Race for Seattle mayor razor thin

Submitted by KOMO Staff on Tuesday, November 3rd, 09:06pm

Sierra Club activist Mike McGinn has a slim lead over T-Mobile Executive Joe Mallahan in the race for Seattle mayor.

According to the first numbers released by King County, McGinn has 50.03 percent of the vote, and Mallahan has 48.96 percent.

About 85,000 ballots have been counted in the race so far, and King County's next update is not until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Less than 1,000 votes separated the two candidates

Mallahan and McGinn are two political newcomers. Both outpolled Mayor Greg Nickels in the August primary and advanced to Tuesday's election. Nickels had been dogged by criticism of his handling of a snow storm last year.

This article originally appeared on Downtown Seattle News

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Comments

Submitted by Bakuda (not verified) on Tuesday, November 3rd, 11:35pm.

Did Norm Rice decide not to stand for reelection this year?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thursday, November 5th, 07:44pm.

ha ha

Submitted by Mike McGinn Supporter (not verified) on Wednesday, November 4th, 11:46am.

Mike is our next Mayor - votes of the 136,424 votes recived so far (out of over 377,000 sent out) and consist of the earlier voters which tend to be older and more conservative.

Given the demographics that we have seen in past elections and the age of people using the drop off ballot locations today Mike's lead would be expected to grow and I fully expect him to become our next mayor.

The early results show not only the strength of his positions on issues but more importantly the power of actually listening to your customers and designing programs or adjusting policy to meet their needs.

Mike is the embodiement of the Government 2.0 movement.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Friday, November 6th, 10:42pm.

Joe is our man for Seattle Sportman and woman

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