Whatcom County at 55,869 counted

(Your going to have to look at this post in something besides IE.  My open office pastes do something weird in IE.)

Okay.  55,869 total ballots counted tonight with 20,000 noted as now left to count. Murray  and Larsen are starting to pull away in Whatcom County and Linville made up some serious ground as well. My math shows she still has a chance to pull this out. Melious can't catch a break though, still behind by roughly that same amount despite an extra 5K votes counted for that race.
So I find this interesting. This round of voting reflects a more liberal bias with increased turnout, but not for Melious.  This confuses me. Melious should be benefiting similarly, especially since her connections in the progressive 40th district should translate into more votes. Well, there are still 20,000 left to count. Maybe they contain lots of WWU ballots!  A look at the dense Bellingham precincts confirm that she is doing well there.


[Results for 11/3/2010 with 20,000 ballots left to count]

U.S. Senator	Patty Murray	28035	54951	51.02
U.S. Senator	Dino Rossi	26916	54951	48.98
U.S. Representative	John Koster	26664	54932	48.54
U.S. Representative	Rick Larsen	28268	54932	51.46
State Representative Pos. 1	Dan Kristiansen	4	6	66.67
State Representative Pos. 1	Eleanor Walters	2	6	33.33
State Representative Pos. 2	Kirk Pearson	5	5	100
State Representative Pos. 1	Kristine Lytton	9080	15270	59.46
State Representative Pos. 1	Mike Newman	6190	15270	40.54
State Representative Pos. 2	Jeff Morris	9002	15267	58.96
State Representative Pos. 2	John Swapp	6265	15267	41.04
State Senator	Doug Ericksen	23565	38971	60.47
State Senator	Pat Jerns	15406	38971	39.53
State Representative Pos. 1	Jason Overstreet	20919	38900	53.78
State Representative Pos. 1	Al Jensen	17981	38900	46.22
State Representative Pos. 2	Vincent Buys	20160	39218	51.41
State Representative Pos. 2	Kelli Linville	19058	39218	48.6

Council District 1 Position B	Jean Melious	21482	48969	43.87
Council District 1 Position B	Tony Larson	27487	48969	56.13