| Certification Date: | 11/23/2010 |
| Number of Precincts: | 120 |
| Number of Registered Voters: | 116576 |
| Total Ballots Cast: | 86379 |
| Ballots Left to Count: | 400 |
| Next Ballot Count On: | Nov 12 2010 5:00PM |
| Last Tabulated: | Nov 10 2010 6:38PM |
| Voter Turnout: | 74.10% |
Except for the short Saturday count, Linville has been narrowing Buy’s tenuous lead at every ballot count. To be frank, I was surprised (given the drift toward the Democrats), that she didn’t catch Buys earlier. I chocked it up to the poor showing for the Democrats in the 42nd (Jensen and Jerns were never really within striking distance…). However, Linville is a long time incumbent. She would have many established relationships among 42nd precincts. In addition, even the 42nd was drifting toward the Democrats in the Jensen and Jerns races, although the ‘drift’ was no where near the Democrat stampede in the 40th in Whatcom County: Morris and Lytton each have over 61% of the Whatcom County Vote for their seats. Whether Linville can pick up enough votes in a manual (hand) recount...
