Ah yes, the bittersweet taste of semi-defeat. It must be a happy day for my ideological opponents, Ian and Natasha.

The results are in and things aren't looking so hot for my favorite initiatives, except for I-900. On the upside, I got all three of my port commissioners (Creighton, Hara and Jolley), which is a small comfort. [Editor's note: As of Wednesday morning, Jack Jolley is trailing against Pat Davis]

I-912 isn't quite dead yet; in fact, it might need a recount, but we'll have to see how the urban votes go today.

I'm still waiting for the vote tallies to be published for our mayoral and city council races out here in Snoqualmie. Interestingly enough, I find myself caring more about those results than the bigger picture (especially after the bigger picture entails fewer victories than I had hoped). I suppose it stems from knowing several of the participants and literally seeing them next door.

All in all though, we had good turnout this election and people seemed to get into the debate more than in previous off-years. Both of these things are very good things for our representative democracy.

-Will