Election 2019 | The Seattle Times

Former Washington state Senator Rodney Tom, center, talks with campaign leader Kan Qiu during the anti-affirmative action group Reject Referendum 88 campaign’s election-watching event at 13 Coins in Bellevue on November 5, 2019. 212007

December 29, 2019 at 6:00 am

With the loss of Referendum 88, affirmative-action advocates wonder what’s next. Inslee offers some answers.

In a campaign full of charged politics and emotional arguments over race and equity, the statewide measure lost by 1 point.

Bothell City Council Position #2 candidate Leigh Henderson watches as election specialists divide ballots for the close Bothell City Council Position #2 election into five piles — one for candidate Mason Thompson, one for Henderson, one for write-in candidates, one for overvotes and the last for undervotes. Then a total count from each pile is made and is shared with the original tally from election results. The race is partly in King County and partly in the city of Bothell. A similar count will be made next week for those ballots. Combined election results show Thompson with a five-vote lead. Shot Thursday, December 5, 2019 at King County Election headquarters in Renton. If there is a fewer than 2,000 votes or a .5% difference in the total, a machine recount is done. If there are fewer than 150 votes or .25% difference, a hand recount is done.

Three King County city council races — Bothell, Mercer Island and Redmond — require a recount because they votes were so close.

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December 13, 2019 at 11:48 am

Redmond is growing and Medina is taxing after last month’s Eastside election results

Last month's elections, in Seattle's Eastside suburbs, saw women and renters win a majority on Redmond City Council, recounts in Bothell and Mercer Island,...

Fist raised in victory, council member Kshama Sawant is received with cheers by her supporters behind a “Tax Amazon” banner Saturday morning.

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December 12, 2019 at 6:00 am

Spending on Seattle elections doubled, led by Amazon. Now council member wants to ‘get big money out of politics’

PACs spent $4 million for and against general-election candidates in Seattle's seven council races. That's six times more than such PACs spent on Seattle's general-election...

December 4, 2019 at 6:00 am

These maps show who your neighborhood voted for in Seattle’s City Council district elections

Precinct-by-precinct results released this week tell a more detailed tale about the district races and highlight where exactly divisions slice through the electorate.

]Seattle City Clerk Monica Simmons swears in Alex Pedersen, newly elected District 4 Seattle City Councilman. Standing along side Pedersen is his wife, Lindsay Pedersen. The ceremony took place at the Magnuson Park Officers Club .
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November 26, 2019 at 7:51 pm

New Seattle City Council begins to take shape as District 4 election winner Alex Pedersen is sworn in

The new Seattle City Council began to take shape Tuesday as the results of the Nov. 5 elections were certified and Alex Pedersen was sworn in...

Ballots wait to be sorted, opened and counted at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton on Tuesday morning November 5th, 2019. 211993

November 15, 2019 at 6:00 am

Younger Seattleites waited until the last minute to vote — then progressive candidates surged, data shows

The surge in younger voters coincided with a shift in election results favoring left-leaning candidates, including Kshama Sawant, who rallied from an Election Night deficit...

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes call a news conference, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 at City Hall announcing a lawsuit against Tim Eyman car tab initiative, I-976.
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November 13, 2019 at 4:33 pm

Eyman’s car-tab initiative violates state Constitution, says complaint by Seattle, King County and others

I-976 aims to lower many car-tab costs to $30, repeal city authority to charge local car-tab fees and roll back Sound Transit car-tab taxes.

Andrew Lewis is running for Seattle City Council District 7 in the 2019 election. (Lewis for Seattle)

November 13, 2019 at 6:00 am

‘I am not a socialist’: One candidate’s attempt to make sense of the polarizing Seattle elections | Danny Westneat

The Seattle elections are now being characterized as a victory for socialism against the dark forces of Amazon. Not every candidate being roped into that...

Seattle City Council member race between Kshama Sawant and Egan Orion. District 3

November 12, 2019 at 6:21 pm

Egan Orion concedes to Kshama Sawant in Seattle City Council race, cites Amazon spending

Orion led the incumbent with 54% of the vote in last Tuesday's initial tally, but Sawant surged ahead Thursday as more ballots were added, passing...

November 12, 2019 at 5:01 pm

With nearly all ballots counted, voters reject Washington’s affirmative-action measure

With King, Pierce and other counties reporting late Tuesday afternoon, the statewide measure trailed 49.6% to 50.4%.

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