This post was filed by Jesse Piedmont.

Tonight's returns put Mike McGinn into a narrow lead (McGinn has 50.03% to Joe Mallahan's 48.96%) in the mayoral election and sent the hundreds of volunteers and supporters packed into The War Room on Capitol Hill into a (very) last-minute vote-scrounging frenzy.

After a brief speech from the candidate, McGinn campaign field coordinator Derek Farmer announced that the volunteers still had work to do.  Given the extremely narrow margin of 910 votes, Farmer announced a plan to collect ballots from potential McGinn supporters who had yet to vote and drive the ballots Airport before midnight tonight Campaign volunteers distributed phone scripts for people to convince their less civically-minded friends that it's not to late to vote. McGinn volunteers will collect ballots from five drop locations around the city by 11:00 tonight. Ballots sent from the airport can be postmarked today as late as midnight.

With a margin this narrow, the final outcome of the election likely won't be known for has thinned out the crowd somewhat from what might have been a raucous celebration. Still, there are plenty of people at The War Room and the mood is jubilant. For his part, McGinn didn't make any predictions about the outcome, instead praising the volunteers that have dedicated so much time to the campaign.

"To everybody who has committed to what Seattle can be in the future, thank you," McGinn said.  "It's a good night."