Former Naval officer Bob Kettle seemed giddy at Kell’s Irish Restaurant & Pub in downtown Seattle on election night after the first results came down.
He currently has an 12 percentage point lead over the incumbent, progressive city council member Andrew Lewis, in the race to represent District 7, which includes downtown.
For months, Kettle and his well-heeled supporters have been slamming Lewis for being too “permissive” on crime.