Not Dead Yet!

Currently posted results so far: (from http://www.co.washington.or.us/deptmts/at/election/results/may09.htm)

Hillsboro School Dist 1J Director - Pos 1 Vote for 1
Erik Seligman . . . . . . . . . 3,402 38.23
Janeen A Sollman . . . . . . . . 3,458 38.86
Nina E Olson Carlson. . . . . . . 2,005 22.53
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 34 .38

A bit disappointing, especially given my 100+-vote lead before I went to bed last night. Now I know how Al Gore felt in 2000.

I received a frantic call this morning from one of the local political gurus advising me not to concede yet. (Sorry Janeen!) Apparently there are always some district ballots from outlying areas that end up in the wrong office, and machine-rejected ballots left to be counted by hand, numbering in total much larger than the 56-vote gap in the race. Counting will continue at least thru tomorrow, and possibly Friday too.

So, though it doesn't look good for me, it's not quite over...