Excerpt: | In the first of just two contested Redmond City Council races, Tom Flynn has a significant lead over his opponent Joel Wright: Tom Flynn 56.56% Joel L. Wright 42.89% For a first time candidate, Flynn ran a strong campaign, garnering the endorsement of four of the seven current city council members. In the second race, […] |
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Published at: | 10:15 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
Written by: | Kathleen Reynolds |
Categories: | Elections, Unscheduled Programming |
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Daily Archives: November 8th, 2011
Flynn and Carson have hefty lead in Redmond City Council race
Results mixed in Whatcom and Spokane
Excerpt: | Both Spokane and Whatcom County have released the first wave of their election returns to unclear results, with many of the races too close to comfortably call. For the mayoral race in Bellingham, it seems that former 42nd District legislator Kelli Linville has taken the lead by about 400 votes; we’ll see if that lead is […] |
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Published at: | 10:08 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Categories: | Unscheduled Programming |
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Early returns are close, but it looks like Tim Eyman’s I‑1125 is headed down to defeat
Excerpt: | FROM ANDREW: Good evening and hello from Fado in Seattle! Grace, Eve, and I are monitoring and tracking election results from the NO on I‑1125 party, where people are in a pretty good mood. That’s because, for the moment, it looks like Tim Eyman’s I‑1125 is narrowly headed down to defeat. Thank goodness! As of around […] |
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Published at: | 9:01 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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I‑1183 passing easily; Costco appears to have succeeded in buying the election
Excerpt: | Good evening from Seattle! Nearly all the counties that have reported election results so far show a fairly lopsided outcome on Costco’s Initiative 1183, which aims to deregulate and privatize the state’s liquor system. As of 8:50 PM, the yes vote stood at 59.74%, while the no vote stood at 40.26%. The results look fairly […] |
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Published at: | 9:00 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
Written by: | Eve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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Mississippi’s war on women failing
Excerpt: | As of a few minutes ago, Mississippi’s draconian Initiative 26, which defines a woman’s fertilized egg as a person, is failing by 60% to 40% with 42 percent of the precincts reporting. Under this proposed law, a miscarriage could prompt a potential criminal investigation into the death of “the person”. Women who are raped and […] |
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Published at: | 7:19 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
Written by: | Ken |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | MS-Ballot |
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News networks call Kentucky gubernatorial race for Democrat Steve Beshear
Excerpt: | It wasn’t a close race: Democrat Steve Beshear trounced Republican David Williams and independent Gatewood Galbraith Tuesday to win another four-year term as Kentucky’s governor. Beshear, who made an unlikely political comeback in 2007 after losing a bid for governor in 1987, rolled to victory touting his job-creation efforts and his handling of the state […] |
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Published at: | 5:55 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | KY-Exec, KY-Gov |
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Tim Eyman to crash Costco’s election night party tonight at the Seattle Westin
Excerpt: | Demonstrating once again that he is apparently incapable of organizing his own election night party for himself and the gazillions of supporters that he claims to have, everybody’s favorite initiative profiteer Tim Eyman has (for the umpteenth year in a row), claimed another campaign’s election night party spot as his own… while dishonestly making it […] |
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Published at: | 5:36 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Election Night Parties, WA-Ballot |
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It’s Election Day — don’t forget to vote!
Excerpt: | It’s Election Day! After many long months, this year’s campaign season is finally on the verge of being over. As all of Washington’s thirty-nine counties are now vote by mail, there won’t be any polls open today, though several accessible voting centers will be open for those who need help casting ballots. If you are […] |
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Published at: | 8:22 AM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Announcements, Elections |
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Bellevue City Council races looking good for progressives; Laing/Stokes contest is close