Just before conceding, Mayor Mary Verner published a scathing comment on Facebook about her opponent’s campaign which she said is a “turning point for the way campaigns are conducted in Spokane.” “David Condon’s race for a non-partisan local office was woven into a … larger…
This post has been changed to correct the change in Allen's lead. The race between Richard Rush and Mike Allen for Rush's Spokane City Council seat representing the south district remains headed for a recount after the sixth day of counting. Allen's lead grew by…
Condon correctly predicted outrage was coming on water rates. Even before summer bills were mailed, he began attacking the water rate restructuring. When the bills were opened, he already had defined himself as the candidate who opposed them. On its face, focusing on sewer rate…
The race between incumbent Councilman Richard Rush and former Councilman Mike Allen for Rush's south Spokane City Council seat was sent within recount margins by counting on Tuesday. Only 92 votes now separate the two, and if the race remains within a half percentage point,…
A race for Spokane City Council inched closer to an automatic recount on Monday in the fourth day of ballot counting from the Nov. 8 election. Former Councilman Mike Allen’s lead over incumbent Richard Rush for a seat representing south Spokane fell by 17 votes…
Mayor-elect David Condon’s lead over Spokane Mayor Mary Verner grew slightly in counting on Monday. He now leads by 2,777 votes. Coincidentally, that’s the same number of votes left to count in the race.
The best thing for political junkies about an off-year election – and arguably the worst thing for everyone else – is there’s another election so close we can feel it in our bones. We’ll barely have time to catch our breath. But before the general…
Because of a quirk in state law, Spokane’s 4th Legislative District will have one senator for the first day of the upcoming special session, and a different senator for the rest of it. Republican Mike Padden is the apparent winner of the race to fill…
Say what you will about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's "oops" moment -- OK, so it was more than a full minute -- but he at least parlayed it into an appearance on David Letterman. He mocks himself by reading the Top 10 list.
Tim Egan of the New York Times profiles Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington in today's edition. It's an overall flattering piece, characterizing her as a populist warrior against Wall Street villains. OK, it has one unflattering jab: "Through two terms, she has been almost an…
It is eleventy-eleven day, and late this morning everything will come up ones, when it is 11:11:11 a.m. on 11-11-11. It is also Washington statehood day. On this day in 1889, Washington became a state. It is also Armistice Day. On this day in 1918…
City Council President Joe Shogan reversed the order of this week’s council meeting to publicly call for the resignation of the executive director of the state Republican Party. Four council members, Bob Apple, Steve Corker, Nancy McLaughlin and Richard Rush, walked off the dais in…
OLYMPIA -- Taking a break from studying election returns, and trying to take advantage of a good fall day, Spin Control caught some sun and fall colors in a walk past the Capitol. Forecast for Friday is the same on the West Side as it…
OLYMPIA -- Initiative 1125, which would have placed restrictions on how tolls can be levied and spent, is officially a loser. Although the fate of the proposal seemed fairly likely when it ended Election Night behind, The Associated Press night called it for the No…
Not much movement in the percentages. Condon leads Verner by about 1,800 votes. Compare how these precinct results to the primary results in the map below. (Editor's note: We changed the color scheme from green and red to blue and red because of some reports…
Because several people have asked, we went back to look at the vote totals of the August primary for Spokane mayor, to compare with the current count in the general election. It's a bit tricky, because the primary featured five candidates -- four challengers and…
Mayor Mary Verner's interview last night with Mike Fitzsimmons on KXLY 920 AM has been making the rounds on Twitter today. And it's worth a listen. Here's some of what was said. The entire interview is in the link above. Verner: …I do know that…
Spokane City Proposition 1, a.k.a. the Community Bill of Rights, may have relatively broad support in the city, but the opposition seems to run deep. As the map of last night's vote count shows, Prop. 1 won more precincts. But it failed by bigger margins…
Here's are Verner's statements to her supporters and repoters last night. The Spokane County Elections Office has reported that it received nearly 23,000 ballots in the mail today. There are 22,200 ballots left to count in the City of Spokane. For Verner to make a…
Mike Padden, a former legislatore and district judge, is running ahead of businessman and incumbent Sen. Jeff Baxter in most of the 4th Legislative District's precincts in Tuesday night's count. He also was able to build up bigger leads. Baxter is not ahead in any…
Political newcomer Ben Stuckart has a strong lead after Tuesday's vote total, which shows him leading former Mayor and Council President Dennis Hession in much of the city, from the lower South Hill and East Central through downtown, Browne's Addition, West Central and many northest…
A look at the precinct breakdown for the City of Spokane Mayor's race shows that incumbent Mary Verner carried the city's central core, but challenger David Condon is leading her in precincts all around that center. And he's winning big in some heavy voting precincts…
Mary Verner may be taking on the same description has been hung on Spokane mayors since 1977: One termer. Verner, who handily won the August primary with more than twice as many votes as her challenger David Condon, finds herself behind the former congressional aide…
This just in from the AP: CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio election board says an employee bit a voter’s nose during an argument over a campaign sign. Cuyahoga County elections board director Jane Platten says the board identified the worker for Cleveland police trying to…
Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton said she expects only one count of votes tonight. Results should be released about 8:15 p.m. She said including today's mail, the county has received about 100,000 ballots. About 90,000 of those will be counted in the numbers released tonight.…
The Spokesman-Review's political team keeps a critical eye on local, state and national politics.
| Nov. 2011 | ||||
| 30 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 22 |
| 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| 12 | 11 | 10 | 09 | 08 |
| 07 | 06 | 05 | 04 | 03 |
| 02 | 01 |
