1. While those of us here in Seattle were all gawking over the latest stunning results in the Richard Conlin–Kshama Sawant city council race (Sawant pulled ahead yesterday, with a 41-vote lead over the 16-year incumbent, making it increasingly likely that Seattle will soon see its first official socialist city council member), things were almost equally tense over in Bellevue.

On the east side of the water, developer and conservative city council member Kevin Wallace has seen his slim lead over challenger Steve Kasner slipping away, narrowing in yesterday's 4:30 vote drop to just 172 votes—a small enough margin to trigger an automatic recount.

The next King County vote count comes in today at 4:30 (when we'll also get a better sense of the size of Sawant's lead and whether she can maintain it through the 15,000 to 20,000 estimated votes remaining to be counted in Seattle.)

3. Seattle's seven new city council districts all have their own Facebook pages now, thanks to yeoman's work by West Seattle resident and Cola commenter Joe Szilagyi, who set up sites for every district. West Seattle's page is, not surprisingly, the most active so far, with nearly 200 members, although all of the districts are gathering supporters. Check out the main page, figure out which district you're in, and get involved if you want to do so right here. 

4. Check out yesterday's late-afternoon "Isn't It Weird That," where we took a look at some weird (potential) implications of this year's weird election results; and yesterday's late-afternoon Jolt, featuring your potential new city council member, Kshama Sawant, who pulled ahead of incumbent Richard Conlin yesterday, taking a 41-vote lead.