Whatcom County at 86,379 Votes Counted

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...


Some Republicans are complaining that her recent vote gain was "anomalous".  The only anomaly I see in her vote count was Saturday, when Buys increased his lead (between vote counts) for the first time.

[All stats from SOS CSVs]:
11/02/2010
Vincent Buys 18239 34959 52.17%
Kelli Linville 16720 34959 47.83%
11/03/2010
Vincent Buys 20160 39218 51.41%
Kelli Linville 19058 39218 48.6%
11/04/2010
Vincent Buys 22187 43474 51.04%
Kelli Linville 21287 43474 48.96%
11/05/2010
Vincent Buys 24920 49295 50.55%
Kelli Linville 24375 49295 49.45%
11/06/2010 (Saturday Count)
Vincent Buys 26367 52019 50.69%
Kelli Linville 25652 52019 49.31%
11/08/2010
Vincent Buys 29439 58348 50.45%
Kelli Linville 28909 58348 49.55%
11/09/2010
Vincent Buys 29936 59561 50.26%
Kelli Linville 29625 59561 49.74%
11/10/2010
Vincent Buys 30433 60625 50.2%
Kelli Linville 30192 60625 49.8%

[Whatcom County Results for 11/10/2010 with 400 ballots left to count]

Patty Murray	44406	84724	52.41
Dino Rossi	40318	84724	47.59
John Koster	39434	84543	46.64
Rick Larsen	45109	84543	53.36
Kristine Lytton	14222	22871	62.18
Mike Newman	8649	22871	37.82
Jeff Morris	14048	22874	61.41
John Swapp	8826	22874	38.59
Doug Ericksen	36084	60165	59.98
Pat Jerns	24081	60165	40.02
Jason Overstreet	31711	60016	52.84
Al Jensen	28305	60016	47.16
Vincent Buys	30433	60625	50.2
Kelli Linville	30192	60625	49.8
Richard B. Sanders	34039	67484	50.44
Charlie Wiggins	33445	67484	49.56
Jean Melious	32526	73615	44.18
Tony Larson	41089	73615	55.82