Elections
August 5, 2026 — King County (Highline region) election results as of 4:00 PM
King County Elections released ballot returns on their automated live link on Wednesday, August 5, providing updated results for legislative races, judge seats, congressional races, and more. More ballots will continue to be processed and reported in the coming days before certification on August 18.
Candidates
Legislative District No. 33, State Senator
- Tina Orwall* — 94.21% (*unopposed)
Legislative District No. 33, State Representative Position No. 1
- Edwin Obras — 69.38%
- Chris Martinez — 15.89%
- Darryl K Jones — 14.49
Legislative District No. 33, State Representative Position No. 2
- Mia Su-Ling Gregerson — 52.31%
- Yuri Marinchik— 25.70%
- Alex Andrade — 21.80%
Legislative District No. 34, State Senator
- Emily Alvarado* — 96.82% (*unopposed)
Legislative District No. 34, State Representative Position No. 1
- Brianna K Thomas* — 96.77% (*unopposed)
Legislative District No. 34, State Representative Position No. 2
- Joe Fitzgibbon — 74.11%
- Mary Anito — 24.33%
United States Representative, Congressional District 9
- Adam Smith— 50.17%
- Doug Basler — 24.10%
- Kshama Sawant — 13.00%
- Melissa Chaudhry — 11.54%
- Jacob Perasso — 1.07%
Metropolitan King County, Council District No. 2
- Rebecca Saldaña — 52.82%
- Toshiko Grace Hasegawa— 37.93%
- Miriam Mboya — 8.64%
Metropolitan King County, Council District No. 8
- Teresa Mosqueda — 63.91%
- Nick Duda — 26.88%
- Mia Jacobsen — 8.83%
Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 1
- Colleen Melody — 65.15%
- Scott Edwards — 21.98%
- Laura Christensen Colberg — 12.65%
Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 3
- Mike Diaz — 42.16%
- Jaime Michelle Hawk — 33.42%
- David Stevens — 24.13%
Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 5
- Theo Angelis — 46.25%
- Sharonda Amamilo — 22.73%
- Dave Larson — 21.68%
- Greg Miller — 9.15%
Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 7
- Debra L. Stephens — 66.40%
- Todd A. Bloom — 18.42%
- Karim A Merchant — 10.51%
- David R Shelvey — 4.46%
King County Elections will continue reporting daily results until the final count is certified later this month. We will update.
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