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« Reply #600 on: December 11, 2008, 03:54:21 PM »

Whatcom would be so much cooler without Lynden. Sad
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« Reply #601 on: December 11, 2008, 04:38:39 PM »

In a an early Christmas miracle, Jason Osgood has dropped out of the King County Director of Elections race and thrown his support behind Sherril Huff (the current Director by appointment). No one else has filed and there's been no peep from the Roach camp or anyone else. Filing closes tomorrow afternoon.
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« Reply #602 on: December 11, 2008, 07:17:45 PM »

The results from the non-Dutch areas of Whatcom look good.
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« Reply #603 on: December 11, 2008, 09:03:47 PM »

Roach filed. Damn.
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« Reply #604 on: December 12, 2008, 04:49:11 AM »

Looking at Alcon's spreadsheet, is anyone else surprised by how well Gregoire did in the 5th CD and LD?
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« Reply #605 on: December 12, 2008, 06:15:49 AM »

Looking at Alcon's spreadsheet, is anyone else surprised by how well Gregoire did in the 5th CD and LD?

Eh, Rossi only narrowly won Spokane County--which has almost 450,000 people, I think---meaning it makes up a pretty good majority of the 5th congressional district. It's easy to forget how Spokane-dominated the 5th CD is because of its large land area. The rest of the district is pretty sparsely populated, save for Pullman and Walla Walla.

As for the 5th LD... maybe a little, but I do live here. Tongue The GOP implosion on the Eastside was going to reach this area eventually. Plus, the August primary was actually a decent indicator of how areas were going to vote in November.
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« Reply #606 on: December 12, 2008, 06:42:17 PM »

LOL - David Irons filed for Elections Director. So much for the Republicans winning.

Also some guy named Bill Anderson filed. Anyone have any idea who he is?
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« Reply #607 on: December 12, 2008, 11:57:07 PM »

LOL - David Irons filed for Elections Director. So much for the Republicans winning.

Also some guy named Bill Anderson filed. Anyone have any idea who he is?

I think it's the same Bill Anderson who posts on Sound Politics, and maybe the one who used to be on charter review board.  He also apparently lost a Maine Coon.

Probably not an especially serious candidate.
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« Reply #608 on: December 13, 2008, 10:20:46 AM »

I posted a link to your presidential spreadsheet over at SSP; they seem to like it.
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« Reply #609 on: December 13, 2008, 05:47:10 PM »

Two more candidates filed: Chris Clifford, a bitter community activist who is convinced that Sherril Huff is a fraudulent criminal, and Julie Kempf, who got fired from the job in 2002 and got in the race because "she was threatened by political opponents who didn’t want her to run."

This is a pretty easy decision for me. To quote Dwight Pelz:

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« Reply #610 on: December 13, 2008, 05:50:34 PM »

Stupid question: Doesn't Sherril Huff live in Bremerton?
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« Reply #611 on: December 13, 2008, 05:56:32 PM »

Stupid question: Doesn't Sherril Huff live in Bremerton?

She's renting a house in Seattle as of last week.

A little self-serving, but considering the alternative candidates...
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« Reply #612 on: December 16, 2008, 04:02:40 AM »

Ron Sims is allegedly being vetted for a DC job. Expect a free-for-all of monumental proportions if he leaves.
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« Reply #613 on: December 16, 2008, 04:25:17 AM »

Early prediction if King County Executive opens up: Larry Philips
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« Reply #614 on: December 18, 2008, 02:25:44 PM »
« Edited: December 18, 2008, 02:48:46 PM by Alcon »

48 hours since the last reply, we can't let that happen!

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Obama improved enough to avoid the five R>90s Bush got in '04, inducing a 135-7 slaughter.  North Franklin is the most GOP part of the state.

I think I should be able to do Thurston today, too, which happily coincides with my getting ahold of a privacy-unprotected results file they accidentally made public.  Apparently when they put a "NOT PUBLIC!" tab in their Excel sheet, they were hoping we'd go on the honors system.
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« Reply #615 on: December 18, 2008, 07:13:27 PM »

Apparently when they put a "NOT PUBLIC!" tab in their Excel sheet, they were hoping we'd go on the honors system.

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« Reply #616 on: December 18, 2008, 10:17:54 PM »

Stupid question: Doesn't Sherril Huff live in Bremerton?

More importantly, doesn't MxPx come from Bremerton?
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« Reply #617 on: December 18, 2008, 10:19:23 PM »

Stupid question: Doesn't Sherril Huff live in Bremerton?

More importantly, doesn't MxPx come from Bremerton?

Are those really different questions?
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« Reply #618 on: December 18, 2008, 11:10:54 PM »

Apparently when they put a "NOT PUBLIC!" tab in their Excel sheet, they were hoping we'd go on the honors system.

Morons

Oh, I do love my county government. The moment you put a D next to your name is the moment you get elected.
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« Reply #619 on: December 19, 2008, 12:42:32 AM »

Apparently when they put a "NOT PUBLIC!" tab in their Excel sheet, they were hoping we'd go on the honors system.

Morons

Oh, I do love my county government. The moment you put a D next to your name is the moment you get elected.

Which is pretty weird, since Thurston seems to have a huge thing for well-liked incumbent state Republicans.  Must be all the government employees...

Then again once they get in it's real damn hard to get rid of them Tongue
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« Reply #620 on: December 19, 2008, 12:43:49 AM »

What percent of Thurston County residents are state employees?
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« Reply #621 on: December 19, 2008, 12:54:10 AM »

What percent of Thurston County residents are state employees?

About a third are government employees of some sort (state being a much higher composition than in most counties), although obviously secondhand political information is probably better all-around there.

But McKenna broke 60% in a walk, and Sutherland carried it by 7%.  So it's a little more than Sam Reed having been County Auditor there before he became SoS.

I've never really understood it, it seems a pretty extreme effect relative to the number of state employees.  It also doesn't seem to always come up unless it's a well-known incumbent (McIntire +2).
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« Reply #622 on: December 21, 2008, 01:28:15 PM »

Spent the last couple of hours salivating in front of this thread...

Where's the Grays Harbor map though? Angry Wink

Oh, and could you tell me how the Spokane Reservation votes? Smiley
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« Reply #623 on: December 21, 2008, 01:53:25 PM »

Oh, and could you tell me how the Spokane Reservation votes? Smiley

Wellpinit was 80-19 Obama, up from 72-27 Kerry -- not one of the reservation areas where Obama declined, of which there were surprisingly many in WA (latent Clinton support?)

There's a lot more land that's on the rez, but that's really the only Indian precinct.  They (shock of shocks) don't vote much.
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« Reply #624 on: December 21, 2008, 02:13:10 PM »

There's a lot more land that's on the rez, but that's really the only Indian precinct.  They (shock of shocks) don't vote much.
Shock!
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