The results of last week’s general election held good news for challengers and bad news for incumbents in several Highline-area city council races, especially in Burien.

Voters retired two Burien City Council members -- Mayor Noel Gibb, who was seeking election to a second term, and two-term Councilman Stephen Lamphear.

Gibb was defeated by Sue Blazak, a political newcomer who has been a long-time community activist.

Former Councilwoman Rose Clark, who lost a bid for re-election two years ago, defeated Lamphear. In 1997, he defeated Clark when they ran for the council the first time.

Deputy Mayor Joan McGilton defeated Highline School Board member Steve Denmark to retain her seat for a second term, and Councilwoman Sally Nelson easily won re-election.

Incumbents fared no better in Des Moines on Nov. 8, where first-term Councilwoman Maggie Steenrod lost to former Highline School Board member Ed Pina, and Councilman Gary Petersen, also running for a second term, was defeated by former Councilwoman Carmen Scott.

Councilwoman Susan White was elected to a second term, and former Councilman Dave Kaplan defeated Rob Back to replace first-term Councilman Richard Benjamin, who did not seek re-election.

Des Moines voters also rejected by a 55-45 percent margin a proposed property tax levy lid lift to restore police services cut due to reductions in revenue after the passage of Initiative 695 in 1999.

In Normandy Park, which had not seen contested council races in several years, Mayor John Wiltse lost to political newcomer Sonja Lindquist.

Tukwila City Councilman David Fenton was defeated by political newcomer and community activist Verna Griffin.

Highline School Board member Mengstab Tzegai, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy, lost to parent-activist Susan Goding.

In Water District 49, where a controversy over responsibility for billing for street light service continues to simmer, challenger Ray Brickell defeated incumbent Commissioner Earl DeWitt.

A complete list of Highline-area election results, as updated Friday afternoon, appear below.

* denotes incumbent. Write-in votes are not reported unless noted otherwise.

Burien City Council

Position 1

Noel Gibb* 2,746 (45.6%)

Sue Blazak 3,244 (53.87%)

Position 3

Joan McGilton* 3,714 (54.62%)

Steve Denmark 2,620 (45.09%)

Position 5

Stephen Lamphear* 2,747 (45.62%)

Rose Clark 3,257 (54.09%)

Position 7

Bob Sheen 2,318 (39.62%)

Sally Nelson* 3,518 (60.13%)

Des Moines City Council

Position 1

Maggie Steenrod* 2,470 (46.19%)

Ed Pina 2,847 (53.23%)

Position 3

Carmen Scott 3,246 (62.5%)

Gary W. Petersen* 1,932 (37.2%)

Position 5

Dave Kaplan 3,246 (64.35%)

Rob Back 1,796 (35.41%)

Position 7

Susan White* 3,267 (63.47%)

H.M. Foote Jr. 1,858 (36.1%)

Proposition 1

Property tax levy lid lift to restore funds for law enforcement

Yes 2,562 (45.09%)

No 3,120 (54.91%)

Normandy Park City Council

Position 2

Jonathan Hardy 1,001 (49.93%)

Clarke Brant 994 (49.58%)

Position 4

John L. Rankin* 1,214 (66.96%)

Write-in 599 33.04%

[Note: David H. Hohimer actively campaigned as a write-in candidate for Position 4.]

Position 6

John H. Wiltse Jr.* 907 (44.88%)

Sonja Lindquist 1,104 (54.63%)

SeaTac City Council

Position 2

Chris Wythe* 2,531 (97.65%)

Position 4

Rob Hall 1,213 (38.54%)

Tony Anderson* 1,918 (60.95%)

Position 6

Joe Brennan* 2,060 (64.29%)

Tammy K. Bennett 1,130 (35.27%)

Tukwila City Council

Position 1

Verna Griffin 1,158 (51.74%)

David B. Fenton* 1,079 (48.21%)

Position 3

Gerry Myklebust 1,069 (48.28%)

Pamela S. Linder* 1,143 (51.63%)

Position 5

Joe Henry Duffie Sr.* 1,801 (98.52%)

Position 7

Jim Haggerton* 1,711 (98.11%)

King County Council

District 5

Julia Patterson* (D) 20,311 (68.09%)

Orin Wells (R) 9,469 (31.74%)

District 8

Dow Constantine* (D) 27,652 (74.03%)

John Potter (I) 9,592 (25.68%)

Highline School District

Director/District 2

Julie Burr Spani 15,215 (98.84%)

Director/District 3

Mengstab Tzegai* 7,419 (41.35%)

Susan Goding 10,458 (58.29%)

Tukwila School District

Director/District 1

Mary E. Fertakis 1,512 (98.89%)

Director/District 3

Jasminka Kujundzic 1,450 (98.71%)

Director/District 4

(unexpired 2-year term)

Mark Wahlstrom 1,315 (76.72%)

Ricardo Frazer 395 (23.05%)

Port Of Seattle Commission

Position 1

John Creighton 181,815 (58.04%)

Lawrence Molloy* 130,422 (41.64%)

Position 3

Lloyd Hara 177,290 (57.42%)

Richard "Rich" Berkowitz 130,467 (42.26%)

Position 4

Patricia "Pat" Davis* 165,547 (52.52%)

Jack Jolley 149,756 (47.22%)

Burien/Normandy Park Fire

District No. 2 Commission

Position 1

Brian Gemeroy 3,428 (48.86%)

Gary Hobbick 3,569 (50.87%)

North Highline Fire

District 11 Commission

Position 1

Barbara Jean Peters* 3,413 (98.76%)

Des Moines Fire

District 26 Commission

Position 1

James A. Fossos* 3,929 (99.32%)

Highline Water District

Commission

Position 1

Jerry Guite* 5,293 (52.71%)

Michael D. Spear 4,720 (47%

Water District 20 Commission

Position 1

Russ Pritchard* 3,629 (98.69%)

Water District 45

Commission

Position 1

Loretta Brittenham* 325 (98.82%)

Water District 49

Commissioner

Position 1

Ray Brickell 1,413 (58.27%)

Earl T. DeWitt* 1,005 (41.44%)

Water District 54

Commission

Position 1

Carl Mealy 269 (34.8%)

James M. Hall 503 (65.07%)

Midway Sewer District

Commission

Position 1

Vincent H. Koester* 4,800 (99.13%)

SW Suburban Sewer

District Commission

Position 1

Patrick E. Mullen 2,792 (30.10%)

Scott Hilsen* 6,439 (69.42%)

Val-Vue Sewer District Commission

Position 1

Joseph T. Colello* 3,525 (98.08%)