Primary takeaways: Seattle mayoral also-ran Houston had more donors than voters

Upstart campaign raised $350K in public money, got 2.5 percent of votes

One Seattle mayoral candidate is on the brink of a unique political achievement: He persuaded more people to give him money than vote for him.

Andrew Grant Houston, an architect and former City Council staffer, has been running a youth-focused campaign fueled by the city’s democracy voucher program. For review, that system sends every voter in the city …