On her Facebook page, Spokane Mayor Mary Verner complained about the politicizing of this year's election. Sound familiar? Quoth: "This year was a turning point for the way campaigns are conducted in Spokane. Mine was a grassroots campaign with a small army of volunteers, over 1,000 individual donors, over 400 confirmed endorsers, and over 5,000 social media friends and fans working hard for many months to share my accomplishments and plans for Spokane. David Condon’s race for a non-partisan local office was woven into a larger partisan domination strategy with out-of-town consultants, push polls, and shrewd positioning of issues in collaboration with media mouthpieces." More here.

• Mayor Verner concedes race via her Facebook page here

Question: Why did Mayor Verner take so long to concede?