The first results are in from King County Elections and they offer few surprises. This is the first set of results. The next set will be released on Wednesday after 4:30pm

In Washington state's general election, Democratic candidates maintained their strong hold on both statewide offices and Seattle-area legislative districts, with particularly decisive victories in West Seattle's 34th Legislative District.

In the presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris led decisively in the state with 74.75% of the vote, while former President Donald Trump received 22.29%. Third-party candidates collectively garnered less than 3% of the vote.

The 34th Legislative District, representing West Seattle, White Center, and Vashon Island, saw overwhelming Democratic victories. Representatives Emily Alvarado and Joe Fitzgibbon won their races with 85.50% and 84.46% of the vote respectively, maintaining the district's reputation as one of the state's most reliably Democratic strongholds.

Seattle's Transportation Levy, Proposition 1 championed by District 1 City Councilmember Rob Saka was leading.

Yes 179,316 66.82% No 89,052 33.18%

In statewide races, Democrat Bob Ferguson was leading the governor's race with 72.22% of the vote against Republican Dave Reichert's 27.57% in King County results. But Reichert was out in front in other counties in the state.

According to the Associated Press Ferguson was in the lead.

Bob Ferguson  1,447,13356.6%

Dave Reichert  1,109,53843.4%

Other Democratic victories in statewide offices included:

• Denny Heck reelected as Lieutenant Governor (73.06%)
• Steve Hobbs retained as Secretary of State (76.09%)
• Nick Brown elected as Attorney General (72.26%)
• Dave Upthegrove winning the Commissioner of Public Lands race (67.86%)

All four statewide ballot initiatives were losing:

• Initiative 2066: Failed with 59.43% voting no
• Initiative 2109: Failed with 72.11% voting no
• Initiative 2117: Failed with 74.71% voting no
• Initiative 2124: Failed with 61.39% voting no

In congressional races, incumbent Democrats maintained their seats with comfortable margins, including Pramila Jayapal (84.77%) in the 7th District and Kim Schrier (63.04%) in the 8th District.

Voter turnout for this election reached 54.56% of registered voters, with 777,581 ballots counted out of 1,425,313 registered voters.

Results will be certified on November 26, 2024.

Check HERE for the full King County results.