SUCCESSFUL >>> NUMBERS ARE COMING IN FROM
ALL ACROSS THE THE STATE.
I'M
I'M
I'M MARK
I'M MARK WRIGHT.
MARK WRIGHT. >> I'M JOYCE TAYLOR.
CITY
CITY
CITY COUNCIL RACES, CAR TAB FEES,
ALL
ALL
ALL DECIDED IN THIS GENERAL
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. WE BEGIN WITH THE
BIGGEST POSSIBILITYBOOK ISSUE
ON
ON
ON THE
ON THE BALLOT, THE CAR TAB FEE.
IT
IT
IT WOULD
IT WOULD LOWER THE COST OF MOST
CAR
CAR
CAR TABS
CAR TABS TO $30 AND CUT BILLIONS IN
LOCAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING.
FUNDING.
FUNDING. >> DREW MICKELSON IS COVERING
THE YES CAMPAIGN IN BELLEVUE.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THIS LEAK
WAS NOT ABOUT HIM.
HE SAYS
HE SAYS
HE SAYS CLEARLY VOTERS WANTED TO SEND A
MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE FED UP
WITH TAXES, ESPECIALLY ANYTHING
ASSOCIATED WITH SOUND TRANSIT.
>> WE DECLARE VICTORY.
>> Reporter: CALMED THE RACE
JUST AS THE INITIAL NUMBERS
WERE
WERE
WERE BEING RELEASED WITH HIS
DAUGHTER
DAUGHTER
DAUGHTER RILEY AT HIS SIDE.
SURROUNDED BY
SURROUNDED BY ABOUT 20 SUPPORTERS.
IF THE
IF THE
IF THE NUMBERS HOLD, CAR TABS WILL BE
CAPPED AT $30 A YEAR.
FOR SOME
FOR SOME
FOR SOME CAR OWNER, ESPECIALLY THOSE
AROUND SEATTLE, THERE HAVE BEEN
FEES IN THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
A YEAR RECENTLY.
THANKS TO TAX
INCREASES, ESPECIALLY THE 2016
SOUND TRANSIT 3 MEASURE.
STATE
STATE
STATE BUDGET EXPERTS SAY IF THE
INITIATIVE PASSES, BILLIONS OF
TAX DOLLARS WILL BE ELIMINATED
FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
EXPANSION PLANS LIKE LIGHT
HE SAYS VOTERS WERE MISLED BY
SOUND TRANSIT IN 2016.
>> HONESTY WON.
VOTERS WANTED TO
BE HUMAN BEINGS.
AND I THINK
THEY BELIEVED THAT WE WERE
CORRECT.
CORRECT.
CORRECT. SO I THINK HONESTY WON
AT THE BALLOT BOX BECAUSE THE
VOTERS FINALLY HAD A CHANCE TO.
>>
>> Reporter: HE EXPECTS THIS INITIATIVE TO END UP IN THE
COURTROOM.
COURTROOM. IF THAT HAPPENS,
ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB FERGUSON,
A
A
A LONGTIME CRITIC, WOULD BE HIS
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
HAS TO DEFEND ANY INITIATIVE
PASSED BY THE
>>>
>>> I
>>> I DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS THAT GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
THEY'RE
THEY'RE
THEY'RE OLDER, RIGHT?
OLDER, RIGHT? BUT I GLADLY PAY
THE PROPERTY TAX TO HELP PAY
FOR
FOR
FOR SCHOOLS IN TACOMA.
SO IF YOU'RE
A MOTORIST TRYING TO GET UP TO
SEATTLE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE
THAT
THAT
THAT LIVE
THAT LIVE IN PIERCE COUNTY GO TO
KING
KING
KING COUNTY TO GET THEIR JOBS,
HAVING
HAVING
HAVING PEOPLE THAT GET ON THE TRAIN OR
GET ON LIGHT RAIL WHEN THAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. YOU BENEFIT FROM THAT
WHETHER YOU DRIVE IN A SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLE OR NOT.
>> THAT IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
TALKING ABOUT 596.
IF THAT
IF THAT
IF THAT PASSES HOW DO WE PAY FOR THE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ROAD
IMPROVEMENT
>>
>> LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS NOW FROM
>>
>> I
>> I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT
THAT
THAT SOME
THAT SOME OF THE SOUND TRANSIT
STICKER SHOCK WAS IN EFFECT.
THE
THE
THE LOW
THE LOW TURNOUT IN PIERCE AND
SNOHOMISH COUNTY DEFINITELY
KEPT
KEPT
KEPT MORE
KEPT MORE PROGRESSIVE VERTS AT HOME.
AND KING COUNTY JUAN ENOUGH TO
BUOY EVERYTHING ACROSS THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. >>
STATE. >> AGREED.
