With 32% of the vote counted, Bruce Harrell is well ahead in the race for Seattle Mayor with 65% of the vote total over City Council President Lorena Gonzalez.
These are early returns and the next update will be published at 4:30 pm on Wednesday.
Seattle Mayor
Bruce Harrell 122,836 61.93 %
M. Lorena Gonzalez 74,893 37.76 %
Write in 630 0.32 %
In the City of Seattle City Attorney's contest Ann Davison is leading.
Seattle City Attorney
Nicole Thomas-Kennedy 85,077 44.11 %
Ann Davison 106,235 55.09 %
Write-in 1,542 0.80 %
City Council Position No. 8
Teresa Mosqueda 105,706 55.99 %
Kenneth Wilson 82,202 43.54 %
Write-in 881 0.47 %
City Council Position 9
Nikkita Oliver 82,397 42.50 %
Sara Nelson 111,107 57.31 %
Write-in 363 0.19 %
In the King County Executive race between two democrats, Dow Constantine leads over challenger Joe Nguyen.
King County Executive
Dow Constantine 244,213 56.34 %
Joe Nguyen 184,402 42.54 %
Write-in 4,874 1.12 %
Metropolitan King County Council District No. 5
Shukri Olow 9,418 31.84 %
Dave Upthegrove 19,778 66.87 %
Write-in 382 1.29 %
Metropolitan King County Council District. No. 7
Pete von Reichbauer 21,133 67.85 %
Dominique Torgerson 9,696 31.13 %
Write-in 317 1.02 %
Metropolitan King County Council District. No. 9
Reagan Dunn 28,070 63.69 %
Kim-Khanh Van 15,871 36.01 %
Write-in 132 0.30 %
In the Port of Seattle Commissioner's race for Position 4 the candidates are very nearly tied. Toshiko Hasegawa is now pulling ahead in the count.
Port of Seattle Position No. 4
Peter Steinbrueck 200,050 48.11 %
Toshiko Grace Hasegawa 213,673 51.38 %
Write in 1,851 0.45 %
Commissioner Position No. 3
Stephanie Bowman 201,966 48.62 %
Hamdi Mohamed 211,576 50.93 %
Commisioner Position No. 1
Norman Z. Sigler 102,516 25.41 %
Ryan Calkins 298,013 73.87 %
Write-in 2,921 0.72 %
In The City of Burien the council races the races still look competitive. Hugo Garcia has pulled ahead in the race for Council Position No.1.
Council Position No. 1
Martin Barrett 4,299 49.69 %
Hugo Garcia 4,325 49.99 %
Write-in 27 0.31 %
Council Position No. 3
Jimmy Matta 4,516 52.57 %
Mark Dorsey 4,039 47.01 %
Write-in 36 0.42 %
Council Position No. 5
Sarah Moore 4,563 53.44 %
Alex Simkus 3,954 46.31 %
Write-in 22 0.26 %
Council Position No. 7
Krystal Marx 3,718 43.65 %
Stephanie Mora 4,756 55.83 %
Write-in 44 0.52 %
The council races in the City of Normandy Park were not in question.
Council Position No. 4
Susan J. West 1,201 97.25 %
Write-in 34 2.75 %
Council Position No. 6
Eric Zimmerman 1,145 97.61 %
Write-in 28 2.39 %
Proposition No. 1
Yes 1,073 65.71 %
No 560 34.29 %
In the City of Des Moines the council races are not close at this point
Council Position No. 1
Harry Steinmetz 3,980 97.91 %
Write in 85 2.09 %
Council Position No. 3
Gene Achziger 2,840 56.66 %
Priscilla Vargas 2,153 42.96 %
Write-in 19 0.38 %
Council Position No. 5
Traci Buxton 3,532 70.07 %
Tad Doviak 1,482 29.40 %
Write-in 27 0.54 %
Council Position No. 7
Matt Mahoney 3,117 60.72 %
Soleil Lewis 2,005 39.06 %
Write-in 11 0.21 %
City of SeaTac Council races were up this time.
Council Position No. 2
Jake Simpson 1,957 59.12 %
Stan Tombs 1,343 40.57 %
Write-in 10 0.30 %
Council Position No. 4
Mohamed Egal 1,717 51.27 %
Clyde (Fuzz) Hill 1,623 48.46 %
Write-in 9 0.27 %
Council Position No. 6
Iris Guzmán 1,724 51.90 %
Pam Fernald 1,586 47.74 %
Write-in 12 0.36 %
VOTERS RENEW HIGHLINE'S EDUCATION LEVY
With early returns in, it appears voters will renew Highline Public Schools’ local education levy for another four years. The current approval rate is 60.13 percent. The levy is on track to continue local funding for critical education needs not covered by state and federal funding.