Elections
August 20, 2026 — King County (Highline region) final election results
King County Elections released final ballot results online.
The following candidates will be on the November 3rd ballot.
Legislative District No. 33, State Senator
- Tina Orwall* — 95.20% (*unopposed) (Prefers Democratic Party)
Legislative District No. 33, State Representative Position No. 1
- Edwin Obras — 70.81% (Prefers Democratic Party)
- Chris Martinez — 15.18% (Prefers Republican Party)
Legislative District No. 33, State Representative Position No. 2
- Mia Su-Ling Gregerson — 53.30% (Prefers Democratic Party)
- Yuri Marinchik — 24.41% (Prefers Republican Party)
- *Alex Andrade — 22.09% (*Andrade is a current Burien City Council Member, but did not make the top two spots; she will not appear on the November ballot.)
Legislative District No. 34, State Senator
- Emily Alvarado* — 97.37% (*unopposed) (Prefers Democratic Party)
Legislative District No. 34, State Representative Position No. 1
- Brianna K Thomas* — 97.32% (*unopposed) (Prefers Democratic Party)
Legislative District No. 34, State Representative Position No. 2
- Joe Fitzgibbon — 74.52% (Prefers Democratic Party)
- Mary Anito — 24.29% (Prefers Democratic Party)
United States Representative, Congressional District 9
- Adam Smith— 47.13% (Democratic Party)
- Doug Basler — 21.83% (Republican Party)
- *Kshama Sawant — 17.27% (Independent Socialist) (*Sawant is currently on Seattle City Council, and will not advance to the November ballot.)
Metropolitan King County, Council District No. 2
- Rebecca Saldaña — 55.78%
- Toshiko Grace Hasegawa— 35.01%
Metropolitan King County, Council District No. 8
- Teresa Mosqueda — 66.31%
- Nick Duda — 24.92%
Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 1
- Colleen Melody — 67.69%
- Scott Edwards — 20.18%
Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 3
- Mike Diaz — 42.51%
- Jaime Michelle Hawk — 34.86%
Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 5
- Theo Angelis — 48.66%
- Sharonda Amamilo — 22.81%
Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 7
- Debra L. Stephens — 67.15%
- Todd A. Bloom — 17.14%
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