Democrat state Sen. Chris Marr made up some ground in Wednesday's counting against Republican Michael Baumgartner, but Marr said it won't be enough.Marr conceded defeat a few moments ago in an interview with KHQ.His campaign just released this statement:"No matter the outcome of this election,…
Republican challenger Rob Chase holds a narrow lead over Democratic County Treasurer Skip Chilberg in the vote counting. But an analysis of the vote shows that Chilberg ran strongest in the city of Spokane, while Chase built his margins in the Valley and unincorporated areas.
The GOP tidal wave is being credited with delivering election night victories to candidates at all levels of the political spectrum.Here's how Kootenai County Coroner-elect Debbie Wilkey described the 2-to-1 trouncing of her co-worker and Democratic opponent, chief deputy coroner Jody DuLuca Hissong, for the…
Challenger Vicki Horton is leading incumbent assessor Ralph Baker in many precincts throughout the cities of Spokane, Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake, as well as much of the unincorporated area.For this map, because both candidates are Republicans, we opted out of the standard red and…
Republican challenger Mike Baumgartner is beating Democratic incumbent Sen. Chris Marr in Spokane's 6th Legislative District by strong showings in precincts outside the city of Spokane.This map shows vote percentages from the end of election night.
The race for Spokane County commissioner, between incumbent Democrat Bonnie Mager and Republican challenger Al French, is currently close, with French holding a lead of about 1,000 votes. But it wasn't close all over the county. As the map of the ballots counted Tuesday night,…
Election officials say a big surge of votes in the final day likely will push voter turnout over 70 percent in Spokane County.Election drop boxes in a few cases filled up, and election workers had to make extra trips to collect them, said Spokane County…
At the end of counting last night, many local Democrats said they suspected that votes from the city of Spokane were under-represented in Tuesday's counts.Since the city leans strongly in favor of Democrats, that would bode well for the party in later counts. But Spokane…
The tight race for U.S. Senate would have to get noticeably tighter to trigger a mandatory recount.Although tens of thousands of ballots have yet to be counted statewide, including more than 100,000 in King County alone, incumbent Democrat Patty Murray's current lead over Republican challenger…
Democrats will hold a three-seat majority in the state Senate and an eight-seat majority in the state House if current trends in election results hold.That's a fairly big if, considering several of the races are within a couple percentage points and subject to change. One,…
Patty Murray and Dino Rossi both think the numbers are on their side for a win in Washington's close U.S. Senate race.Republican challenger Rossi's campaign released a statement late Tuesday night citing his favorite statistics that would make the race go his way. Among them…