A boost for Bob…

…as the latest numbers show the Ferguson lead swelling to 1226 votes, nearly a 5% edge.

Bob Ferguson 13551

Carolyn Edmonds 12285

This one's looking done, with only a couple days left to count the mail votes of stragglers who waited until midnight on election day to put their ballot in a mailbox in Tierra del Feugo or whatever, wherever.

It took a full week past election day to get a clear picture of the outcome of an election that it's turning out wasn't really all that close after all. Happily, the seat in question is about as safely Democratic as any, but what if there really was a November contest to worry about? How is it a good thing for our nominees to be held in political stasis for a week or ten days while the opposition drives forward?

Why isn't our Party demanding election day results that matter for our Democratic primaries?