Less than an hour ago, King Coun­ty Elec­tions updat­ed unof­fi­cial results for the August 16th win­now­ing elec­tion with a batch of fresh­ly-tab­u­lat­ed bal­lots. The new num­bers con­firm that Richard Mitchell will be mov­ing on to the gen­er­al elec­tion with Jane Hague in the 6th Coun­ty Coun­cil dis­trict race, as we pro­ject­ed yes­ter­day. Here’s how the race looks now:

Bal­lots Cast/Registered Vot­ers: 34019⁄121139 (28.08%)
Pat­sy Bon­in­con­tri: 7.17% (2,299 votes)
Richard E. Mitchell: 29.68% (9,522 votes)
Jane Hague: 38.33% (12,295 votes)
John Creighton: 24.51% (7,862 votes)
Write-in: 0.31% (101 votes)

As of this after­noon, Richard Mitchell is now ahead of John Creighton by 1,660 votes, up from 1,225 yes­ter­day. He is also con­tin­u­ing to inch clos­er to Jane Hague, with 29.68% of the vote, up from 29.06% yesterday.

Mitchel­l’s cam­paign declared vic­to­ry yes­ter­day evening, but Creighton and his team wait­ed until this after­noon to con­cede. Creighton had con­fi­dent­ly pre­dict­ed that he would over­take Mitchell and advance to the gen­er­al elec­tion around lunchtime yes­ter­day, but a few min­utes ago, he admit­ted defeat.

I have been blessed to have been cho­sen by the vot­ers twice to rep­re­sent them on the Seat­tle Port Com­mis­sion, and know that you win some and you lose some in pol­i­tics. Despite los­ing, I am extreme­ly proud of my cam­paign team and the cam­paign we ran, focus­ing on the issues that mat­ter to vot­ers. I want to thank my many vol­un­teers and sup­port­ers who gave gen­er­ous­ly their time, effort and resources to the cam­paign. I look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing rep­re­sent­ing King Coun­ty res­i­dents and work­ing on impor­tant region­al issues as a Seat­tle port commissioner.

We’ll con­tin­ue to keep an eye on this race in the days ahead. It’ll be inter­est­ing to see how far apart Richard Mitchell and Jane Hague are when the results are cer­ti­fied and become offi­cial. The spread may only be six or sev­en per­cent­age points.

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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