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It's looking like Seattle will get ranked choice voting in its municipal primaries. Big comeback in late returns!

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Election reform just took the lead in Seattle! While we already know that Seattle wants #RankedChoiceVoting, the outcome on Question 1 is too close to call. After ballots dropped today, we jumped out to a 1,797 vote lead!

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A screenshot of election results showing that YES is beating NO on Question 1 for Seattle by 0.7%, or 1,797 votes. The screenshot also shows that ranked-choice voting beat approval voting by 51%.

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In the negative comeback column: Republican Spencer Hutchins has surpassed LD26 Dem candidate Adison Richards after Saturday's drop. He's up 631 votes now. #waleg #waelex

A LD26 results chart: Senate: Emily Randall 51.08% to 48.82% for Jesse Young. 66,537 total votes. State House Pos. 1: Adison Richards (Democrat) 49.7% to 50.26% for Spencer Hutchins (Republican).

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The leads for LD42 Democrats are holding, however. Shewmake's senate race is the closest and she's up nearly 1,000 votes with an estimated 7,500 votes left to count in Whatcom County. #waleg #waelex

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The race between Clyde Shavers vs. Rep. Greg Gilday (R) race is shaping up as a nailbiter. Shavers's lead has eroded. He is up just 29 votes now. #waleg #waelex

LD10: Clyde Shavers (Democrat) 49.96% to Greg Gilday 49.91%. 62,196 total votes. Dave Paul 51.82% to Karen Lesetmoe 48.09%

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However, LD10 is split between Island and Snohomish Counties, and Island County has a lot more votes left to count (9,000) than SnoCo. Shavers has lead Island County by 9.6 pts thus far. #waleg #waelex islandcountywa.gov/Auditor/Electi

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Similarly in LD26, Pierce has counted faster than Kitsap County, which has an estimated 20,000 remaining to tally. Richards has performed better in Kitsap than Pierce, which is positive for him holding on. #waleg #waelex

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