King County's late evening count gave Dave Reichert a 55% - 45% advantage among those ballots. He has now moved into a narrow overall lead in King, in addition to his strong lead in Pierce County.
Current overall margin: 51.10% - 48.90%.
That's a comfortable, if modest, lead for a competitive race. Moreover, the ballot counting trends since Tuesday night have been very clear. Reichert has been steadily gaining steam in every successive tally of mail-in ballots, after winning poll voters.
No media organization is going to call it yet, but the eventual outcome of this race looks increasingly clear.
Posted by Eric Earling at November 07, 2008 07:04 AM | Email ThisThe sound of her (nails on chalkboard) voice will ensure that the bad news she delivers will not only be reported.
What other jobs are available for Darcy?
Posted by: Jimster on November 7, 2008 07:13 AMToo bad Reichert didn't catch him, eh? That's a bigger falsehood than parsing words about a degree.
@3: After running for congress, she liked it so much, she is making a career of it.
Kinda like Dino Rossi and governor? :)
Posted by: demo kid on November 7, 2008 07:39 AMIs there any estimate of how many votes were cast in the 8th CD in this election?
In 2004, the total was 336,499. The SoS website is reporting 241k counted thus far, so it appears that something on the order of 100k votes remain to be counted.
Posted by: ewaggin on November 7, 2008 08:34 AMFlush Burner.............
Posted by: Norm on November 7, 2008 08:49 AMhttp://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/VoterTurnout.aspx?ElectionID=26
It's not looking good for Burner, but don't "count" her out yet.
Posted by: Jeff B. on November 7, 2008 11:13 AMGet your numbers right, okay? Oh that's right you're a conservative. "The Iraq war will cost us about $50 billion....."
Posted by: Go Obama Go on November 7, 2008 11:35 AMI should add that there are many things to admire about your electoral process. I am particularly impressed at the way in which people come together to support a new President, putting partisanship aside to close ranks. The graciousness with which John McCain, President Bush, Condi Rice, and so many others have spoken is admirable, and speaks to the best qualities of American democracy. I hope their Democratic colleagues take notice, and are able to demonstrate the same graciousness on the day when the shoe is inevitably on the other foot.
And yes, I also smell some funny business brewing in Minnesota. That recount is going to get very ugly...
Posted by: Dennis Prouse on November 7, 2008 12:02 PMI've heard that Canada gets all of their results out very quickly usually by the next day at the latest. Can you tell me more about how you people do it?
Socialized health care...it fixes everything don't you know?
Posted by: trickydick on November 7, 2008 12:53 PMBut Minnesota may "King County" Al Franken to victory yet.
Posted by: ajday on November 7, 2008 01:04 PMGet your politics corrected, OK?... Oh, that's right, you're a fringe left nutter. "When democrats take control of Congress they'll end the war..."
Posted by: Hinton on November 7, 2008 01:05 PMBy voting at polling places during a clearly defined period of time, at least everyone is basing their vote on essentially the same information. This is not the case with vote-by-mail or early voting.
For those who would argue that "it doesn't really make a difference," may I simply point to the events earlier this week in the race for the 8th Legislative District (Eastern Washington), where two days before the election the challenger was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold after threatening to harm himself. I suspect those who had already cast their votes for him might have been having second thoughts come Election Day.... (And before you jump all over me, I think the circumstance was sad and tragic, and I wish nothing but the best for him and his family. But the fact that it occurred is most certainly relevant to his qualification for the office he was seeking.)
And back to the original point: same-day voting also facilitates faster tabulation of the vote and eliminates having to wait days on end for the results.
So, I'm definitely in the "proof of citizenship to register, proof of registration and identity to vote, absentee voting only for those physically unable to vote in person" camp. (I also think national elections should last 24 hours, starting and ending simultaneously nationwide.)
Thanks Dennis, it's nice to hear from our good friends to the north. Rest assured you will not see the Bush administration staff playing the same juvenile stunts that the immature Clinton staff did back in 2000 (removing W's from Keyboard) during the Administration transition. That is the fundamental difference between the party's down here, one is petulant and derisive when ousted from power and the other is gracious in defeat.
It truly is a microcosm of the entire Left/right dichotomy.
feels like pissing in the wind to complain, but its also big brotherish to me to have them show up...(imaging if i got some big guys to show up in certain ethnic neighborhoods; how would they like that)
Posted by: righton on November 7, 2008 04:23 PMThen Darcy can fluff her resume' for a position in the Obama administration, maybe as an economic adviser (one of 100's).
Posted by: Sasquatch on November 7, 2008 05:54 PMCandidate Vote Vote %
Dave Reichert 138,537 51.47%
Darcy Burner 130,606 48.53%