Rep. Larsen (D) increases margin in WA 2nd District

[usregimechange]

The Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. —

Votes continue to be counted in the close race for northwest Washington state's 2nd Congressional District seat.

The district's two largest counties - Whatcom and Snohomish - are set to post more results Saturday evening in the race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and his Republican challenger John Koster.

On election night, Larsen was trailing Koster. But he took the lead on Wednesday and his margin has been growing since.

As of Friday night, Larsen had a lead of 3,872 votes, giving him about 51 percent of the vote, compared with Koster's 49 percent. Larsen is seeking his sixth term to the 2nd District, which spans the northern part of Western Washington from just north of Seattle to the border with Canada, and includes the San Juan Islands.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013366051_apwahouse2nddistrict1stld.html

[rsmith6621]

1. No Excuse For It Taking This Long....

...If A-ballots were sent by this past Tuesday there is no reason they should not have had this counted....there is less than 300k ballots in those two county's....it seem like Washington state is getting slower...


..Anyhow....GO RICK

[eridani]

6. Fuck speed

The state could insist that ballots be received by election day instead of just postmarked. But you know what? Fewer valid ballots always, ALWAYS means more Repukes. Fuck that!

[regnaD kciN]

2. Larsen's lead increased to 4,122 in Saturday night's count...

Here's a link to the SoS's website, giving the ongoing count.

[usregimechange]

5. Thanks for the linkage

[WA98296]

3. Snohomish County will be releasing more counts in 30 minutes or so

Good Luck Rick!

[BzaDem]

4. I doubt it will even be close. It just looks close becauase there are so many ballots in King county