- Only got 37 percent.
When he was talking to me yesterday, state supreme court candidate Stan Rumbaugh blamed his primary election loss, in part, on lower than expected voter turnout.
So far it does seem true that statewide, voter turnout was lower than the 37-percent forecast from Secretary of State Sam Reed. (Turnout is currently at 30-percent statewide.)
But here in King County, according to a source who’s looked at the figures, turnout was near a historic high for a primary. Some 395,341 people voted, a number surpassed only by the primary of 2004 (which brought out 466,732 voters). And yet, in King County, Rumbaugh is currently losing by 10 points.
Maybe the point spread will change as more votes are counted. But it doesn’t look like Rumbaugh can blame low turnout in King County for his loss. Clearly, something else was going on. The question is: Why didn’t more of the people who turned out in liberal King County vote for him?
Get into the already-rolling discussion of why Rumbaugh lost HERE.
