Votes are now being counted in Washington, where the “top two” primaries are being decided. While Washington’s mail-in system will mean that we won’t get the full picture tonight, we’ll at least get a piece of it. We’ll be following the returns for WA-Gov and WA-08 in this here thread.
RESULTS: WA-08 | WA-Gov (by county)
SoS: WA-Gov | WA-08
12:50PM Wed: With 77K votes counted in WA-08, Reichert has a 2600 vote lead over Burner. But: Two other Dems combined brought in an additional 4000 votes, and Reichert has only scored under 48% so far with no other “GOP Party” member on the ballot. Not a bad place for Darcy to be midway through August. Not a bad place, indeed.
12:32AM: SSP Labs is shutting down for the day. Presumably, these results will be finalized in a few days…
12:03AM: Check out the results for WA-08 in more detail — the other two Democrats combine for nearly 6% of the vote. Add all the Dem votes together, and you’re over 50% to the GOP’s 44%.
11:47PM: Reichert has pulled ahead by 1700 votes according to the SoS.
11:45PM: ChuckInSeattle, in the comments, shares some alternate results links (now included above).
11:38PM: 10% reporting statewide, and Gregoire leads Rossi 50-44.
11:27PM: With 13% in, Davey Reichert leads Darcy Burner by a nose: 20,356 to 20,140. Strong turnout so far.
11:19PM ET: Rossi with the early lead (50-43) with 4% in. Nothing from the 8th yet.
By a 216 vote margin.
A chunk of King County came in.
What happens then? Nothing out of the ordinary? She and Reichert go on to the general? Does winning the primary give her some kind of boost?
At the WA Secretary of State:
http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/W… for gov
http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/W… for CD8
but in the Third District it looks possible that two Dems will go on to the GE. Incumbent Baird and his primary challenger Cheryl Crist. She’s up in the AP’s count by a bit and down by a bit in the SoS’s count.
FWIW, she’s currently ahead in areas the GOP has to do well in to win statewide like Snomhomish, Clark, Spokane, Thurston and Pierce counties.
There seems to be lots of “Republicans” who don’t like the “GOP” Dino Rossi. 13K+ for 1 candidate and nearly 3K for another.
I actually thought Dino would have consolidated the Republican vote.
Yet it doesn’t surprise that 9K want the other Dem candidate and 4.5K for the Green Party candidate.
For those out of the area, it’s interesting to see the county breakdown: 2 in the east prefer Gregoire (which is an increase of 1 for her over 2004) and 3 in the west prefer Rossi (an incease of 2 for him). Not much of a change, which is I’m sure disappointing for both candidates.
This fall to win. She’s actually about 200 votes behind Reichert right now. She needs at least 55-45 if not 60-40 to win…
Don’t expect the turnout to be strong. Few races mattered to voters in the Primary. People don’t bother to vote if they don’t think things matter.
Look for turnout to match the 2006 Primary (39%), rather than the higher 2004 Primary (45%). I predict only 41%, even though the Sec. of State predicts 46%. But they have a stake in a high turnout because they wanted this Top Two system and they’ll want it to show it created high turnout.
Don’t count on it.
The tab to watch is this one:
http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/W…
Voter Turnout.
2-4 counties will still be turning in ballots tonight. Specifically King and Pierece Counties which actually do have real (albeit mostly empty) polling places. Gregoire’s lead could grow. And WA-8 could change.
Although it says Skamania and Klickitat counties are due tonight, both of their dealines are past, and they are both rather small (esp Skamania).
Then check back every day until Sept 3! To see who won! 😉
Tonight Gregoire won the following counties where she lost in 2004 (as of now):
1. Asotin
2. Clark *****
3. Island
4. Kitsap
5. Mason
6. Pierce *****
7. Skagit
8. Snohomish *****
9. Spokane *****
Tonight Rossi won the following counties where he lost in 2004:
None
Four of the nine counties she won are big, with over 200,000 or more voters.
Yesterday I predicted that Rossi might win the primary, but Gregoire should narrowly win the GE.
I’m glad I’m wrong. It looks like Gregoire safely win the primary and she should safely win the GE too.
Considering that Democrats always vote in larger numbers in the primary here in WA the fact Reichert is leading, or that Rossi isnt down farther, is encouraging to me, esp with such less energy on the GOP side.