Good after­noon! King Coun­ty Elec­tions has opt­ed to update results for the 2011 win­now­ing elec­tion a bit ear­ly today — so, hap­pi­ly, we’re able to break down new num­bers soon­er than we oth­er­wise would have.

In the con­test for King Coun­ty Coun­cil, Dis­trict #6, Richard Mitchell con­tin­ues to climb… and Jane Hague con­tin­ues to slide. Mitchell now has more than 30% of the vote, up from 27.87% on elec­tion night. Hague, mean­while, has dropped below 38%, down from near­ly 40% a few nights ago.

Here’s where things cur­rent­ly stand:

Bal­lots Cast/Registered Vot­ers: 36786⁄121139 (30.37%)
Pat­sy Bon­in­con­tri: 7.21% (2,506 votes)
Richard E. Mitchell: 30.05% (10,438 votes)
Jane Hague: 37.97% (13,190 votes)
John Creighton: 24.39% (8,472 votes)
Write-in: 0.37% (128 votes)

Mitchel­l’s lead over John Creighton (the third-place fin­ish­er) is now 1,966 votes. While increas­ing his lead over Creighton, he has nar­rowed the gap between him­self and Jane Hague to 2,752 votes.

Not much has changed in oth­er races in King Coun­ty, though there has been some set­tling in cer­tain con­tests. The mar­gin of approval for Ref­er­en­dum 1 in Seat­tle has dipped slight­ly, but the mea­sure is still pass­ing eas­i­ly, with 58.42% vot­ing Approve.

And in Kirk­land, polit­i­cal new­com­er Jason Gar­diner has widened his lead over right wing incum­bent Bob Ster­noff. Gar­diner now has 48.24% of the vote, to Ster­nof­f’s 45.85%. That’s pret­ty impres­sive.… though per­haps not so sur­pris­ing, con­sid­er­ing Ster­nof­f’s polit­i­cal baggage.

Turnout now stands at thir­ty per­cent. It will con­tin­ue to inch clos­er to forty, but the final turnout is like­ly to only be in the mid-thir­ties by our approximation.

The next update is due on Mon­day afternoon.

About the author

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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