Washington 2020: The Calm Before the Drizzle

[KingSweden]

It's official: McGinn is in.

MY KING IS ALIVE

Murray releases statement. I'll say this:: was hoping for this, but did not expect it. McGinn, for all his eccentricities, was a great Mayor. This probably kills Oliver's oxygen and gives the same progressives a champion in case the Legend of Ed Murray's Penis takes a serious bite out of him.

[Xing]

Unless penisgate disappears entirely, my gut is that McGinn will beat Murray rather easily.

[KingSweden]

The SLOG (I broke my personal prohibition on visiting the Stranger to get their take on this event) interpreted McGinn's new slogan of "Keep Seattle" to be a NIMBY canard. I dunno about that, since McGinn said that Seattle "can't be the next SF," and he wasn't exactly a NIMBY pawn last time. It was just odd seeing the Stranger take a stance other than frothing anti-developer, yuppie-despising outrage

[publicunofficial]

Stranger endorsed McGinn against Murray last time.

Worth nothing that McGinn would probably be a lot friendlier to the Sawant faction of the council than Murray is.

[KingSweden]

Stranger endorsed McGinn against Murray last time.

Worth nothing that McGinn would probably be a lot friendlier to the Sawant faction of the council than Murray is.

Weren't they pretty much responsible for his 2009 upset win over Nickels? If I recall their exposure and endorsements of him were what pushed him into power.

As for your second point... yeah, he's not perfect. I don't live in Seattle so I'm more of an observer than anything. McGinn lines up more with me on two issues I'm passionate about (Sodo arena & urbanism) and I get the sense Murray's sheen has seriously worn off since his banner 2014 year

[Maxwell]

Could I get a re-cap of why McGinn lost in 2013 in the first place and why polls had him so so far behind Murray (he ultimately kept his loss respectable).

[publicunofficial]

Could I get a re-cap of why McGinn lost in 2013 in the first place and why polls had him so so far behind Murray (he ultimately kept his loss respectable).

-McGinn is known for having a somewhat abrasive personality that left him with little support from the Seattle establishment or from Olympia. Murray on the other hand was/is one of the top Democrats in the state.

-One of McGinn's biggest platforms was opposition to a tunnel being built to replace the aging Highway 99 viaduct. Voters ended up approving the tunnel by a wide margin.

-Murray was able to cast himself a downtown friendly progressive while still racking up endorsements from the Chamber of Commerce and the like.

[Seattle]

Fremont Brewing Owner Sara Nelson Joins Race for City Council: https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2017/4/20/fremont-brewing-owner-sara-nelson-joins-race-for-city-council

[publicunofficial]

Fremont Brewing Owner Sara Nelson Joins Race for City Council: https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2017/4/20/fremont-brewing-owner-sara-nelson-joins-race-for-city-council[/url

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Pass.

[KingSweden]

Fremont Brewing Owner Sara Nelson Joins Race for City Council: https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2017/4/20/fremont-brewing-owner-sara-nelson-joins-race-for-city-council[/url

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Pass.

Why is she wasting her time? Does she not know what city she's running in? She'd have a hard time winning a Spokane CC race with that platform

I assume she's targeting the open AL seat rather than trying to take down Gonzalez?

[KingSweden]

That being said, if she gets a kook like John Grant in the runoff she has a good shot. Mosquera would probably beat her

[publicunofficial]

That being said, if she gets a kook like John Grant in the runoff she has a good shot. Mosquera would probably beat her

I'm actually starting to think it might be Grant's race to lose, honestly.

[publicunofficial]

Rep. Jesse Young (R) of LD-26 has some severe anger issues

He is reportedly under House investigation for mistreating his staffers.

[windjammer]

Rep. Jesse Young (R) of LD-26 has some severe anger issues

He is reportedly under House investigation for mistreating his staffers.

Clinton carried it by 0.1 point!

[KingSweden]

That being said, if she gets a kook like John Grant in the runoff she has a good shot. Mosquera would probably beat her

I'm actually starting to think it might be Grant's race to lose, honestly.

