Washintonians -- anywhere to check for results on the Gubernatorial results? Thanks.

[gateley]

[pnwmom]

1. I'm wondering, too. n/t

[gateley]

7. See the link Freshwest posted below

[freshwest]

2. Not happy about this:

http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/StateExecutive-All.html

[uppityperson]

4. Insurance commissioner is Kreidler by a long ways which is good. Gov knew would be Inslee/McKenna

I don't see Mike the Mover there though.

[gateley]

8. I thought I heard some negative stuff about Mike (meaning conservative)

Am wrong or are you being sarcastic? I just basically voted along the Progressive Voters guidelines, with one exception tha I can't remember now.

[uppityperson]

9. He has run for many yrs to get his name out for advertising for his business. He usually gets a few

votes but no one takes him seriously. He did an interview some time back and admitted he know's he'll never win but does it for publicity for his business. I see they didn't even put him on that list which is funny to me, maybe they understand also.

I didn't see those guidelines, had to do a bunch of research, will go see how I voted/compared. Thanks.

Edited to add, checked it out and I followed their recommendations pretty closely. Interesting.

[gateley]

5. Thanks for the link! The problem, I think, with all mail in ballots is that

a lot of people just mailed theirs in today,so if it's a squeaker, we have to wait...

[freshwest]

10. I was upset about that 20K differential between Inslee and McKenna.

I only voted off track (non-partisan) in one race because I despised what the Dem did in an local action, that I and many other people resisted. Otherwise straight Dem as usual and I was glad to see the insurance commissioner, etc. go Dem. The media didn't seem to give Ray any coverage at all, which was unfair.

[gateley]

16. Interestingly (I thought) that the progressive voting guide recommended a Reublican

for one spot, saying essentially that the Dem running was a DINO and the Republican had voted for more progressive causes. I'd already voted for an Independant for that position. I need to go back to the guide and see how it turned out, plus I. An't remember who/what.

[pnwmom]

13. Why? Inslee's ahead by about 4%.

[freshwest]

14. He may be now, but when I looked it was 198K vs. 208K with McKenna ahead.

Guess it changed, huh?

That's good. I didn't copy and paste the page with the previou count since it was very long.

[freshwest]

15. YEE-SSS! He is ahead now! Thanks for pointing that out. I wasn't going to look again.

And earlier Kastama (eeewwww!) was ahead but now he's going down to Nichols!

[rustydog]

3. No returns on KOMO yet

It'll be Inslee and dillweed in november

[gateley]

6. It will be interesting to see how many Dems vs Reps voted.

[freshwest]

12. Did you notice the CT angle from some of the GOP, etc. candidate statements?

[gateley]

17. Okay, why don't I know what CT means?

I'm sure after you tell me (or I have a cup of coffee) I'll do a D'oh!

[freshwest]

18. CT = Conspiracy Theory. Paulista and Becker speak re: NWO, etc.

[gateley]

20. D'oh! nt

[freshwest]

11. Gotta beat dillweed but he's got that Rove money. Jerk.

[freshwest]

19. Here's a nice summary from a link posted by another member:

Democrats Run the Table in Last Night's Primaries

And on the left coast, Washington state voters delivered an unwelcome surprise to the highly-touted Republican gubernatorial nominee, state Attorney General Rob McKenna. Washington state has a unique primary system, where voters can pick between every candidate on the ballot, instead of being limited to a single party's slate. It serves as a useful benchmark as to where the candidates stand politically, just three months before the November election.

The results were very encouraging for the Democratic nominee, Rep. Jay Inslee, who led McKenna by a 46.7 percent to 42.9 percent margin. Another Democratic candidate took 4 percent, while three other Republicans split 3.7 percent of the vote. McKenna won just 35.4 percent in King County (Seattle); as Hotline's Reid Wilson points out, Republicans need about 40 percent of the vote there to be competitive. Inslee had trailed McKenna in public polling all year; the results suggest that the lesser-known Inslee has been coming on strong, and that Democrats are in good position to hold a gubernatorial seat that has been in their hands since 1980.

That's not all: In two lesser-publicized House races, things went the Democrats' way. The party got its favored candidate in Inslee's open House seat, the more-moderate businesswoman Suzan DelBene. Based on last night's results, she starts as a favorite against Republican John Koster, even though the newly-drawn district is closely divided between Democrats and Republicans.



http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/08/democrats-run-t.php