Election night: Get the latest results

1:20 AM UPDATE: Yet another update from King County’s elections dept., which appears to be finally calling it quits for the night after one more vote update. Now 99% of precincts are counted, but of course thousands of votes mailed as late as Election Day will still be trickling in. According to the county site, the votes counted so far represent 25% of registered voters in King County. One shift in the latest count: Incumbent Alec Fisken is now behind Bill Bryant in the race for Seattle Port Commission Position 5.

11:55 PM UPDATE: Yet another new count is out in the past half-hour. The Seattle Port Commission results are worth watching, given West Seattle’s ties to port operations. Incumbent Bob Edwards is losing; incumbent Alec Fisken is barely ahead in a squeaker.

11 PM UPDATE: The second batch of King County votes is in. No changes on the races mentioned below. Steve Sundquist looks to be on his way in as West Seattle’s next school-board rep, still ahead of Maria Ramirez 60%-40%. And Roads & Transit Prop 1 is losing 44%-56% — back to the drawing board (again) for the people trying to work out transportation solutions. Next big transportation issue to be tackled here in King County, remember, is the Ferry District, which includes Water Taxi operation, with that major public hearing coming up Thursday.

9:40 PM UPDATE: If you are waiting breathlessly for the next round of updated vote counts — King County says it’s not planning to release that next round till about 10:30. (But you can keep checking the links below just to see if it happens sooner!) Other notes from the first round of results: The City Council turned out to have a couple interesting races. Venus Velazquez (who has WS ties) is well behind Bruce Harrell; David Della is losing in a big way to Tim Burgess. In the school board districts outside West Seattle, the incumbents who are behind, at least in the first round of returns, are Sally Soriano (who has WS ties) and Darlene Flynn.

8:20 PM UPDATE: First results are in. King County voters are going against Roads/Transit, 45-55%. Steve Sundquist leads Maria Ramirez for West Seattle’s school board seat, 60%-40% (and two incumbents are losing in other races). Incumbent Dow Constantine leads challenger John Potter for West Seattle’s King County Council seat, 75%-25%. Here are the direct links for the latest numbers in races of particular West Seattle interest:

Roads & Transit Proposition 1 and statewide ballot measures
King County Council including District 8 (West Seattle/Vashon Island)
Seattle School Board including District 6 (West/South Seattle)
Seattle Port Commission (two races)
Seattle City Council Positions 1, 3, 5 (including West Seattle’s Tom Rasmussen, who had no opponent)
Seattle City Council Positions 7 & 9
All other results from King County & its cities/districts

Forest November 6, 2007 (11:58 pm)

It would be interesting to learn how well Venus Velazquez did among West Seattle voters with her neighborhood “ties.” All the people I know in who dealt with her during neighborhood planning for West Seattle ten years ago are definitely not among her supporters. The Admiral neighborhood dumped her and got another city planner assigned to it midway through the process, and I’ve heard from a number of people in other WS neighborhoods who wish they’s done the same thing.

Nothing personal, but the facts seem to be that Venus does not play well with others, or at least she didn’t as a city rep to West Seattle.

Miller November 7, 2007 (1:42 pm)

Why are you people up at 1:20 AM posting election results? There’s an invention you should know about. It’s called “television”…election results, traffic news, even entertainment.
Sheesh…you folks need to get a life.

WSB November 7, 2007 (2:43 pm)

Hi, Miller. We have a life. Part of it is WSB, a business with this mission statement: “West Seattle news, information, and discussion, updated multiple times daily, 24/7/365.” King County updated election results at 1:05 am; one of our editors was up working on the site; so we updated our item. Since you mention tv – local news wasn’t on at 1 am. Even if it were — local news has to generalize, as it covers the entire region. We cover West Seattle. Between the bridge crash and the election, WSB received almost 10,000 pageviews yesterday, so it doesn’t appear we’re entirely typing into the void, even at that hour.

misty November 7, 2007 (2:50 pm)

Thanks WSB!

Mike2 November 7, 2007 (5:11 pm)

I appreciate the update! Although you don’t have to stay up late for us :/

Jan November 8, 2007 (12:00 am)

WSB…you know we always appreciate what you do to keep us all informed. And more and more people are joining us in comments all the time. About the elections…a suggestion to all of those who supported candidates and measures by putting signs up on public property…TAKE THEM DOWN !!! I drove to Magnolia and back tonite, and they are everywhere…R67, Prop. 1, and lots and lots for people who will remain unnamed. But if you’re out there in WSB-land and reading this, you all know where you put signs for your candidate. We realize you care…so now be a good citizen and care for the environment…it’s only right.

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