Whatcom County had 49,378 votes counted by 8:10 PM.!

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Well, I must have missed something. Whatcom County had 49,378 votes counted by 8:10 PM.! 

In Whatcom County, with 49,378 counted and 16,000 to count tomorrow, Patty Murray holds an 164 

point lead over Dino Rossi. If she wins, and it looks like she might, Whatcom County will have played

a part.  She's only ahead in nine counties tonight. We are one of them.  Rick Larsen  is doing just a 

little better than Patty with a mere with a 600 point lead (in Whatcom) over John Koster. Rick is 1429

votes ahead behind Koster on the strength of  Whatcom and San Juan Counties with 50% of the vote counted.

He is losing Island, Skagit, and Snohomish.  If these two Dems win their races, they will owe it to progressives

here in Whatcom County. Let us make sure they know this.

Both these races collected over 48,500 votes tonight, significantly more than state legislative races of 

Ericksen/Jerns, Overstreet/Jensen, Buys/Linville, each of which gathered nearly 35,000 votes per each. 

Because Whatcom County state legislative districts are divided  between the 40th and 42nd districts,

most of that 13,500 vote participation difference between the state  and federal races can thus be understood.

Nonetheless, it looks like the federal Democrats will ride to victory (just barely!) in this county, while the state

Democrats candidates here in the 42nd (Jerns,Jensen,Linville) apparently will go down to defeat so that Lytton 

and Morris can win in the 40th. What a difference Lytton's 2307 strong lead tonight would have made

for long-time incumbent Kelli Linville, who is losing to Vincent Buys by 1519 votes. That may be too much

for Kelli to make up in tomorrow's count, but it is hard to know. I find it surprising that Murray and 

(Rick) Larsen are squeaking out a lead tonight while (Tony) Larson is thumping Jean Melious by 

6020 votes. For all the heat he took for it, Tony's strategy of skipping debates to meet county folks paid off.

Who knew? Somebody did....

[Results for 11/2/2010 with 16,000 votes left to count:]

U.S. Senator	Patty Murray	24371	48578	50.17
U.S. Senator	Dino Rossi	24207	48578	49.83
U.S. Representative	John Koster	23985	48570	49.38
U.S. Representative	Rick Larsen	24585	48570	50.62
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	7763	13219	58.73
State Representative Pos. 1	Mike Newman	5456	13219	41.27
State Representative Pos. 2	Jeff Morris	7698	13222	58.22
State Representative Pos. 2	John Swapp	5524	13222	41.78
State Senator	Doug Ericksen	21256	34760	61.15
State Senator	Pat Jerns	13504	34760	38.85
State Representative Pos. 1	Jason Overstreet	18959	34701	54.64
State Representative Pos. 1	Al Jensen	15742	34701	45.36

State Representative Pos. 2	Vincent Buys	18239	34959	52.17
State Representative Pos. 2	Kelli Linville	16720	34959	47.83

Council District 1 Position B	Jean Melious	18667	43354	43.06
Council District 1 Position B	Tony Larson	24687	43354	56.94