The oh-so-tight race for Tacoma mayor has just gotten tighter.
Jim Merritt gained 54 votes in the latest round of about 3,600 ballots counted and posted by the Pierce County Auditor’s Office.
Overall, Marilyn Strickland still holds a 117-vote advantage, with more than 20,100 votes counted.
If the past mayoral contest is an indicator, there still remains thousands of ballots to be counted. In 2005, more than 39,000 ballots were counted in the mayor’s race.
The auditor’s next ballot update is expected tomorrow at 5 p.m. Here’s where the results stand as of Wednesday evening.
Tacoma Mayor |
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| NP – Jim Merritt |
9,981 |
49.58% |
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| NP – Marilyn Strickland |
10,098 |
50.16% |
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| Write-In |
53 |
0.26% |
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| Over Votes |
4 |
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| Under Votes |
1,065 |
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