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Seattle City Hall reckons with the fallout of a transformative election
Hours after early returns signaled major change to the council and the budget, city leaders commiserated and then got to work.
Hours after early returns signaled major change to the council and the budget, city leaders commiserated and then got to work.
Tim Eyman's latest anti-tax measure, I-976, was attracting more than 55% of the vote statewide, while the outcome of Referendum 88 was less clear.
To overcome the lead by challenger Egan Orion, the incumbent District 3 council member must close a large margin in late ballots, which tend to lean left.
Gossett, the civil rights icon who has been a mainstay on the council for 25 years, was trailing by 14 points on Tuesday night. Fellow Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles was winning decisively.
The eighth round of ballots dropped Thursday, Nov. 14. Here's what they show.