I just looked over yesterday’s election results....
I think winning dem candidates (including judges) have higher voting %’s because the dems are better organized.
When searching for voter recommendations before the election, I checked GOP-e (www.wsrp.org www.kcgop.org), various TeaParty sites, and wa-demchairs.org
The wa-demchairs had “single” recommendations for “every” office.
The GOP-e list was spotty and had multiple recommendations for the same office (splitting the vote). Some offices had no conservative candidate in the running ! No write-ins recommendations were even listed.
Unfortunately, the dims are better organized !
That and “vote by mail” are reasons why we’re loosing in WA.
Has the GOP-e given up on WA ?
In general, I don't think so. But some urban districts are hopeless for R's. (For example, some state legislative districts in Seattle routinely go 80%+ dem.) It's difficult to recruit good candidates for a seat that is hopeless.
This beyond sad. What the hell is it going to take to wake up the base?
For those of you unhappy, I would chill. There are more democrats than Republican in WA, that more democrats turned out for the primary is not a surprise, hardly any major races had serious intra-party contests so there was not much reason to turn out. As always the GE will be decided by those who are far too unengaged to ever bother voting in a primary.
IMO this top 2 crap is unconstitutional. But one possible benefit is there are no third party candidates to take GOP votes (so no Green party but but GOP has been more hurt by the Libertarians than the rats hurt by the Greens).
A Look at all the races
Senate
55% for C*ntwell. Dem/GOP total was about 58-41, I don’t think C*ntwell is in any trouble and this result doesn’t disabuse me of that notion. Pretty good GOP candidate though.
http://www.votebaumgartner.com/
Governor
Dem 50.17 GOP 47.37
Reinforcing that this is a close race. McKenna was well ahead months ago but in WA lean GOP races often end up as tossups once the slander and fraud machine starts up. McKenna still ought to pull it out.
CD 1
I rate Koster (R) the slight favorite here in the closest district in the state
He was the only GOP and he got 44.36% to the rats combined 53.67%. This does not trouble me because the rats had a wide open primary between a bunch of former Microsoft people so had they had reason to turn out.
http://www.kosterforcongress.com/
CD 2 Safe D (This is more the old CD 1 that was vacated by Inslee, there is also a meaningless special election for that old district, the rat will likely beat Koster for that)
CD 3 Safe R (still a close district but the new map improved this seat of Freshman Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler who is no danger from a weak rat)
CD 4 Safe R
CD 5 Safe R
CD 6
Open dem leaning seat being vacated by ancient democrat Norm Dicks-Head, politically weird area as it’s mostly rural.
The only rat who ran State Senator Dave Kilmer got 53.69 to the GOP’s combined 43.78 with the rest for an independent. Not a terrible showing.
The GOP nominee is Businessman and veteran Bill Driscoll
http://electbilldriscoll.org/
Should keep on eye on that one to see if it’s competitive
CD 7 Seattle
CD 8
Safe R. Same Story as CD 3 close seat that got a bit more Republican, RINO Dave Reichert got just 50.2% but other Republicans got an additional 11.6%. He can finally breathe easy against a nobody rat.
CD 9 Safe D (very safe, chunk of Seattle in this one now I think)
CD 10
The new seat
Obama got 57% here to McLame’s 41, same partisan lean as the 6th district.
2 rats combined for 50.96%, 2 Republicans combined for 43.48. 3 indie losers got the rest.
The GOP candidate Dick Muri lost by 10 points to Adam Smith in 2010 for a seat slightly more democrat than this one.
Another one to watch, better odds than the 6th district I’d say
For the other statewide races
LT Gov
The long-tenured Brad Owen got under 50% total and faces a real GOP challenger but I have trouble seeing him lose. It seems he wants to die as LT Governor. Before being elected to his current post in 1996 he was in the state leg since 1977. Lifer.
Sec of State, open R office
Rats outpaced GOP in the primary vote but it looks like we have a chance to retain that. The R sec of state didn’t help stop the stolen election in 2004.
State Treasurer
Rat incumbant was only man on the ballot, the only GOP to run did so as a write in. Still counting but it looks like she will be 2nd and make the NOV ballot so she can lose badly to the democrat.
State Auditor
Open rat seat. The lone GOP got 46.27, 3 rats the rest. Pickup opportunity
AG
McKenna’s open office, 1 dem got 51.52, GOP the rest. 2 King County Councilmembers squaring off. The GOPer is Reagan Dunn, son of the former Congresswoman. He was born in 1971 so he’s probably not named after Ronny.
Land Commish
Rat incumbent 51.45, GOP 41.3, indie the rest
The GOP is Clint Didier, ex-football player and Senate candidate from 2 years ago.
School Superintendent
Nonpartisan race, incumbant whom I sure is a union rat got over 55%.
All GOP candidates and their websites can be found at link http://www.politics1.com/wa.htm
I’m hopeful McKenna and Koster will win and that we’ll get a couple more of those state offices.