Round 1 goes to Hope, recount next
Published 7:00 am Wednesday, November 26, 2008
After three tries for state office, Republican Mike Hope of Lake Stevens has won an election.
Sort of.
Tuesday, Snohomish County certified vote results from the Nov. 4 election and Hope had beaten Democratic Rep. Liz Loomis of Snohomish by 118 votes.
State law says that’s too close to declare him the outright winner. Instead, the law requires a recount, by hand, of all the ballots in their 44th Legislative District race.
That work is under way and results will start to come in Dec. 9.
