History

It's exciting to play a bit part in such an historic evening. You can view full Hood River County election returns here. According to the 9:50 PM accounting (100% precincts reporting) I won the mayor's race:

Mayor CITY OF HOOD RIVER
Vote for  1
Arthur Babitz .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,320   66.47
Bob Palmer .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       653   32.88
WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        13     .65

Also important is our city fire department equipment and facilities bond, which seems to have passed. It says a great deal that the people of Hood River are willing to pass this bond measure even in the face of the economic crisis:

14-34 CITY OF HOOD RIVER
Vote for  1
Yes  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,076   51.51
No.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,013   48.49