Lastly, Gabe Rothstein is leading in most precincts, including in most coastal precincts, in the race for Seattle Municipal Court Judge, position 5.

You can see a rough east/west split for Nilu Jenks and Julie Kang, respectively, in the primary for Seattle City Council's district 5 seat. Both are cruising towards the general election.

Gerry Pollet led in precincts up and down the 46th legislative district; his challengers led in few precincts, though this may change after later votes get counted.

Jamie Pedersen looks likely to cruise to reelection in the 43rd district state senate seat; even in the Broadmoor, he received a plurality of early votes.

The U.S. Congressional district WA-09 includes parts of King County and Pierce County. Based solely on King County returns, you can see a smattering of support for Adam Smith's opponents swell south of Seattle, but Smith remains significantly in the lead as of election night.

Seattle's Proposition 1, to renew property taxes to fund libraries, is leading easily in early returns, with the strongest opposition in the gated communities of the Broadmoor and Sand Point.

Before I proceed further, out of respect for @typewriteralley.bsky.social, I'll point out that these are based solely on ballot data from election night, with a total turnout of about 19%. The county projects 45% turnout for this election.

It's election data viz time for the August 2026 primary election, now with a new interactive visualizer! I'd love your feedback on these new maps. In the King County Assessor race, Rob Foxcurran did particularly well in Seattle, while the two nearest runners-up polled well in more rural areas.

#Jimothymania has come to @flysea.bsky.social ; Lucky Louie's, at SEA Airport's central terminal, now sells a "#Jimothy Swirl" striped dessert.

Cockles warmed today, as I learned that Danny Westneat of the @seattletimes.com reads @theurbanist.org. (I'm subscribed to both.)

The Tully’s Coffee sign in Pioneer Square, Seattle, that outlasted its cafe by at least a decade, is finally gone. Long live the Kingdome Deli, which has outlived its namesake stadium by a quarter century.

It’s not looking good from 1.5 miles away

Potential scam alert: I received two messages suggesting that I could invest in private companies with a company called Finova LP. The from address is on a domain that redirects to lumara-lp.com, registered two days ago. Yikes.

Just some of the folks speaking at the @fixthel8.bsky.social rally for #busLanes on Denny Way in #Seattle

It’s a media frenzy at the @fixthel8.bsky.social announcement in SLU! #busLanes #urbanism

Humongous crowd turned up in Seattle on a Tuesday afternoon, to say hi to James May and get his gin signed. Time well spent.

Made my @seattlechannel.bsky.social debut today, giving public comment in favor of more housing in the #Seattle #compPlan. Thanks to @houseourneighbors.bsky.social for coordinating a rally at noon attended by @mayorofseattle.bsky.social and @alexis4seattle.bsky.social, and to all who gave comments!

Trying out #MeshCore, a decentralized messaging system, with a Heltec V3, a tiny radio. As someone who grew up with IRC, it’s fun to try relay chat with no Internet involved. Unsurprisingly, there are many users in the Pacific Northwest.

I enjoy that the youths are discovering old tech, warts and all. I picked up the first digicam I’ve ever been photographed by at a thrift store recently. $1000 in 1998, $28 now, and it still works!

I now own the first digital camera I’ve been photographed by. This Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD81 saves images to 3.5" floppy disks. Found it in a thrift shop on Maui, of all place. Working battery, charger, and diskettes sold separately.

@chess.com recently changed its notifications for my daily games. They used to tell me what move my opponent made, but now they generally tell me what piece moved, sometimes in Russian. I’m confused.

Harrell defeated Wilson in District 7 by about 3 points, including a sweep of upper Queen Anne precincts.

In District 6, the closest result of any council district, Harrell defeated Wilson by 205 votes. Note the clean Harrell sweep in Magnolia.

District 5 was roughly evenly split between Harrell and Wilson. Harrell led overall by less than 1 point, winning all but one precinct on the shore of Lake Washington, Puget Sound, or Bitter Lake.

Harrell's most fruitful city council district was district 4, in which the incumbent outdrew the challenger Wilson by just over 6.5 points. There was a pronounced split between the UW area and the Laurelhurst area.

Katie Wilson performed most strongly in her home district, district 3, winning by more than 16 percentage points.

In district 2, covering much of southeastern Seattle, Wilson defeated Harrell by nearly 12 percentage points.

Seattle mayoral election results, visualized by city council district. (Approximate; some precincts have been redrawn since the last district-specific council elections.) In district 1, incumbent Bruce Harrell led challenger Katie Wilson by about 6.5 points. Wilson won by less than 1 point citywide.

To anyone who ever thought, "one vote never made a difference", observe the results of the Stevens Pass Sewer District Commissioner Position No. 1 race.

Bonus viz: how the mayoral vote share shifted from election night to final data: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...