Joe Mallahan conceded the mayoral race to his opponent Mike McGinn at about 4:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. On election night McGinn was ahead by mere hundreds, but that gap gradually widened as more mail-in ballots came in from last-minute voters.

The count from King County Elections at 4:04 pm was:

Mike McGinn 96514 50.88%

Joe Mallahan 91575 48.28%

With a lead in the count now at 4939 McGinn declared victory speaking to his staff and campaign workers, "Everybody look around this room. Look around this room at the people here. Know what you did, know how hard you worked, Everybody, today, we did it,"McGinn said.

Joe Mallahan, speaking from his Eastlake campaign headquarters conceded at a news conference on Monday, evening saying, "Voters of Seattle responded to Mike McGinn's message and I congratulate Mike...It's been a great ride...I look forward to being involved in Seattle in the future."

Mallahan said he plans to return to T-Mobile where he was a vice president.