ELECTION RESULTS UPDATE: Kshama Sawant is breathing down Egan Orion's neck now. 51% to 48.6%. 739 votes separate them.
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Shaun Scott has also narrowed the gap. He's at 44.65% to Pedersen's 55%. More than 2,000 votes still separate them, but plenty of votes still to count tomorrow.
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Andrew Lewis has passed Jim Pugel. 50.5% to 49%. That's a 365 vote lead.
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Herbold is up to 53.5% in D1, Morales to 58% in D2, and Strauss to 53.8% in D6. The flood of corporate money in those races did not connect, and progressives prevailed rather easily. #StandUpVoteBack
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Big Business spent about $800k trying to get Heidi Wills elected in D6. And it failed. The chamber-homevoter alliance proved weaker than feared. #TaxTheRich (Graphic credit: ) theurbanist.org/2019/09/10/cit
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One reason for Amazon basics candidate flameout might be that apartment bans are not that popular with renters, who are a majority of the electorate and rapidly growing larger still. #TenantPower #ApartmentBans
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In D4, Scott trails by 7.3 points now. He's erased 9 points from Alex Pedersen's election night lead. Scott trails by 2,156 votes.
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In other @SeattleCounci races:
D1: Herbold now leads 55% to 44%
D2: Morales is almost to 60%
D5: Juarez surpassed 60%
D6: Strauss is up 55% to 44%
D7: Lewis extends his lead 52% to 47%
This is a sharp rebuke of Amazon & the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
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...with over 12,500 ballots left to count in D3, according to the ballot return numbers.
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