Daily Archives: November 9th, 2012

Posted inBreaking News, Elections

Rob McKenna concedes gubernatorial race; congratulates Governor-elect Jay Inslee

by Andrew Villeneuve

Repub­li­can Rob McKen­na is final­ly throw­ing in the tow­el. After hav­ing spent sev­er­al days main­tain­ing that there was still a viable path to vic­to­ry over Jay Inslee, McKen­na and his cam­paign team have come to the same con­clu­sion that we reached when we assessed the race dur­ing the last few min­utes of Novem­ber 6th: Jay Inslee […]

Posted inElections

Rob McKenna’s camp still hanging on to hope of victory; Team Inslee says Jay will win

by Andrew Villeneuve

Today is the third “day after” the 2012 gen­er­al elec­tion. Bal­lot count­ing con­tin­ues in most of Wash­ing­ton’s thir­­ty-nine coun­ties, as coun­ty elec­tions offi­cials open mail, ver­i­fy sig­na­tures, and tab­u­late votes. In the mean­time, the out­come of sev­er­al races remains uncer­tain (par­tic­u­lar­ly the con­test for Sec­re­tary of State). The guber­na­to­r­i­al race is not as close as many […]