Ugh

[Seattle]

That being said, if she gets a kook like John Grant in the runoff she has a good shot. Mosquera would probably beat her

I'm actually starting to think it might be Grant's race to lose, honestly.

Ugh

Really? That's not the feeling I get. Sure, he has the most name recognition, but as a candidate he's less well liked than during his 2014 run. Idk, it's early on and there's been no polling.

[Seattle]

Eastern Washintonians, how much of this Stranger article on "turning Eastern Washington blue" - with Spokane council member Ben Stuckart - is sensationalism?

http://www.thestranger.com/news/2017/04/19/25083375/meet-the-man-who-could-turn-eastern-washington-blue

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Eastern Washintoners, how much of this Stranger article on "turning Eastern Washington blue" - with Spokane council member Ben Stuckart - is sensationalism?

http://www.thestranger.com/news/2017/04/19/25083375/meet-the-man-who-could-turn-eastern-washington-blue

Shades of Marcus Ricelli 2026 in here
(era of a new majority reference)

[KingSweden]

Eastern Washintonians, how much of this Stranger article on "turning Eastern Washington blue" - with Spokane council member Ben Stuckart - is sensationalism?

http://www.thestranger.com/news/2017/04/19/25083375/meet-the-man-who-could-turn-eastern-washington-blue

I'll believe it when I see it. Stuckart could waltz into the Mayor's office in '19, he practically already runs the city (Spokane's council has a 6-1 liberal majority - on the eve of the '13 muni elections, it was 4-3 conservative). Cathy is no slouch.

[KingSweden]

Eastern Washintoners, how much of this Stranger article on "turning Eastern Washington blue" - with Spokane council member Ben Stuckart - is sensationalism?

http://www.thestranger.com/news/2017/04/19/25083375/meet-the-man-who-could-turn-eastern-washington-blue

Shades of Marcus Ricelli 2026 in here
(era of a new majority reference)

Hehehe I see what you did there.

Ricelli would be a better candidate, IMO. I've met his dad a few times. Nice family.

[RI]

Eh, Trump isn't that unpopular out here, so CMR being so closely tied to him won't matter that much unless he really tanks in the polls. Plus she's still very popular personally. If anyone's gonna knock her off, I doubt it would be someone so closely tied to Spokane.

[KingSweden]

Eh, Trump isn't that unpopular out here, so CMR being so closely tied to him won't matter that much unless he really tanks in the polls. Plus she's still very popular personally. If anyone's gonna knock her off, I doubt it would be someone so closely tied to Spokane.

This. Stuckart is polarizing enough in Spokane.

He'd be better than Joe Pakootas, but I'm very skeptical he can pull it off. CMR has some of the best constituent outreach in the nation and she's personally popular.

Plus local government is littered with her protégés. As nice of a man as he is (and he's a truly delightful man) George Nethercutt never built her kind of infrastructure there

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Eastern Washintoners, how much of this Stranger article on "turning Eastern Washington blue" - with Spokane council member Ben Stuckart - is sensationalism?

http://www.thestranger.com/news/2017/04/19/25083375/meet-the-man-who-could-turn-eastern-washington-blue

Shades of Marcus Ricelli 2026 in here
(era of a new majority reference)

Hehehe I see what you did there.

Ricelli would be a better candidate, IMO. I've met his dad a few times. Nice family.

What is stopping him from running anyway?

[KingSweden]

Eastern Washintoners, how much of this Stranger article on "turning Eastern Washington blue" - with Spokane council member Ben Stuckart - is sensationalism?

http://www.thestranger.com/news/2017/04/19/25083375/meet-the-man-who-could-turn-eastern-washington-blue

Shades of Marcus Ricelli 2026 in here
(era of a new majority reference)

Hehehe I see what you did there.

Ricelli would be a better candidate, IMO. I've met his dad a few times. Nice family.

What is stopping him from running anyway?

He's a rising star in the House and would be giving up a safe seat.

Edit: wouldn't be surprised to see him run for Mayor of Spokane in '19, though, especially now that Stuckart is out and there's no clear frontrunner

[publicunofficial]

RIP Mike Lowry