Progressive hopes for state Senate shift dwindle in late vote count

Mullet now surviving by 88 votes in 5th; Muzzall pulling away in 10th

The enormously expensive, many-fronted battle over the composition of the Washington State Senate may ultimately turn out to be a push.

In the 10th District, which is mostly Island County, Democrat Helen Price Johnson is now trailing recently appointed incumbent state Sen. Ron Muzzall by more Thant 1,200 votes. In the 5th District in east King County, …