Election results Aug 7 - leaders have emerged

Shoreline council challenger takes commanding lead - LFP incumbent is far ahead - and a winner has emerged for the school board open seat - but they still face a November election.

In Lake Forest Park, the contest for the second spot on the fall ballot is too close to call. After today's count, Tracy Furutani leads Justin Johnson by 121 votes.

In the Shoreline council race, incumbent Doris McConnell will face challenger David Chen in November.

Candidate	Votes	% of Votes
David Chen	4373	49.34
Doris McConnell	2833	31.96
Ginny Scantlebury	1617	18.24
Write-in	40	0.45

In the Lake Forest Park council position, incumbent Tom French will most probably meet Tracy Furutani.

Candidate	Votes	% of Votes
Tom French	1360	51.61
Tracy Furutani	690	26.19
Justin Johnson	569	21.59
Write-in	16	0.61

For the open position on the Shoreline School Board, Sara Betnel will face Joe Cunningham.

Candidate	Votes	% of Votes
Sara Betnel	6020	56.07
Joe Cunningham	4227	39.37
Mike Dee McMullin	413	3.85
Write-in	77	0.72

The King County parks levy is passing with a resounding 68% approval vote.

King county Proposition No. 1 Parks

Approved              212,528    68.38 %
Rejected                  98,272    31.62 %


333,667 ballots have been returned and the estimated ballots left to count are 133,000.

The next count will be released on Thursday, August 8, and the election will be certified on August 20, 2019.

The return rate for the county is 25.27%.