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State Sen. Fred Jarrett and affordable housing agency director Hyeok Kim will co-chair King County executive-elect Dow Constantine's transition committee.

Constantine announced those appointments moments before King County Elections released the latest vote count this afternoon, widening his already decisive margin over former TV news anchor Susan Hutchison.

Hutchison conceded her loss in a phone call to Constantine after the updated vote count,

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Susan Hutchison this afternoon conceded that her opponent, Dow Constantine, has won the King County executive election.

Hutchison, a former TV news anchor, congratulated Constantine in a written statement. "Because the new Executive has only a few weeks until taking office, I want him to be able to move forward quickly to accomplish an orderly transition," she said.

Hutchison acknowledged Constantine's victory after he widened his lead when 53,412

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County Council Chairman Dow Constantine has defeated former TV news anchor Susan Hutchison in the race for King County Executive.

With 39 percent of the expected vote counted in Tuesday's election, Constantine led Hutchison with roughly 57 percent to her 43 percent - a gap of more than 34,000 votes out of 244,000 counted.

Although voters in the largely Democratic county made the position nonpartisan last year, Constantine is a veteran

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Dow Constantine is right. His current 14-point lead over Susan Hutchison in the race for King County executive is a blowout "beyond anybody's highest estimates." Constantine's also correct to say that "a lot of people were mistaken" when they worried in the closing weeks of the campaign that he was doomed.

He told me today: "What a lot of people don't understand is that election campaigns are a lot like—the analogy I use for this is indoor cycling

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Last night, despite the SECB's beer goggles—and wine goggles and whisky goggles—that made us swoon for Dow Constantine and Pete Holmes, a few things were extremely clear: People are sick of City Attorney Tom Carr, nobody is fooled by Susan Hutchison’s claim that she’s a “nonpartisan” (look at her "nonpartisan" friends), and, damn, voters are homophobic in Eastern Washington. But between the electoral tallies, there are other winners and losers

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King County voters decided a year ago to make county elective offices nonpartisan, but they nonetheless want to know the party affiliations of the nonpartisan candidates they elect.

And while county executive candidate Susan Hutchison called herself an independent, nonpartisan nonpolitician despite her ties to Republican and conservative candidates and causes, the voters apparently concluded that if she walks, acts and quacks like a

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Constantine declared an "overwhelming victory" to a rowdy crowd at The Edgewater Hotel in Seattle. Voters weren't looking for just any change, he said. "They were looking for change consistent with King County."

Speaking to applauding fans at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, Hutchison said she wouldn't concede Tuesday night. "We've had a terrific weekend, and we are going to wait the interminable wait, as the ballots come in."

With

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On environmental issues, voters face a clear choice in this race between Dow Constantine and Susan Hutchison for King County executive.

She supports the expansion of a gravel mine on Maury Island; he opposes it. He says climate change is a top priority for the executive, connected to local policies from land use to transportation. She says global warming takes a back seat to public safety and budget issues.

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In a place where Barack Obama won 70 percent of last November's presidential vote, you'd think it would be relatively easy for a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat like Dow Constantine to win the county executive's race. But voters last year also approved a measure making county-wide offices officially non-partisan, which has added a new twist to the race between Constantine and Susan Hutchison.

Constantine, a long-time Democratic office

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September 1, 2009

“Careful planning is always needed to enable a fast and full response to emergencies,” said Council Chair Dow Constantine. “This legislation will ensure that we have taken every necessary step to protect the animals in King County’s shelter system and can implement a clear plan if disaster strikes.”

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