Durkan, Mosqueda, Dhingra Leading Big in Key Races

And the next mayor of Seattle will be Jenny Durkan #seamayor #waleg #waelex

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With the first batch of ballots counted, Jenny Durkan has a commanding 61-39% lead over Cary Moon in the race for Seattle Mayor. Teresa Mosqueda and Lorena Gonzilez also lead their respective city council races, 62-38% and 68-32%, respectively. King County Executive Dow Constantine also cruised to re-election.

Meanwhile, over on the Eastside, Manka Dhingra, the lynchpin of the Democratic party's grand plan for West Coast domination, seems to be cruising to victory, 55-45%.

The Seattle Times has called the race for Jenny Durkan, who will be the city's first woman mayor in almost a century. The new Mayor-elect will have just three short weeks to transition into office.

In the races for Port Commissioner, Peter Steinbrueck and Stephanie Bowman both have strong leads, but the tight race between John Creighton and Ryan Calkins probably won't be called anytime soon.