Local election primaries: Initial results | Aug. 4-10, 2021 - Real Change News

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The “I voted” signaling on social media can only mean one thing: Seattleites have cast their ballots for the 2021 primary. For some of the candidates, it has been a long road. Colleen Echohawk announced her bid for mayor in January, just over a month after Mayor Jenny Durkan announced she would not rerun. Perennial candidate GoodSpaceGuy has been on the ballot for over 20 elections before his run for King County executive. For all but two candidates in every race, the campaign ends here. Although some results are clear, none are final. King County Elections is still counting. Election results will be certified, and therefore final, Aug. 15 by 4 p.m. Real Change will continue to update this article online with the results.

Seattle mayor

Though 15 hopefuls were on the ballot for the open mayoral race, six candidates have garnered media attention and major endorsements: Chief Seattle Club’s former Executive Director Colleen Echohawk, former state Rep. Jessyn Farrell, City Council President Lorena González, former City Council President Bruce Harrell, interim policy director for Teresa Mosqueda and architect Andrew Grant Houston and former Deputy Mayor Casey Sixkiller. Each of these candidates received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions, except for Sixkiller who entered the race in May, more recently than the others. As per the results of the Wednesday ballot drop, Harrell leads with 38.02% and González is next with 28.6%.

King County executive

King County executive, the highest executive power in the county, has long been a sleepy race. Incumbent Dow Constantine has not faced serious competition since 2009 when he overcame Republican Susan Hutchinson, who won the primary with bipartisan endorsements. While the race has one complete newcomer, Johnathon Crines, who works as a security guard, and few perennial candidates Washington voters will recognize, the focus of the race has been challenger state Sen. Joe Nguyen (D-West Seattle). As Constantine and Nguyen are the only candidates with substantial funding and previous experience as an elected official, the primaries are more or less expected to slate these two for the general. The Wednesday count has 53.64% for Constantine and 29.68% for Nguyen.

City Council position 8

This election year, there are two citywide council seats on the ballot. The other seven positions, which represent districts around the city, will be up for election in two years. Teresa Mosqueda won the seat in 2017 by nearly 20 percentage points. She’s running for re-election against 10 other candidates, all of whom are behind her in campaign fundraising by at least $150,000. Four years ago, Mosqueda won her primary with just over 30% of the vote. This time around, Mosqueda leads with 54.99%. Behind her is Kenneth Wilson with 18.19%.

City Council position 9

Lorena González chose not to run for re-election for the citywide council position and instead pursue the mayoral seat. The open council seat attracted a wide range of candidates with unique messages: from Nikkita Oliver, a known name in Seattle activist circles, to the more moderate co-owner of Fremont Brewing Sara Nelson. Based on numbers available Wednesday, Nelson has 42.78% and Oliver has 35.03% of the vote.

City attorney

The primary for city attorney will shape Seattle’s criminal justice conversation. Pete Holmes, the city’s longest-tenured elected official, is challenged from both sides. Ann Davison is a Republican endorsed by The Seattle Times, and Nicole Thomas-Kennedy is running an openly prison-abolitionist campaign. Last week, Holmes dug up social media posts his opponents made during the past summer’s resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and tagged reporters and news outlets. He posted a picture of Davison posing with the Seattle Police Officers Guild president by a Blue Lives Matter flag and a screenshot of a tweet from Thomas-Kennedy that said “Property Destruction is a moral imperative.” So far, Seattle voters have awarded 34.92% of the vote to Davison. Holmes is at 32.66%, only about half a point ahead of Thomas-Kennedy.

Hannah Krieg studied journalism at the University of Washington. She is especially interested in covering politics, social issues and anything that gives her an excuse to speak with activists.

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