Election Open Thread
There's an election today. Vote. STB Endorsements are here. Initial results will be available shortly after the 8pm closing time, and this article will be updated then and if there are significant changes in subsequent days. There's also a New York mayoral election where free buses are one of the campaign issues, and other elections around the country. This article is for election-related comments. Tomorrow will have a general open thread for other issues.
Six elections outside Seattle that could be bellwethers for Pugetopolis: Issaquah, Bellevue, Bremerton, Kirkland, Burien, Tacoma. (The Urbanist)
ResultsInitial King County results updated at 8:09pm, November 4. Current leaders in bold.
Ballots returned: 372,906 (25.83% turnout).
Ballots counted: 292,499
Note: return count does not include ballots returned by ballot box on Election Day or late-mailed ballots. King County predicts ~45% turnout for this election (~650,000 votes).
Symbols:
(+) endorsed by The Urbanist, (++) endorsed by STB, (+++) endorsed by both.
(-, -, -) opponent to endorsement.
Seattle:
Mayor: Bruce Harrell (-, 53.32%)
Council District 2: Eddie Lin (+/-, 68.61%)
Council District 8: Alexis Mercedes Rinck (+++, 78.75%)
Council District 9: Dionne Foster (+++, 57.92%)
City Attorney: Erika Evans (+, 62.54%).
Seattle Prop 1 (Education): Yes (+, 76.71%)
Seattle Prop 2 (B&O tax): Yes (+, 67.76%)
King County:
Executive: Girmay Zahilay (+/-, 50.07%)
Council District 5: Steffanie Fain (-, 52.70%)
State: SJR 8201 (State constitutional amendment re: long-term care investment fund): Approved (56.8%)
Bellwether" Races:Bellevue Council #2: Naren Briar (+, 51.27%)
Bremerton Mayor: Greg Wheeler (55.58%)
Burien Council #7: Rocco DeVito (+, 53.45%)
Issaquah Mayor: Mark Mullet (-, 60.12%)
Kirkland Council #7: Jon Pascal (-, 54.39%)
Tacoma Council #6: Latasha Palmer (+, 52.05%)