It’s official, Robert “the Traveller” Hill seems to have successfully overcome an organized effort by the Democratic Party to keep him from winning the usually non-competitive “precinct committee officer” (PCO) seat. Mr. Hill is currently leading in the polls with 67.85% of the vote, though rumor has it that the 27th District Democrats – fearing that Mr. Hill’s behavior would bring their organization into ill-repute, organized a phone-bank “write-in opponent” – namely, a member of the very Tacoma City Council mister Hill is known to harass. Since the county auditor has not fully tallied all the write-in votes yet, it is still too soon to know for certain, but this Melon columnist is ready to call the race a lock.

Here’s the stats:
Precinct Committee Officer 27-322
D- Robert Hill: 95 votes
R- Edward L Bryant, Jr: 29 votes
Write-In: 16 votes

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