(WSB photo, Election Night ballot-box staffing)
Three weeks after voting ended, King County Elections has certified the final results of the general election. So in case you’re wondering how the final counts turned out, here are results of the major races:
City of Seattle
Seattle Mayor
Katie Wilson 138,931 50.20%
Bruce Harrell* 136,920 49.47%
Write-in 911 0.33%
City Attorney
Erika Evans 178,470 66.90%
Ann Davison* 87,886 32.94%
Write-in 422 0.16%
Council Position No. 8 (citywide)
Alexis Mercedes Rinck* 207,892 81.41%
Rachael Savage 46,266 18.12%
Write-in 1,214 0.48%
Council Position No. 9 (citywide)
Dionne Foster 165,930 62.80%
Sara Nelson* 97,710 36.98%
Write-in 579 0.22%
Proposition No. 1 (Families, Education, Preschool, Promise Levy)
Yes 217,294 79.97%
No 54,440 20.03%
Proposition No. 2 (B&O tax changes)
Yes 190,555 70.97%
No 77,958 29.03%
King County
Executive
Girmay Zahilay 321,749 54.02%
Claudia Balducci 267,419 44.90%
Write-in 6,470 1.09%
Proposition No. 1 (Medic One Levy)
Yes 513,223 80.70%
No 122,703 19.30%
The full countywide final list of results is here.
Other numbers of note, from the ballot-return stats pages:
Countywide turnout 45.71%
Seattle citywide turnout 55.98%
Ballots returned by drop box 66.91%
Ballots returned by USPS 32.68%
The drop box in The Junction was the third-most-used countywide.
The ballot-return stats pages also offer some demographic breakdowns, such as turnout by age:
22.74% turnout for ages 18-24
33.66% turnout for ages 25-34
41.92% turnout for ages 35-44
45.81% turnout for ages 45-54
52.50% turnout for ages 55-64
64.01% turnout for ages 65+
KCE plans to release the final precinct-by-precinct vote breakout tomorrow.