As news broke that President Obama would likely win the re-election, cheers erupted from inside Red Lion Hotel At The Park, where hundreds of local Democrats are gathered to watch the 2012 election.
Francesca Bouck, of Spokane, has been active in the Democratic party since the 1970s and said it, “has to be Obama. We're going to be in trouble if it's Mitt Romney. I know that for a fact.”
She was confident the American people would stand behind Obama, but said she was keeping her fingers crossed for Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate for governor.
“I've talked to all my friends. I've gotten a lot of ink on the ballot,” she said.
Dan McClay, a retired nurse from Spokane, said Inslee is an “unknown” but was optimistic that he would win. He said he's also hopeful that Referendum 74 and Initiative 502 would pass, though he said he has many Evangelical friends who have fought hard against the legislation.
“This is this best ballot I've ever voted on,” he said.
