Mayoral odds

Mary Bruno

Mary Bruno Jul 5, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Based on recent polling (from King 5), Publicola oddsmakers last week pretty much called Seattle’s mayor’s race a two-man contest between Mayor Mike McGinn and State Senator Ed Murray. Publicola gave City Councilmember Bruce Harrell 10-1 odds, slightly behind former City Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck’s 8-1. Publicola didn&</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mary-bruno-crosscut-com/">Mary Bruno</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>Based on recent polling (from King 5), <a href="http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola/articles/handicapping-the-mayors-race-what-a-week-july-2013?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Publicola oddsmakers</a> last week pretty much called Seattle’s mayor’s race a two-man contest between Mayor Mike McGinn and State Senator Ed Murray. Publicola gave City Councilmember Bruce Harrell 10-1 odds, slightly behind former City Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck’s 8-1. Publicola didn't even bother to make book on Charlie Staadecker, Kate Martin and other dark horse candidates. But as Publicola itself pointed out, a lot can happen between now and the August 6th primary that will narrow the current field of nine candidates to two. Consider that a <a href="http://mobile.seattletimes.com/story/today/2021437879/track-.-.-/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times story</a> this weekend questioned the efficacy of Ed Murray working part-time as a UW outreach coordinator while he was chairing the Senate Ways and Means Committee. (The Legislative Ethics Board had no problem with Murray's UW position.) And Crosscut is starting to detect a quiet, but persistent groundswell of interest in Peter Steinbrueck. Stay tuned.</p>
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Based on recent polling (from King 5), Publicola oddsmakers last week pretty much called Seattle’s mayor’s race a two-man contest between Mayor Mike McGinn and State Senator Ed Murray. Publicola gave City Councilmember Bruce Harrell 10-1 odds, slightly behind former City Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck’s 8-1. Publicola didn't even bother to make book on Charlie Staadecker, Kate Martin and other dark horse candidates. But as Publicola itself pointed out, a lot can happen between now and the August 6th primary that will narrow the current field of nine candidates to two. Consider that a Seattle Times story this weekend questioned the efficacy of Ed Murray working part-time as a UW outreach coordinator while he was chairing the Senate Ways and Means Committee. (The Legislative Ethics Board had no problem with Murray's UW position.) And Crosscut is starting to detect a quiet, but persistent groundswell of interest in Peter Steinbrueck. Stay tuned.

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By Mary Bruno

Mary was Crosscut's Editor-in-Chief and Interim Publisher. In more than 25 years as a journalist, she has worked as a writer, editor and editorial director for a variety of print and web publications,