1. It felt perfunctory:The people at the Crocodile in Belltown had the mood getting what was their due: They were happy with the results obviously, but small talk revealed that supporters knew this was coming all along. At one point, one man wearing easily $1,000 worth of suit yawned and said, “I wished he’d go on. I want to go home.”

2. Gay-bashing has become a thing: In the most striking and personal part of his speech, Murray brought gay-bashing into the race, suggesting that the city has gone soft on it. Murray told the crowd one of his volunteers was assaulted two nights ago, the second hate crime against a gay person in the last few weeks. “We can’t go back to the 1980s,” Murray said. Asked about the comment afterward, Murray only added: “It’s an issue we’ve taken our eye off of.”

3. Stoli was not under boycott: The Stoli and other Russian vodka boycott being pushed by gay-rights advocates was not in effect. The bar featured Stoli swag (the logo was printed on that thing with the olives and orange slices, whatever it’s called) and the vodka was available at the bar. Meanwhile, Murray was introduced – somewhat boldly for a guy who says he’s all about collaboration – as “THE reason we have marriage equality in this state.”

4. The establishment literally stood behind him: On stage behind Murray were City Councilman Tim Burgess and City Attorney Pete Holmes.

5. Murray thinks 3 percent is decisive: Murray told the crowd that last night’s results proved, more than anything else, that Seattle was ready for change. Given that only about 60 to 65 percent of the ballots have been counted, and the given that the McGinn campaign was banking on a late surge of ballots to get through to the final round, Murray seemed to be overstating the case. After the rally, he told me: “If I was an incumbent and just came in second and most of the voters voted for someone other than me, I wouldn’t be happy with those results.”