Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Ed Murray to become Seattle’s first openly gay mayor

Ed MurrayState Sen. Ed Murray, the architect of Washington state’s gay marriage law, carried 56 percent of the vote in the first round of ballot counting Tuesday night, building a comfortable lead over bike-riding incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn.
Because Washington state elections are done by mail, and ballots only needed to be postmarked by Tuesday, many votes are left to count.

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