Election results
One can get election results at virtually any local outlet, but since you rightly eschew all news sources besides Seattle Transit Blog, here's the stuff you won't get anywhere else. Candidates we endorsed in bold.
I-976: Yes (55%) leads No (45%) statewide.
King County District 2:Zahilay leads Gossett 62-37
King County District 4: Kohl-Welles beats Doerr 73-26.
King County District 6: Balducci over Hirt 77-23.
King County District 8:McDermott over Neher 82-17.
Seattle District 1: Herbold 51, Tavel 48
Seattle District 2: Morales56, Solomon 43
Seattle District 3: Orion 54, Sawant 46
Seattle District 4: Pedersen 58, Scott 42
Seattle District 5:Juarez 57, Sattler 42
Seattle District 6:Strauss 52, Wills 47
Seattle District 7:Pugel 50, Lewis 49
Bellevue. 3rd: Barksdale 62, Walter 38. 7th: Robertson 63, Bible 36
Bothell.2nd: Henderson 52, Thompson 48. 4th: McNeal 63, Seymour 37
Kirkland.5th: Black 68, Morgan 31. 6th: Falcone 75, Hamilton 25.
Mercer Island. 1st: Thompson 51, Rosenbaum 49. 3rd: Welker 51, Hanlon 49. 4th: Anderl 57, Allcorn 43. 5th: Reynolds 52, Cartright 48.
Redmond. Mayor: Birney 59, Fields 40. 5th: Kritzer 71, Zakhareyev 29.
Will the small leads hold as more ballots trickle in? Your guess is as good as ours!
While not all the votes are counted, it's clear that these results confirm that all my existing political convictions are correct.
We'll have more on I-976 tomorrow. Comment away!