The election, version 1.0

Squeaker in the mayor's race, laugher in the county executive's contest. Many of the races expected to be close turn out to be wide margins.
Squeaker in the mayor's race, laugher in the county executive's contest. Many of the races expected to be close turn out to be wide margins.

Here's a quick summary, based on the votes counted by Tuesday night. In Seattle, the mayor's race is very tight, with Mike McGinn ahead of Joe Mallahan, 50-49. Some of the big margins were: Sally Bagshaw, 69-31 over City Council opponent David Bloom; Mike O'Brien 58-42 over Robert Rosencrantz (surprisingly wide margin); and Nick Licata 58-42 over challenger Jesse Israel (also surprisingly big margin). Richard Conlin, with token opposition, easily got reelected. Pete Holmes is surprisingly way ahead of incumbent City Attorney Tom Carr, 62-38. And the low-income housing levy is easily passing, with 63 percent in favor.

In the county, Dow Constantine is walloping Susan Hutchison, 57-43. In Port races, Rob Holland has a comfortable 55-45 lead over David Doud, and Tom Albro is leading Max Vekich, 57-43, but only a quarter of ballots have been counted in these races. School board seats in Seattle are going to Betty Patu, 68 percent, and Kay Smith-Blum, 64 percent. Finally, in the statewide issues, R-71 (gay partners' rights) is narrowly ahead, 51-49, while Tim Eyman's I-1033 looks a goner, losing 45-55.

  

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