Update Aug. 2
The updated results for the August 1st Primary Election were released on Wednesday and not too much changed in terms of percentages of votes received. Maren Costa still leads the pack for the District 1 Seattle City Council race.
Original Post Aug.1
The Primary Election held Aug.1 showed that it's possible for two newcomers to politics to make a showing. Former Amazon executive Maren Costa leads the field in early returns in the Seattle City Council District 1 race with 29.05% of the vote followed by Rob Saka with 25.4%. Phil Tavel is currently in third place, with 21.39%.
Teresa Mosqueda, former Seattle City Council person, was well ahead of opponent Sofia Aragon in the King County District 8 race.
Election officials predicted a 35% turnout of the 1,377,323* Registered voters in King County as of July 6, 2023.
King County Council District 8
- Teresa Mosqueda 20,036 55.56%
- Sofia Aragon 14,143 39.22 %
- GoodSpaceGuy 1,707 4.73 %
- Write-in 176 0.49 %
Port of Seattle Commissioner Position No. 5
- Jesse Tam 76,442 26.98 %
- Fred Felleman 154,488 54.52 %
- Todd Curtis 50.848 17.95 %
- Write-in 1,565 0.55 %
City of Burien Council Position No. 2
- Brittany Williams 806 12.98 %
- Linda Akey 2,030 32.69 %
- Cydney Moore 1,656 26.67 %
- Rut Perez-Studer 1,671 26.91 %
- Write-in 47 0.76 %
City of Burien Council Position No. 4
- Kevin J. Schilling 3,541 57.33 %
- Patricia Hudson 1,903 30.81 %
- Daniel Reed Martin 678 10.98 %
- Write-in 55 0.89 %
City of SeaTac Council Position No. 3
- Marianne "Ginger" West 156 6.16 %
- Elizabeth Greninger 706 27.89 %
- Peter Kwon 1658 65.51 %
- Write-in 11 0.43 %
City of Seattle Council Position No. 1
- Lucy Barefoot 571 3.08%
- Stephen Brown 1,185 6.39%
- Jean Ianelli Craciun 596 3.21%
- Rob Saka 4,678 25.23%
- Preston Anderson 1545 8.33%
- Maren Costa 5,625 30.34%
- Mia Jacobson 358 1.93%
- Phil Tavel 3,941 21.26%
- Write In 40 0.22%
Seattle School District 1
Director District No. 3
- Christie Robertson 4.210 28.29 %
- Evan Briggs 5,673 38.12 %
- Ben Gitenstein 4,925 33.10 %
- Write-in 73 0.49 %
Director District No. 6
- Rosie McCarter 1017 5.82 %
- Gina Topp 10,792 78.54 %
- Maryanne Wood 2,644 15.14 %
- Write-in 87 0.50 %
