First primary election returns

In the first returns released by King county elections just after the polls closed on August 1, Susan Chang has a wide lead in the primary for Shoreline City Council position 5, for the seat currently held by Deputy Mayor Shari Winstead.

With 7,111 ballots counted, these are the numbers:

• Susan Chang         4817
• Bergith Kayyali      660
• Carolyn Ahlgreen   959
• Write in                    48

The top two will go to the general election in November.

King county Prop. 1 - Sales Tax for cultural access

With 242,000 ballots counted, this measure is being rejected 55 to 45%.

King county Executive

Dow Constantine and Bill Hirt are the top two who will appear on the November ballot. 

Port of Seattle Commissioners

At this point, these are the top two in each race:

Position 1

John Creighton

Ryan Calkins

Position 3

Stephanie Bowman

Ahmed Abdi

Position 4

Peter Steinbrueck

Preeti Shridhar

Next door, in the race for Seattle Mayor, these are the top candidates:

Jenny Durkan    27,570

Cary Moon        13,583

Nikkita Oliver   12,126

Jessyn Farrell    10,308 - former 46th District state legislator

Bob Hasegawa    7,526

Mike McGinn      6,247 - former Mayor of Seattle

The other candidates received from 2,057 down to 88 votes.

The top two will go to the general election.