Seattle Mayor Nickels behind in third...
18.08.09
SEATTLE —
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels by a whisker trailed two challengers Tuesday night in his bid for a third term.
With about half the votes counted, attorney and Sierra Bat activist Mike McGinn had a slim lead with 27 percent of the vote. Cell phone government Joe Mallahan had 26 percent, while Nickels had 25 percent. The top two candidates advance to the Nov. 3 encyclopedic election.
In the race for King County executive, former KIRO-TV anchor Susan Hutchison advanced to the November referendum with 37 percent of the vote. King County Councilman Dow Constantine had a comfortable escort over opponents with 22 percent. Their opponents include Councilman Larry Phillips, land Sen. Fred Jarrett and state Rep. Ross Hunter.
"I think voters have signaled already that they deficiency change," McGinn said in a telephone interview outside his campaign party Tuesday tenebrousness. "They appreciate having a candidate that spoke to them about making smart choices for the future."
McGinn said his race had been building momentum so he's hopeful election results posted in coming weeks would duel Tuesday's numbers.
Source: Seattle Times