Joe Fitzgibbon is the apparent winner over Michael Heavey for State Representative Position No. 2.

4:30 pm Nov. 3 update:

State Representative Position No. 2

Joe Fitzgibbon Prefers Democratic Party 13664 55.13%

Mike Heavey Prefers Democratic Party 10831 43.70%

Write-in 288 1.16%

Fitzgibbon said, "People in this district are very concerned about our transportation needs, they see us feeling more constricted. We're not getting improved mobility, our mobility is getting worse, (...) concerned about the environment, about our schools (...) They see the impacts of the budget cuts the state has made on education K-12 as well as higher ed. Those are the three things I heard the most about during the campaign."

Fitzgibbon noted that the cutback in Metro bus service in the event of heavy snow got his attention. "That's one of the many things that Metro has to worry about right now. They are worried about snow, and they are also worried about their revenue dropping off a cliff in a few years as they run out of all their reserves. The legislature has forced them to be heavily reliant on the sales tax to pay for bus service and that's not working well. That's one of the things I'd really like to spend some energy on in Olympia. Trying to secure a better way for Metro to do business(...)."