Senator Patty Murray could not have tossed Republican Dino Rossi onto the political trash heap, and would not be heading happily into her fourth term, were it not for the record-setting 72 percent turnout in liberal King County, which kept Murray from slipping behind in a super-tight race and helped keep the U.S. Senate in Democratic hands.

Now: What does Patty Murray owe King County in return?

Here follows a comprehensive list of demands from local activists who helped get out the vote for Murray, Slog (The Stranger's blog) commenters who broke their wrists online chitter-chattering about her chances and the need to mail in ballots now, and other politicos who want to see her come through, once she's back in D.C., on everything from Social Security to immigration and gay rights.

Hear ye, hear ye!

Will Pittz, executive director of the Washington Community Action Network: "We need her to hold the line on Social Security by first and foremost making sure that it's not privatized, maintaining or improving the benefits, and not raising the retirement age. And we need her to fulfill the promise of health-care reform and defend it against any attacks from the opposition. We know that's going to be coming."

Slog commenter McGee: "Booze in the titty bars!"

Jody Hall, owner of Cupcake Royale: "Keep health-care reform on track and don't cave. On the Bush tax cuts: Extend them for the middle class, but not for the wealthiest 2 percent. Doing that would add $700 billion to the deficit. If the Republicans want to give tax breaks to billionaires, let's have that fight!"

Slog commenter stinkbug: "A free pizza for every resident of King County."

Josh Friedes, executive director of Equal Rights Washington: "In recent years Patty Murray has been a consistent vote for LGBT civil rights. Now what we want to see from her is strong leadership... We want her to raise the profile of LGBT service-members because she's so well respected for her work on veterans. We want to see her push for the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which must be inclusive of gender identity and expression. And, as we do economic reform, make sure that tax law treats gay and lesbian families equitably. Also, we want to see leadership on comprehensive, humane immigration reform, which must include recognition of gay and lesbian families in creating a pathway to citizenship for foreign national partners. Finally, we want her to be a strong voice for repeal of DOMA, and we are looking forward to continuing the conversation with Patty on the need for marriage equality."

Slog commenter COMTE: "I want a pony. Or a jetcar. Or a jetcar-powered pony."

Dana Laurent, political director for Planned Parenthood Votes Washington:

"We definitely expect that Senator Murray will continue to stand up for women and families in Washington State... Right now, one of the things that we are working on is trying to get birth control covered under preventive care as a part of the new health-care reform act—that would essentially make it so birth control has no co-pay and would be essentially available at no cost. That is something that we will definitely look to Senator Murray to be a leader on."

Slog commenter Citizen R: "Rather than just letting them vote to not cut off debate (filibuster), make the Republicans actually, well, filibuster—talk until they can't talk anymore, like they used to do in the old days."

Aaron Ostrom, executive director of FUSE Washington: "We want her to lead the fight against the flood of secret money from special interests that nearly derailed her reelection, and to strongly oppose the extreme right-wing agenda that will come over from the house."

Slog commenter Rotten666: "Real infrastructure projects that actually create real jobs and do not leave certain municipalities on the hook for cost overruns."

King County executive Dow Constantine: "It's more a question of: What does King County owe Patty Murray? Well, I'll tell you: We owe her our deepest thanks and appreciation for securing $44 million to repair the Howard Hanson Dam, $34 million to help replace the South Park Bridge, and funding for light rail, bus RapidRide, the Boeing tanker contract, and so much more. And that's just within the past six months. But, in particular, we owe her our thanks for consistently giving voice in the U.S. Senate to the values of the vast majority of us."