Seattle School Board Elections Primary 2017
Ballot Update (Thursday at 4:30 pm)
It appears to me that the people who are in first place in each race are widening their lead.
In District IV, Camet's numbers are slightly down, Mack's continue to climb. Lisa Melenyzer has also gained numbers.
In District V, DeWolf's numbers have climbed, Vasquez is slightly down from yesterday.
Same for District VII but Byers number is only down a tick.
There is a Friday drop at 4:30 pm and I think that may be the final tally that will count.
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Ballot Total Update (Wednesday, 4:30 pm)
Eden Mack, 68.24%
Herbert J. Camet, Jr. 8.2%%
Zachary Pullin DeWolf, 43.32%
Omar Vasquez, 18.02%
Andre Helmstetter, 16.25%
Betty Patu, 65.58%
Chelsea Byers, 22.95%
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Looks like:
District IV:
Eden Mack 67.46%
Herbert J. Camet, Jr. 8.20%
This outcome seems odd to me as Megan Locatelli Hyska was the SEA choice (and clearly they didn't get the vote out here).
District V
What I feared is what happened; Alec Cooper and Andre Helmstetter split the votes and Omar Vasquez, 18.18%, got in and now faces against Zachary Pullin DeWolf, 43.19%.
What you can expect in the general election is a lot of outside money trying to get the ed reformer Vasquez on the board. I don't think it will work again Pullin DeWolf.
District VII
Betty Patu, 65.52%, is far ahead of challenger, Chelsea Byers, 22.76%.
It appears to me that the people who are in first place in each race are widening their lead.
In District IV, Camet's numbers are slightly down, Mack's continue to climb. Lisa Melenyzer has also gained numbers.
In District V, DeWolf's numbers have climbed, Vasquez is slightly down from yesterday.
Same for District VII but Byers number is only down a tick.
There is a Friday drop at 4:30 pm and I think that may be the final tally that will count.
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Ballot Total Update (Wednesday, 4:30 pm)
Eden Mack, 68.24%
Herbert J. Camet, Jr. 8.2%%
Zachary Pullin DeWolf, 43.32%
Omar Vasquez, 18.02%
Andre Helmstetter, 16.25%
Betty Patu, 65.58%
Chelsea Byers, 22.95%
No real shifts. KC Elections has this at 22.22% of the ballots count and the next drop is tomorrow at 4:30 pm.
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Looks like:
District IV:
Eden Mack 67.46%
Herbert J. Camet, Jr. 8.20%
This outcome seems odd to me as Megan Locatelli Hyska was the SEA choice (and clearly they didn't get the vote out here).
District V
What I feared is what happened; Alec Cooper and Andre Helmstetter split the votes and Omar Vasquez, 18.18%, got in and now faces against Zachary Pullin DeWolf, 43.19%.
What you can expect in the general election is a lot of outside money trying to get the ed reformer Vasquez on the board. I don't think it will work again Pullin DeWolf.
District VII
Betty Patu, 65.52%, is far ahead of challenger, Chelsea Byers, 22.76%.
Comments
-GoAlec
Intentions for the board? I'm not sure Byers has been all that clear about her intentions except for more STEM.
HP
Sources
Helmstetter Supporter
So we may or may not have a different result.
Just for grins, note that most academic research on ballot order give a 2-4% advantage to the person listed first versus last...and that this advantage tends to be larger in down ballot / crowded races. Omar was first on the ballot due to a random draw. No excuses, but interesting to note.
--Cap Hill
--NCap Hill
Regarding Camet, Vasquez, and Byers, I wonder how many people voted for them because they were listed first on the ballot. I'd guess it's a small percentage, but Camet getting second is very strange. And with some races so close and turnout light, a small percentage swing can make the difference.
GMG
In the case of Mr DeWolf, I can't think of a better person to want to get involved with instituting change and bring fresh eyes to the running of SPS. I know he will be engaged and a representative voice for families, as he has proven again and again in his time as Capitol Hill Community Council President.
His seeking to be on the school board before choosing to have kids is a tremendous statement about him caring about what happens in our community.
GMG
http://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2017/06/seattle-school-board-elections-2017_11.html
GMG
Saxman says he admires a lot of what DeWolf has done to bring new people into the council, but argues that “they’re falling short” when it comes to including more racial minorities, longtime residents and low-income people. “I don’t think they’re authentically community-based,” he says."
https://thecisforcrank.com/tag/urbanism-2/
'While the YIMBYs didn’t make this change happen on their own, their support helped provide political cover for Murray and his neighborhood department director, Kathy Nyland (a former Georgetown neighborhood activist who is openly sympathetic to the YIMBY cause), for what turned out to be a controversial move. Many neighborhood activists liked the neighborhood councils as they were.
Saxman says he admires a lot of what DeWolf has done to bring new people into the council, but argues that “they’re falling short” when it comes to including more racial minorities, longtime residents and low-income people. “I don’t think they’re authentically community-based,” he says."
https://thecisforcrank.com/tag/urbanism-2/
Given the above article, "Saxman says he admires a lot of what DeWolf has done to bring new people into the council, but argues that “they’re falling short” when it comes to including more racial minorities, longtime residents and low-income people. “I don’t think they’re authentically community-based,” he says."
Community members were vilified. They were depicted as white people. Here is what happened in DeWolfe's Central District:
Not everyone agrees with this sentiment, however. Dan Sanchez (a man of color), chair of the Central Area District Council, balks at the description of his council as exclusionary. The 2013 report shows African Americans and other people of color account for 35 percent of the Central Area Council’s membership.
“Most people are just insulted that the mayor accused us of being some exclusive white privileged organization … We have representatives from the African American museum, the Central Area Chamber of Commerce, just a year ago we admitted the Union Street Business Association, an African American business group,” says Sanchez. and "“We had no heads up at all … every community council is furious. Not the District Councils, but the member organizations,” Sanchez says."
http://crosscut.com/2016/07/seattle-neighborhood-district-council-mayor-ed-murray-upended-reactions/
Sure looks like DeWolfe was part of Murray's bludgeon. In the end, "short” when it comes to including more racial minorities, longtime residents and low-income people. “I don’t think they’re authentically community-based,” he says."
Good luck with another city bureaucrat.
I think that's a big leap you're taking there C. Crank (and I'll bet Erica wouldn't like that).
But then, if you are trying to make Vasquez look better, I guess this is what you would do.
“No one knew it was happening."
Dan Sanchez sits on a bench in the Central District, and proudly talks about the district council he chairs."
Dan Sanchez, chair of the Central Area council, calls the mayor's plan ‘AstroTurf organizing’. That is, fake grass roots.
http://www.king5.com/news/politics/district-councils-raise-concern-over-mayors-executive-order/278279741