ca has­n’t been mak­ing up enough ground to over­take Toby. Do you think there’s any chance she can prevail?

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