McGinn leads in Seattle Mayor race
Jim Brunner and Emily Heffter; Seattle Times - Nov. 7, 2009

Mike McGinn took a decisive lead in the Seattle mayor's race Friday night, leading by 2,384 votes. Joe Mallahan would now have to get about 54 percent of the remaining votes to catch up to McGinn.

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Election results at Secretary of State website
Secretary of State Sam Reed - Nov. 4, 2009

See results from the November 3 General Election on the Washington Secretary of State website.

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R-71 "accepted" by very narrow margin
Rachel La Corte; The Associated Press via The News Tribune - Nov. 4, 2009

A narrowly leading “everything but marriage” ballot measure gave hope Wednesday to gay rights’ activists that Washington might soon be the first state in which a measure dealing with equality for same-sex couples won voter affirmation. The measure was failing in most of the state’s 39 counties, except for 10 counties in the traditionally more liberal Puget Sound area, including King County, which includes Seattle. Opponents of the law pointed to that division as proof that King County, which holds about a third of the state’s voters, disproportionately affects election results in the state.

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Eyman's I-1033 goes down
Associated Press and Tri-City Herald staff - Nov. 4, 2009

The most sweeping plan yet from anti-tax activist Tim Eyman was soundly rejected Tuesday as voters appeared unwilling to put government on a forced diet of limited spending. Initiative 1033 -- the latest in a long line of measures sponsored by Eyman since the 1990s -- proposed a growth cap on revenue flowing into the main checking accounts of city, county and state government. For some voters in strongly Democratic Seattle, Eyman's name alone was almost enough to draw a "no" vote.

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Editor's Note -- Once again, Puget Sound defeated I-1033 although some parts of Eastern Washington also voted against it. Eyman's opponents used successful scare tactics and some voters fell for it.

Washington cooks in assisted-suicide stew
Elenor K. Schoen; National Catholic Register - Oct. 13, 2009

Since the enactment of physician-assisted suicide in Washington last March, confusion has arisen over statistics, the interaction between government agencies and assisted suicide organizations and the role of medicine. The Washington State Department of Health Website listed 30 attending physicians' forms turned in. Robb Miller, executive director of Compassion & Choices of Washington, reported that according to their records, 14 people have actually died from assisted suicide, while another four people "who had requested the medications but elected not to take them" died of natural causes.

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How U.S. lawmakers from Washington state voted
Thomas Voting Reports via Seattle Times - Nov. 1, 2009

Click on the link below to see how U.S. lawmakers from Washington voted on important issues during the week that ended Friday, October 30.

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