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I think Bruce Harrell was a really strong candidate. He locked down the support of Seattleites with a view of water, but I have also talked with a lot of Black voters who just like the guy. It's a stronger base of support than Nelson and Davidson had and why progressive endorsers lined up behind him

I think that the Wilson campaign didn't go too personal after the decisive primary win. I seem to recall some attempts by Harrell's previous challenger (before the gun story got out) that the Harrell campaign was able to successfully cast as a racist smear, so maybe a fear of it backfiring (pun)

My prediction: Katie Wilson narrowly avoids a recount threshold when cured ballots break significantly for her. Bruce funds a recount. He loses. @bretthamil.bsky.social gets his wish.

I feel like I'm less cool for refreshing my bluesky and trusting my follows to tell me what's up

After the Mariners run, I'm not sure her trailing after Monday will be good for my blood pressure

Hey do you think this latest drop was enough to give Bruce a bad weekend?

It seems really unfair to have to wait til Monday

I'm right there with ya

An excellent article that should be required reading for the Puget Sound region. We don’t need to hack away at the ST3 program or compromise its effectiveness. We just need to build the way Europeans do.

After reading this, I am honestly shocked and pleased that this country can produce politicians with her background. Maybe only in Seattle!

Bus only lane at 12th Ave

Confirmed: SDOT will be removing the bus only lane on E Union Street this weekend, ceding this part of the $130 million RapidRide G project back to general purpose traffic in response to requests from nearby property owners.

YouTube video by Moth Light Media Quetzalcoatlus the Largest land Predator that Flew

This guy's videos are amazing and this animal is absurd

It's said a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich. Maybe they tried the wrong accomplice!

We did it, Joe!!!

Yes

Was thinking about how while true that Wilson is not the same kind of charismatic as Mamdani, maybe in Seattle earnest wonkiness resonates the same way with voters.

This is it. The council calvinball on social housing and mayor mailers got me doorknocking on 1A and got Katie in the race. We need Dems who solve problems, not rubber-stamp the Chamber.

This was a big surprise to me

Speaking personally, after the national election, and with the efforts of the council to water down social housing, I became convinced that in blue cities we need to build policies that solve problems. Chamber mouthpiece Dems stand in the way of that, and Bruce reminded me he was one.

She will be a great CM

I think Bruce really read the room wrong when he became the face of anti-social housing. Poetic justice that it drew a strong challenger in Katie.

Ballots count if they are postmarked by 8pm tonight. This could change when the election is actually over

I haven't started the latest SNW but cancelled anyhow. I will say they make it really hard. I only was able to do it once I went thru their help chat and even that was a pain. Their roadblocks steeled my resolve.

Also because they might have won if they hadn't cleaved their base in twain in so doing

I feel old that I get that reference

I think this is right. I think the pushers of it are chasing the dream of disciplining all labor and they are gonna ruin a lot of things in that quest.

Didn't Biden leave a lot of Trump 1 tarrifs in place? I get this point, but I can also see a supine Dem party validating this path so firms avoid whiplash. And we just trudge along pariah state stagnation

I love how the mailer is like: "they haven't built any housing!!!" But let's give them city funding for it with 1b. (Which they honestly plan to claw back like Jump Start)

These people are also traumatized by visible homelessness- something caused by their hoarding of housing