1. At a boisterous meeting last night, Boeing machinists rejected a contract that would have cut union members' benefits but kept production of the 777X jet in Washington state. The deal would have eliminated traditional pensions for new hires; increased health-care premiums ad copays; slowed down the pace of pay increases for new employees; and given members a $10,000 "signing bonus."

2. While socialist city council challenger Kshama Sawant continued to pull ahead of incumbent Richard Conlin yesterday (Sawant, as we reported yesterday, is now in a strong position to win the race with a lead of 402 votes), other close races in the state and region remained in the balance yesterday.

3. In Bellevue, conservative, Kemper Freeman-backed city council member Kevin Wallace led his challenger, Steve Kasner, by exactly 200 votes—a slightly stronger lead than his previous advantage of 172, but still well within King County recount territory. (King County Elections requires a machine recount any time two candidates are within 2,000 votes and half a percentage point, and a hand recount when two candidates are within 150 votes and a quarter of a point of each other).

4. Another vote that's currently within a two-percent margin is Seattle Proposition 1, which would provide public campaign financing for city council candidates who meet certain initial fundraising standards. Currently, just 2,926 votes separate the "No" and "Yes" results ("Yes" is losing). Because the margin has to be under 2,000 votes, that result won't trigger a recount, but puts the campaign within reach of recount territory. 

5. Meanwhile, Mayor Mike McGinn continued to creep up in late returns, coming within 5.43 percent (with 46.95 percent of the vote) of victorious challenger Ed Murray—a prediction McGinn made during his concession press conference last week, when he urged the media and supporters to "wait until all the votes are counted." (At the time, McGinn was trailing Murray 43.95 percent to 52.38 percent). 

6. Seattle is hosting the National League of Cities' annual convention this week, (Fizz ran in to city staff last night just before a kickoff event at the Seattle Art Museum); both outgoing Mayor Mike McGinn and mayor-elect Ed Murray are attending. City hall staffers are volunteering the time at the four-day event; their "pay" is an $8 gift card from Subway or Taco Del Mar. 

7. Tonight at 5:00, Erica will be on state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles' (D-36) annual post-election analysis panel at Hale's Ales in Fremont, where she—along with Crosscut's Knute Berger, the Stranger's Dominic Holden, state Sen. Karen Keiser (D-33), state Rep. Reuven Carlyle (D-36), and Urban League board member Nate Miles—will attempt to decipher this year's election results, and make predictions for the future of city and state government. Seattle Center director Robert Nellams will moderate.