ELECTION 2021: Two Seattle Port Commission incumbents now losing

The newest results from Tuesday’s election are out. Nothing has changed in the Seattle city races – the gaps have narrowed a little but are still very wide. However, the Seattle Port Commission now has two incumbents losing. For Position 3, Hamdi Mohamed has taken the lead and is now two points ahead of incumbent Stephanie Bowman; for Position 4, Toshiko Grace Hasegawa‘s lead over incumbent Peter Steinbrueck has widened to three points. See the full list of updated results here. For King County, 43 percent of ballots have been received, 33 percent counted; for the city of Seattle, 54 percent of ballots have been received, 41 percent counted.

K November 4, 2021 (8:11 pm)

Great news!

Anonymous November 4, 2021 (10:44 pm)

Because I’m bad at math, approximately how many ballots remain to be counted? Are they 80% done? Just want to know when people can collectively exhale.

WSB November 4, 2021 (11:56 pm)

Ballots will continue coming in by mail for days, but of all the ballots received by this evening, countywide:
606K ballots received
459K ballots counted

City of Seattle
267K ballots received
200K ballots counted

Derek November 5, 2021 (8:20 am)

Very disappointing. The low turnout demographic seemingly appears to be the younger crowd. This sucks as they are usually progressive. Just shows how bad democracy is. You get two candidates and you have to pick even if you like neither. Imagine having Trump and George Bush. And you’re forced to pick. That isn’t a good system. The power and money leads to procuring primary votes which cuts it down to two people. Sad because these candidates are terrible. Ann Davison is a nut. 6 cases? And lost all of them? Now she’s our attorney? God rest our soul. I miss the grunge/hipster Seattle that once was….SIGH

Walker November 5, 2021 (10:06 am)

I’m curious as to what governmental structure you would prefer, if democracy is so bad.
Marc November 5, 2021 (1:23 pm)

This is more an issue of the Electorate, not so much with Democracy, or a Democratic Republic. The improvements I can see for WA are: Open Primary, Ranked Choice Voting,assigning Electoral Votes by popular vote, vs. the current ‘winner-take-all’ system.All in all, we live in a pretty well organizedstate for being counted in representation.IF people elect to not vote that is up to them.
- What Do I Know November 5, 2021 (4:30 pm)
  
  Pierce County is the only county in WA to have used ranked choice voting, and only for two elections, here’s an article on how it went:
  https://rangevoting.org/PierceHatesIRV.html  After reading this, i.e., 63% hated it, I’m cautious of going this route.
  - What Do I Know November 5, 2021 (5:05 pm)
    
    Hmm, previous link not working
    https://rangevoting.org/PierceHatesIRV.html
  - Derek November 5, 2021 (5:55 pm)
    
    Not a scientific poll and Pierce County has a different demo and set of political problems than Seattle. Not the same thing. NYC and other big cities love rank choice. Primaries should have been the vote. Not trickle down control then media/lobbyist flush into one candidate. Democracy has so many flaws when you realize you only get two candidates and it’s all controlled by lobbying/money/media time. Sawant is insanely good to defeat Sara Nelson’s old buddy by having the world against her. Applaud her and D3 for not being fazed. However that might be harder now with extended years of vitriol towards a woman of color.

22blades November 5, 2021 (8:33 am)

For almost 40 years of my career, I’ve had to deal with the POS. I have faint hope that new blood can transform this cesspool of a quasi public organization. The only other solution is my retirement on the horizon. I. Will. Not. Miss. Them.

Jort November 5, 2021 (9:22 am)

It is wonderful to see Steinbrueck, a staunch anti-cyclist villain, losing his race. It’s very likely his illogical opposition to the W Marginal Way bicycle lane project is what caused him to lose this race.

East Coast Cynic November 5, 2021 (11:01 am)

Not to mention Steinbrueck’s opposition to light rail. The quintessential anti-progress lesser Seattlite. Good riddance if the vote holds.
Ivan Weiss November 5, 2021 (12:18 pm)

But Jort, it’s your imagined arch-villain Bob Hasegawa’s daughter who’s beating him. Doesn’t that give you even a little bit of cognitive dissonance? :-)

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