Mary Verner |
Too many ballots remain to be counted to nail conclusively the result in Tuesday’s Spokane mayoral runoff.
But in checking the numbers we have, we’re reminded of a post from August 21, where we said – after citing the political assets of incumbent Mayor Dennis Hession – “That said, we’d right now give odds that in November Spokane’s voters will replace him with Council member Mary Verner, who fits none of the traditional criteria but maybe satisfies where a lot of Spokane is headed.” (Bearing in mind this is a reference to Spokane city, not the county or wider region – much the same as in Boise.)
The most current totals we see show Verner at 18,064 and Hession at 15,172, with thousands more ballots to be counted, we know not how many. So we’ll hold off extended discussion for a while. But this will be worth some extended discussion.
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