King County Elections will release daily vote counts till all ballots are tallied. After this afternoon’s count, the race to see who will face 11th District State Senator Margarita Prentice in November is still fairly close – Juan Martinez was 237 votes ahead of Scott McKay. (The 11th starts south of SW 102nd, east of 4th SW – here’s the map.)
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Election update: Latest 11th District Senate results
August 20th, 2008 Tracy Posted in Election, Politics Comments Off on Election update: Latest 11th District Senate results
Primary election: First results are in
August 19th, 2008 Tracy Posted in Election, Politics, White Center news 1 Comment »
The latest King County results are linked from this page. We’ll add updates to this post as the 11th Legislative District (which includes part of White Center) races shape up; none of the 34th District legislators have challengers. 8:35 PM UPDATE: The main race to watch is 11th District State Senator, with three contenders, to be narrowed to two for November – incumbent Sen. Margarita Prentice is ahead, with Juan Martinez narrowly edging Scott McKay for second place right now. 10:30 PM UPDATE: More King County votes counted; Prentice and Martinez are still the top 2 in that race. 12:46 AM UPDATE: Martinez (27%) has started to pull away from McKay (24%) in the latest count – still quite some distance behind Prentice (49%).
Vote tomorrow (if you haven’t already)
August 18th, 2008 Tracy Posted in Politics, White Center news Comments Off on Vote tomorrow (if you haven’t already)
If you vote in person instead of by mail, tomorrow’s the day – 7 am to 8 pm. The “Top 2 Primary” system is now in effect; the county has an FAQ explaining it here. If you’re not sure where to go to vote, look it up here. In state legislative race (all candidates listed here), the 34th District (map) legislators are all running unopposed, but the 11th District (map) races all have at least two candidates each.
Seattle Council president on annexation: You should decide
August 13th, 2008 Tracy Posted in Annexation, Politics, White Center news 66 Comments »
Tonight at the 34th District Democrats‘ meeting in West Seattle, guests included Seattle City Council president Richard Conlin. During Q&A, Dr. Arun Jhaveri asked Conlin about the status of potential White Center annexation. Here’s exactly how Conlin answered:
“The Council has adopted a Comprehensive Plan policy that says we are open to the annexation of that area. We have not been able to come to agreement with the city of Burien on how that’s going to work, and unfortunately the Legislature has approved a sales tax credit if Burien annexes … it’s structured so that it doesn’t apply to cities over 40,000 population … The problem is, (for Seattle to annex) we would need to have some kind of credit. The important thing from my perspective is that people in that area should have the right to make the decision on where they want to go, Burien or Seattle.”