Saturday's ballot counting is done and we still done know who's won. With 52,196 of 55,428 ballots counted the winners of the Whatcom County Council District 2 seat and two of the Ferndale City Council seats are still not certain.
In early counting Ken Mann was ahead, but now Sam Crawford has taken the lead. With an unknown portion of the 3232 uncounted ballots coming from the 2nd District, the outcome is still unclear. Crawford's 725 vote lead could evaporate when counting resumes Tuesday.
In the 1st District Bob Kelly continues to lead with 54.68% of the vote. Since the count trend has favored him from the start, Bob's 1300+ vote lead doesn't seem beatable.
In Ferndale, the leaders in two races have changed... again. At the end of counting Friday, Jim Elliot and Paul Ingram were tied, now Paul has jumped to a 4% lead. After being behind, Connie Faria has inched ahead of Mike Reilly. With what looks like about 200 ballots left to count for Ferndale, these two City Council races are still cliff hangers.
Mel Hansen has clearly been re-elected and Steve Malpezzi's 148 vote lead makes him the likely winner.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
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