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McGinn in Lead. Mallahan in Second. Nickels in Third

News   August 18, 2009 at 9:18 pm ElectionNerd

Josh here.

McGinn 27. Mallahan 26. Nickels 25. It is deadly quiet here at the Nickels party. All I got when I confirmed the numbers with Team Nickels campaign manager Viet Shelton was: “Yep.”

Meanwhile, in the King County Executive’s race Susan Hutchison is at 37 percent and Dow Constantine is at 22 percent, far ahead of the others.

That news bumped my original post:

It’s getting a bit more crowded. Maybe it’s that it’s so far away from…from…

I don’t know, but we’re out here in the 5000 block of 1st Ave. S.

I asked Team Nickels why we were so far away, and they (spokesman Sandeep Kaushik) said “because UFCW is here.” Nickels staff counsel, Regina LaBelle added, “there’s only one union restaurant in Seattle. The Athenian.”

(Does that mean all the other candidates are not union spots?)

Wait…Seattle Transportation Department head Grace Crunican just walked in. You know. The one who Nickels’ opponent Joe Mallahan says he’ll fire if he gets elected. I asked her if she had anything to say to Mallahan.

“I don’t have to respond to him,” she said.


  • Luigi Giovanni

    Wrong number in title; Mallahan 25.81

  • Luigi Giovanni

    Wrong number in title; Mallahan 25.81

  • Luigi Giovanni

    Wrong number in title; Mallahan 25.81

  • Sue Evans

    You post numbers are flipped.

  • Sue Evans

    You post numbers are flipped.

  • Sue Evans

    You post numbers are flipped.

  • Sue Evans

    Your post numbers are flipped.

  • Luigi Giovanni

    First numbers:

    McGinn: 26.56
    Mallahan: 25.81
    Nickels: 25.05

  • Luigi Giovanni

    First numbers:

    McGinn: 26.56
    Mallahan: 25.81
    Nickels: 25.05

  • Luigi Giovanni

    First numbers:

    McGinn: 26.56
    Mallahan: 25.81
    Nickels: 25.05

  • Fat-tailed

    It’s Mallahan 26, not 36. Unless you got leaked election results from a source other than KC Elections.

  • Fat-tailed

    It’s Mallahan 26, not 36. Unless you got leaked election results from a source other than KC Elections.

  • Fat-tailed

    It’s Mallahan 26, not 36. Unless you got leaked election results from a source other than KC Elections.

  • Fat-tailed

    So are you trying to tell me that Slim Nickels doesn’t go to any non-union restaurants? In any event, UFCW is not the union that would represent restaurant workers in the first place.

    As I pondered earlier today, I wonder what a lame-duck Nickels administration is going to be like.

  • Fat-tailed

    So are you trying to tell me that Slim Nickels doesn’t go to any non-union restaurants? In any event, UFCW is not the union that would represent restaurant workers in the first place.

    As I pondered earlier today, I wonder what a lame-duck Nickels administration is going to be like.

  • laughing

    Ironically, another Union spot in Seattle is the Edgewater, where Hutchison is having her party. Maybe Regina could go there to look for a job later tonight, probably a better chance to get one than where she is now.

  • laughing

    Ironically, another Union spot in Seattle is the Edgewater, where Hutchison is having her party. Maybe Regina could go there to look for a job later tonight, probably a better chance to get one than where she is now.

  • Good Grief

    So really it’s a toss up, right? Any combination of those three could go through and it’s starting to look more and more like we won’t know for several days…

  • Good Grief

    So really it’s a toss up, right? Any combination of those three could go through and it’s starting to look more and more like we won’t know for several days…

  • laughing

    Ironically, another Union spot in Seattle is the Edgewater, where Hutchison is having her party. Maybe Regina could go there to look for a job later tonight, probably a better chance to get one than where she is now.

  • Good Grief

    So really it’s a toss up, right? Any combination of those three could go through and it’s starting to look more and more like we won’t know for several days…

  • Fat-tailed

    @6 i think it’s worse than that for Nickels. The polling & sentiment indicators suggest that Nickels was going nowhere or even down at the end while McGinn & Mallahan (god forbid) were surging. I’d bet that today’s results are the high-water mark for Nickels. McGinn is likely to come out barely on top, Mallahan a close second, Nickels third. Looks like an interesting & weird race in the general, with Nickels a lame-duck wildcard.

    What’s up with those port races though? Is there some great reservoir of animosity for Max Vekich that I’m not aware of? Why’s he doing so much worse than Holland?

