The Latest: Former US attorney elected Seattle mayor
SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on the Seattle mayoral race (all times local):
4:10 p.m.
Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan has defeated urban planner Cary Moon to give the booming city of Seattle its first female mayor since the 1920s.
Durkan maintained her 20-point lead Wednesday when a second batch of ballots was tabulated and released in the all mail-in election.
Durkan captured just over 60 percent of the votes while Moon tallied about 40 percent.
Seattle voters chose between Durkan and Moon to replace former Mayor Ed Murray, who resigned earlier this year amid accusations of sexual abuse.
Because Murray resigned, Durkan will take office as soon as the election is certified in late November, instead of January.
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12:14 a.m.
Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan has taken a strong early lead in a Seattle race for mayor that will give the booming liberal city its first female mayor since the 1920s.
Ninety-one years after the city elected Bertha Knight Landes as mayor, early returns Tuesday were showing Durkan had captured more than a 20-point lead with nearly 61 percent of the first votes tallied in the all-mail election. Urban planner Cary Moon had tallied just over 39 percent of the vote.
Ballot counting will continue over the next several days.
Voters were choosing between Durkan, 59, or Moon, 54, or to lead this city dealing with the benefits and problems of an economy booming for some more than others as e-commerce giant Amazon expands.
