The Seattle Times reported that minority group leaders called both McGinn and Joe Mallahan "strangers," and not in the Balki-Bartakamos wacky roommate way. more ›

Mike McGinn got the smackdown from local blogs. Is confidence in the candidate waning, or is the guy just having a bad week? more ›

The latest numbers from Tuesday's primary are up, and Joe Mallahan is still on top. The current figures in the three-way race: Joe Mallahan with 28126 votes (27.22%), Mike McGinn with 27586 votes (26.69%), and Greg Nickels still coming in third with 26416 votes (25.56%). The next update on the King County site comes tomorrow at approximately 4:30 p.m. (results schedule here), along with the first stats on primary results broken down by legislative district. SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!! more ›

King County Elections just refreshed their tallies from yesterday's primary, and--lookie here, lookie here--Mayor Nickels is still coming in third. The current figures in the three-way race: Mike McGinn with 20880 votes (26.48%), Greg Nickels with 19864 votes (25.19%), and Joe Mallahan now has the lead with 21101 votes (26.76%). Tomorrow there'll be another update at approximately the same time; stay tuned by constantly checking the King County site (results schedule here). more ›

The main impediment to bicycle commuting in Seattle is that there's no direct route from where all the bike people live (north of the ship canal, mostly) to where all the jobs are (Downtown). So why not just make Aurora bike-only? FACT: Anyone driving down Aurora in a car who needed to get Downtown could just cut over on 85th Avenue North and catch the freeway there. more ›

According to Publicola, James Donaldson has officially entered the mayoral race alongside Dan Savage, Mike McGinn, and the incumbent, Greg Nickels. The former Sonics player's press release reads a little like a locker room halftime speech, or at least what we'd imagine a locker room speech would sound like if we ever have occasion to hear one, but it leaves us lukewarm. Gotta do better than that, Donaldson. more ›

A longshot? On Friday afternoon, you'll recall, freshman Councilman Tim Burgess took himself out of the running to challenge Greg Nickels. Savage, whose current position is editorial director of The Stranger, posted an excerpt from the email Burgess sent to his constituents (the same excerpt published on Seattlest, in fact), with a one-word comment: "Coward," and the observation, "I may have to run." No fewer than 72 comments on that post so far, almost all saying, "Yeah, Dan, do it." Now, if Licata or Steinbrueck get in the race, that's another story. But if it's Savage, as one commenter writes, "I think that the combined resources of every single left of center blog will more than outweigh whatever Nickels has in his coffer. Do it, Dan." more ›