  • Fat-tailed

    @6 i think it’s worse than that for Nickels. The polling & sentiment indicators suggest that Nickels was going nowhere or even down at the end while McGinn & Mallahan (god forbid) were surging. I’d bet that today’s results are the high-water mark for Nickels. McGinn is likely to come out barely on top, Mallahan a close second, Nickels third. Looks like an interesting & weird race in the general, with Nickels a lame-duck wildcard.

    What’s up with those port races though? Is there some great reservoir of animosity for Max Vekich that I’m not aware of? Why’s he doing so much worse than Holland?

  • Fat-tailed

    @6 i think it’s worse than that for Nickels. The polling & sentiment indicators suggest that Nickels was going nowhere or even down at the end while McGinn & Mallahan (god forbid) were surging. I’d bet that today’s results are the high-water mark for Nickels. McGinn is likely to come out barely on top, Mallahan a close second, Nickels third. Looks like an interesting & weird race in the general, with Nickels a lame-duck wildcard.

    What’s up with those port races though? Is there some great reservoir of animosity for Max Vekich that I’m not aware of? Why’s he doing so much worse than Holland?

  • Brian Apple

    So very interesting — Nickels is actually a decent manager — I know let the boo’s begin — but the man actually took an unresponsive bureaucracy and set the conditions for a lot of success. Previously, each department acted as their own kingdom, with City Council members dipping into their realms to act as lords and ladies. Nickels set a new standard and rebalanced governance — the mayor administer’s — the council set’s policy — it is the way it should be. Now, with a new mayor coming in (not saying that is bad) you will see the council trying to re-establish feudal control and the city as a whole will be worse for the ware….One area Nickels did fail was he did not broaden his core set of advisors — group think set in and it hampered his ability to see the details which make or break a big city mayor. I mean come on — have you ever met Viet Shelton? The guy is a child — the Mayor and Ceis appointing him as campaign manager goes to show either their heart was not into this race, or they did not take the threat of a credible challenger seriously. There will always be time to reflect in the future….

  • Brian Apple

    So very interesting — Nickels is actually a decent manager — I know let the boo’s begin — but the man actually took an unresponsive bureaucracy and set the conditions for a lot of success. Previously, each department acted as their own kingdom, with City Council members dipping into their realms to act as lords and ladies. Nickels set a new standard and rebalanced governance — the mayor administer’s — the council set’s policy — it is the way it should be. Now, with a new mayor coming in (not saying that is bad) you will see the council trying to re-establish feudal control and the city as a whole will be worse for the ware….One area Nickels did fail was he did not broaden his core set of advisors — group think set in and it hampered his ability to see the details which make or break a big city mayor. I mean come on — have you ever met Viet Shelton? The guy is a child — the Mayor and Ceis appointing him as campaign manager goes to show either their heart was not into this race, or they did not take the threat of a credible challenger seriously. There will always be time to reflect in the future….

  • Times reader

    How flippin’ embarrassing, Publicola. Your numbers are all f-ed up. Mallahan has 26, not 36. And we don’t need newspapers (and, presumably, editors?) any more?

  • Times reader

    How flippin’ embarrassing, Publicola. Your numbers are all f-ed up. Mallahan has 26, not 36. And we don’t need newspapers (and, presumably, editors?) any more?

  • Times reader

    How flippin’ embarrassing, Publicola. Your numbers are all f-ed up. Mallahan has 26, not 36. And we don’t need newspapers (and, presumably, editors?) any more?

  • Shoreline Reader

    Publicola staff – Please put your drinks down and post more so those of us with kids at home that keep us from going to the parties can feel like we are part of the fun.

  • Shoreline Reader

    Publicola staff – Please put your drinks down and post more so those of us with kids at home that keep us from going to the parties can feel like we are part of the fun.

  • Shoreline Reader

    Publicola staff – Please put your drinks down and post more so those of us with kids at home that keep us from going to the parties can feel like we are part of the fun.

  • Jack

    The best you can do is Grace?? Come on!
    And how’s that food at Nickels’ party you’re enjoying?

  • Jack

    The best you can do is Grace?? Come on!
    And how’s that food at Nickels’ party you’re enjoying?

  • Jack

    The best you can do is Grace?? Come on!
    And how’s that food at Nickels’ party you’re enjoying?

  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker
  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker
  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker
  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker

    Nickels is 455 votes behind in third, but the let votes and the poll trends do not help him.

  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker

    Nickels is 455 votes behind in third, but the let votes and the poll trends do not help him.

  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker

    Nickels is 455 votes behind in third, but the let votes and the poll trends do not help him.

  • jone

    hey laughing — the edgewater is a hotel not a restaurant.

  • jone

    hey laughing — the edgewater is a hotel not a restaurant.

  • jone

    hey laughing — the edgewater is a hotel not a restaurant.

  • Sue Evans

    Your post numbers are flipped.