The jump ball that is state Sen. Fred Jarrett has stopped bouncing. Jarrett will be the No. 2, the deputy, to incoming King County Executive Dow Constantine. Good swift move by Constantine. Jarrett adds cachet to the outfit.
All campaign long, candidate Susan Hutchison and Constantine talked about the vritues of Jarrett and his moderate-minded positions on county budget issues - and how much both would like to hire Jarrett should they be elected.
Turns out it wasn't idle campaign chit-chat. Constantine has picked Jarrett and Jarrett has agreed to do the job.
Jarrett of Mercer Island was in my mind one of the two best candidates for executive in the primary. But when his pal, state Rep. Ross Hunter of Medina, jumped into the race, Jarrett and Hunter had to split that part of the vote. They both lost.
So Jarrett has settled and he will be leaving his state Senate seat to help Constantine run the difficult and beleaguered government of King County.
This is a win-win for the county