I guess value can be rather subjective, but if Mike McGinn’s recent mayoral campaign is any indication, it looks like Seattle may have snagged itself a deal that would put any Black Friday shopper to shame.
McGinn spent only $224,241 to win 105,492 votes in this year’s general election, about $2.13 [...]
Of all the tidbits from last’s night’s post-mayoral-election consultancy tell-all, the conversation about McGinn’s tunnel “flip-flop” was the one I was looking forward to the most:
Just two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, McGinn shocked many by saying he would no longer oppose the controversial, $4.2 billion tunnel replacement. McGinn [...]
Welcome to Seattle by Forrest P from the Seattlest flickr pool.
Did you really think casting your vote had fulfilled your civic duty? Oh, no! No no no! You've got some town halls to attend! Mike McGinn's planning three' [...]
A curious happening greeted my cross-country news browsing this morning as I searched for something blog-worthy in Washington state. I looked to Publicola for firsthand coverage of last night’s Publicola-sponsored, post-election face-off between McGinn consultant Bill Broadhead and Mallahan consultant Jason Bennett, but found zilch. Yet there was [...]
And here we were gearing up for a recount.
Mike McGinn has been elected mayor of Seattle. McGinn took 56.5% of the 20,000 ballots released today, giving him a lead over Mallahan that his opponent could not surpass. Mallahan conceded at a press conference this afternoon.
Now comes the hard [...]
(Chas Redmond photo from McGinn HQ on Election Night last Tuesday)
Just out from King County - in the still-unsettled Seattle Mayor’s race:
Mike McGinn 96514 50.88%
Joe Mallahan 91575 48.28%
See for yourself here. Citywide media sources say Mallahan plans to talk with reporters at 5. 4:42 PM [...]
King County dropped an additional 20,953 Seattle ballots this afternoon, with Mike McGinn expanding his lead to a 4,939 margin in what until recently was considered a closely contested mayors race.
Mike McGinn 96,514 50.88% Joe Mallahan 91,575 48.28%McGinn won 56.5% of this batch of ballots, most of which I presume to have been received after [...]
King County Elections just dropped another 19,562 Seattle ballots, and these went strongly for Mike McGinn, 53.2% to 46.8% for Joe Mallahan, once again doubling McGinn’s lead to a 2,384 vote margin.
Mike McGinn 85,416 50.31% Joe Mallahan 83,032 48.91%Based on today’s earlier drop, I think it’s fair to say that this is the trend we [...]
The daily results count is out - and Mike McGinn’s lead over Joe Mallahan in the mayor’s race has widened to more than 1200 votes, more than double what it was a day earlier. 8:10 PM UPDATE: King County released a second round of results this evening - now [...]
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We’ve moved from Election Day to Election Week. Will Election Month be far behind? The mayoral race continues to remain undecided, with mail-in ballots still coming in. As of writing, Mike McGinn [...]
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