There continues to be tight city council races in four Highline cities as formal certification of the election results is set for Nov. 29.

As of Friday night, Nov. 18, 35 votes separate Des Moines Mayor Bob Sheckler from his opponent, Rebecca King.

King County Elections reports Sheckler has received 3,293 votes (50.05 percent) while King has garnered 3,258 (49.51 percent.)

In SeaTac, Councilwoman Mia Su-Ling Gregerson is hanging on to a 29-vote lead with 2,252 votes (50.10 percent.) Challenger Erin Sitterley has received 2.223 votes (49.45 percent)

Former Normandy Park mayor Charlie Harris is trailing his opponent, Stacia Jenkins by 32 votes. Jenkins has 1,310 votes (50.44 percent) to Harris’ 1,278 votes (49.21 percent)

Current Normandy Park Mayor Shawn McEvoy is breathing a little easier with an 82-vote lead. McEvoy has 1,366 votes (51.30 percent) and Todd McKittrick has 1,284 votes (48.22 percent.)

Kate Kruller has opened up a 100-vote lead in her Tukwila City Council race against Louise H. Strander. Kruller has 1,413 votes (51.57 percent) while Strander has 1.313 votes (47.92 percent.)

King County Elections will continue to issue updates by 4:30 p.m. each workday through Monday, Nov. 28. Results will be certified the next morning.

Kim vanEkstrom, Elections communication manager, laid out the scenarios that would trigger an automatic recount.

For a machine recount, there must be fewer than 2,000 votes and one-half of 1 percent difference in the total votes cast for both candidates.

For a hand count, there must be fewer than 150 votes and less than one-fourth of 1 percent difference in the total votes cast for both candidates.

Write-in candidates are not counted in the formula, according to vanEkstrom.

After the election is certified, the county canvas board will schedule recount dates based on the number of recounts needed, vanEkstrom noted.