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Article: How an underdog took City Hall; Fleet of volunteers in last-minute flurry; McGinn: 'You need passion'.(News)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Byline: Emily Heffter; Seattle Times staff reporter
Moments after the first returns were posted in the Seattle mayor's race, Mike McGinn's volunteer field director took the stage at the Capitol Hill party.
"It's still really, really close," Derek Farmer shouted. "We need everybody that has a phone to help."
What happened next has become campaign lore among McGinn supporters.
Partygoers set down their beers, accepted scripts, phone sheets and pay-as-you-go cellphones, and The War Room bar became an impromptu phone bank to contact voters who hadn't yet mailed ballots.
The campaign said it ended up delivering 200 ballots to the ...