There's a new UW poll on the mayor's race.

The basics: Mayor Nickels leads the pack at 23 percent. T-Mobile executive Joe Mallahan comes in second at 11 percent. Former Sonic, James Donaldson is at 10—and city council member Jan Drago and Sierra Club leader Mike McGinn tie at 9.

Here's a noteworthy stat: Lefty McGinn beats the other candidates among Republican voters, getting 15 percent. It makes sense when you think about it: Even though he's attacking Nickels from the left with a hippie dippy green message, McGinn is also hyping an anti-tax message. He's made the tunnel ("the biggest tax increase in Seattle history" he calls it) his central issue.

Asked about his appeal among Republican voters, McGinn says, "The tunnel is a boondoggle. It's a waste of money. In Seattle, it turns out, I'm the fiscal conservative. All the other candidates are for the [$4.2 billion] tunnel."

The poll also found—and this could be good news for McGinn—that Alaskan Way is the issue voters said would "most influence their vote."