Yes, there was an election yesterday. It was for a seat on the five-member King Conservation District which oversees land use in rural King  County.

The candidate favored by lefty greens at the Sierra Club and King County Conservation Voters, Max Prinsen, won. By 282 votes.



That might sound like a squeaker, but just over 4,000 people voted.  He got 1,772 votes (41 percent) out 4200. The conservative in the race, Mara Heiman, got 1,488 votes (35 percent).  There were three other candidates.

Turnout was just over 50 percent higher than last year's KCD election.