41st district election results by city

The complete official results of the November 4th election have been posted; I haven’t had time to do the analysis I did for the primary, but here’s what I got when I did a quick import into Excel:

• Yup, Obama won Mercer Island (as Surrounded by Water already predicted)
• Marcie Maxwell lost in Bellevue.  In fact, she lost practically everywhere except Renton, but her  2000-vote victory there made up for it.  The chart below is a little deceptive because it lumps into “Other” areas like Briar, Eastwood, and Daniel that really should be considered Renton.  Steve won Newcastle and most everywhere else listed “other”.
• Except for popular Attorney General Rob McKenna, Democrats won everywhere, including Mercer Island.  Governor, Congressman, President – the whole district shifted further blue than at any time in the past 75 years.

 

Area	Litzow	Maxwell	Obama	McCain	McKenna
Bellevue	14,103	13,501	20,439	10,955	19,615
Mercer Island	7,090	6,031	9,718	4,735	9,120
Renton	3,304	5,304	6,098	3,347	5,436
Other	6,639	7,055	9,255	5,881	9,427
total	31,136	31,891	45,510	24,918	43,598

 

Area	McKenna	Rossi	Gregoire	Reichert	Burner
Bellevue	19,615	13,189	17,523	14,670	16,093
Mercer Island	9,120	5,971	8,466	6,550	7,613
Renton	5,436	4,235	5,267	4,273	5,047
Other	9,427	7,314	7,905	7,453	7,484
total	43,598	30,709	39,161	32,946	36,237

 

Note on the above numbers: my totals don’t completely match the official final results posted on the King County Elections page.  I didn’t include write-ins, blanks, overvotes, etc. – none of which made a material difference (I believe), but results in some discrepancies with official numbers.  For example, Marcie’s victory goes to 755 instead of the 748 in the official count.  But hey, I’m just an unpaid blogger so what are you expecting – something professional?