>> AGREED. IT SPEAKS TO THE
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES WE'RE
HAVING ON THE WESTERN AND
EASTERN SIDES OF THE STATE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HOPED THAT IT
WOULD BE NO ON 976, BUT IT
LOOKS
LOOKS
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA PASS.
>> AND ALL SORTS OF
RAMIFICATIONS ON THAT.
PIERCE
PIERCE
PIERCE COUNTY VOTED 2-1 TO APPROVE THE
$30 CAR
>>>
>>> ANOTHER BALLOT MEASURE WITH STATEWIDE IMPLICATIONS IS
REFERENDUM 88.
REFERENDUM 88. IT WOULD GIVE THE
STATE THE GO-AHEAD TO IMPLEMENT
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. 58% OF
58% OF
58% OF PEOPLE ARE REJECTING THE
MEASURE.
MEASURE.
MEASURE. 49% APPROVE.
49% APPROVE. >> SEBASTIAN, THIS RACE IS
REALLY
>>
>> Reporter: IT IS. SUPPORTERS
SUPPORTERS WENT HOME CAUTIOUSLY
OPTIMISTIC.
OPTIMISTIC. THE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS WON'T
COME TILL LATER THIS WEEK.
THIS
THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS DESPITE THE SUPPORTERS OF
THE
THE
THE R-88
THE R-88 GETTING SOME HELP FROM
LEAF-HITTERS.
LEAF-HITTERS. EARLIER THIS
EARLIER THIS MORNING, THE GOVERNOR, JAY
INSLEE, STOPPED BY TO LEND HIS
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. R-88 WOULD SUPPORT
INITIATIVE 1,000 AND REINSTATE
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WHEN IT
COMES
COMES
COMES TO
COMES TO HIRING AND PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES.
UNIVERSITIES. THOSE OPPOSED TO
IT FEAR THAT IT'LL BE DIFFERENT
RULES FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. JAY INSLEE LENDING HIS
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. GARY LOCKE, THE FORMER
GOVERNOR, HAS ALSO BEEN FOR
VOCAL IN SUPPORT.
>>> SEVEN SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS IN THIS
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. WE BEGIN WITH THE RACE
THAT DREW THE MOST MONEY.
DISTRICT 3 INCLUDES CAPITOL
HILL, THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
SAWANT IS TRAILING O'RYAN.
WE
WE
WE CENTER
WE CENTER A TEAM AT BOTH THEIR
EVENTS TONIGHT.
EVENTS TONIGHT. TED LAND IS
TRACKING THE O'RYAN CAMPAIGN
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> Reporter: HE GAVE WHAT
SOUNDED LIKE A VICTORY SPEECH
EARLIER TONIGHT.
EARLIER TONIGHT. A VERY
A VERY
A VERY CELEBRATORY TONE AT HIS PARTY.
EVERYBODY CHEERED.
EVERYBODY CHEERED. HE THANKED
HE THANKED HIS OPPONENT FOR WHAT HE CALLED
A SPIRITED RACE.
HE THANKED THE
CROWD THERE FOR SUPPORTING A
POLITICAL NEWCOMER IN THIS
RACE.
RACE.
RACE. WITH THE RESULTS STILL COMING
IN
IN
IN OVER
IN OVER THE COMING DAYS, HE FEELS
VERY GOOD ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS.
SAWANT REALLY TARGETE
CRITICIZED O'RYAN FOR THE
BUSINESS MONEY BACKING HIS
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. >> I THINK IT'S A DISTRACTION
IN
IN
IN THE
IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE REACTION.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CITIZENS
UNITED OVERTURNS SO WE CAN
LIMIT
LIMIT
LIMIT THE
LIMIT THE MONEY FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS
THAT COME INTO OUR ELECTIONS.
>> Reporter: HE CAUTIONED
SUPPORTERS THAT MORE RESULTS
WILL BE COMING IN IN THE COMING
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. AND
DAYS. AND THAT LATE VOTES TEND
TO SKEW PRETTY FAR LEFT.
SO THIS
SO THIS
SO THIS IS A RACE WE'LL BE WATCHING
VERY
VERY
VERY CLOSELY.
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY. >> Reporter: EARLIER THE ROOM
WAS PACKED WITH SUPPORTERS WHO
WERE PRETTY QUIET AS THE FIRST
BATCH OF NUMBERS CAME IN.
SAWAPT
SAWAPT
SAWAPT SPENT NEARLY A HALF HOUR
RALLYING THE CROWD.
SHE TALKED
SHE TALKED ABOUT TOPICS LIKE RENT CONTROL,
A GREEN NEW DEAL.
AND SHE SAYS
SHE REPRESENTS WORKING PEOPLE
AND DOESN'T WANT SEATTLE TO
BECOME A PLAYGROUND FOR THE
RICH.
RICH.
RICH. SHE
RICH. SHE TOLD SUPPORTERS SHE'S
BEEN IN A CLOSE SEATTLE RACE
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. SHE SAID THIS RACE IS
NOT OVER AND THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING HARD.
>> WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO FIGHT
HARD.
HARD.
HARD. SO
HARD. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO FIGHT HARD.
WE ARE
WE ARE
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERY BALLOT OF OTHERWISE
DISENFRANCHISED PEOPLE GETS TO
COUNT.
COUNT.
COUNT. ARE WE READY TO DO
>>
>> AND
>> AND THE CAMPAIGN EMPHASIZED THE FIRST NUMBERS, AND THEY'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE SUPPORT AND
DONATIONS AS THEY WORK TO MAKE
SURE EVERY VOTE IS COUNTED.
>>>
>>> LET'S
>>> LET'S CHECK OUT THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL RACES.
LISA
LISA
LISA HERBOLD HAS A LEAD TONIGHT.
HER
HER
HER CHALLENGER HAS
>>
>> DISTRICT 2, TAMMY MORALES. A
A
A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. MORALES
MORALES
MORALES WITH 56% OF THE VOTE.
SOLOMON
SOLOMON
SOLOMON 44% AT THIS POINT.
>> DISTRICT 4. ALEX PETERSON
HAS
HAS
HAS 58%
HAS 58% OF THE VOTE.
SEAN SCOTT HAS
42%.
42%.
42%. >>
42%. >> DISTRICT 5, THE BATTLE
BETWEEN 1-TERM INCUMBENT
DEBORAH
DEBORAH
DEBORAH JUAREZ, CRITICIZING THE CITY'S
RESPONSE TO THE HOMELESS
CRISIS.
CRISIS.
CRISIS. JUAREZ LEADING.
JUAREZ LEADING. >> DISTRICT 6. TWO NEWCOMERS.
STRAUSS LEADS WITH 53% OF THE
VOTE.
VOTE.
VOTE. WILLS HAS 47%.
>> AND TO DISTRICT 7. A RACE
THAT PITS THE FORMER POLICE
CHIEF AGAINST THE CITY
>>>
>>> HE
>>> HE HAS 57% OF THE VOTE. LONGTIME KING COUNTY COUNCIL
MEMBER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ICON,
LARRY GOSSETT, HAS
>>
>> I
>> I DIDN'T GET INTO THIS RACE TO RUN AGAINST ANYONE.
I GOT
I GOT
I GOT INTO THIS RACE TO BUILD ON THE
LEGACY OF ALL OF THOSE THAT
CAME
CAME
CAME BEFORE US.
BEFORE US. ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN PUTTING IN WORK.
>> GOSSETT WAS ELECTED IN 1993
AND HAS NEVER GOTTEN LESS THAN
80% OF OF THE VOTE.
IN SNOHOMISH
IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, THE CURRENT SHERIFF
CONCEDED TO HIS OPPONENT.
>> IT WAS A HUGE SHOCK FOR THE
SHERIFF'S SUPPORTERS.
SHERIFF'S SUPPORTERS. >> Reporter: LITERALLY TEARS OF
DISBELIEF HERE TONIGHT.
NOBODY
NOBODY
NOBODY WAS EXPECTING THIS.
THE SHERIFF
THE SHERIFF XHOUPTH BEFORE THE NUMBERS WERE
MADE COMING OUT BEFORE THE
NUMBERS BECAME PUBLIC.
WHILE THE
WHILE THE
WHILE THE PROGRAM HAS SEEN SUCCESS, IT'S
FRUSTRATED MANY DEPUTIES LIKE
ADAM COURTNEY EARTHQUAKES
LONGTIME SNOHOMISH COUNTY
DEPUTY.
DEPUTY.
DEPUTY. HE CAMPAIGNED ON
FRUSTRATED CRIME VICTIMS
GETTING
GETTING
GETTING FED UP WITH CRIMINAL PUTTING
BECOME OUT ON THE STREET.
>> I THINK THEY'RE FRUSTRATED
WITH WHAT THEY SEE SURROUNDING
US AND THEY'RE TIRED OF
INACTION.
INACTION.
INACTION. AND A CHANGE IN
SHERIFF ISN'T GONNA NECESSARILY
FIX THAT.
FIX THAT.
FIX THAT. >> WHEN I TALK MORE OF AN
ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT, I WOULD
ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
WHEN I TALK
ABOUT OPENING UP THE JAIL FOR
BUSINESS, I WILL ABSOLUTELY DO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> Reporter: WHEN ASKED ABOUT
HIS FUTURE, THE SHERIFF SAID HE
WOULD CONSIDER STAYING ON WITH
THE DEPARTMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT. WORKING FOR
WORKING FOR THE MAN WHO JUST TOOK HIS JOB.
>>> THERE ARE MORE THAN 1,000
RACES STATEWIDE.
RACES STATEWIDE. WE HAVE MOST OF
THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE'LL BE
WE'LL BE
WE'LL BE RIGHT