With 32% of the vote counted, Bruce Harrell is well ahead in the race for Seattle Mayor with 65% of the vote total over City Council President Lorena Gonzalez.
These are early returns and the next update will be published at 4:30 pm on Wednesday.
Seattle Mayor
Bruce Harrell 122,836  61.93 % 
M. Lorena Gonzalez  74,893  37.76 %
Write in  630  0.32 %
 
In the City of Seattle City Attorney's contest Ann Davison is leading.
Seattle City Attorney
Nicole Thomas-Kennedy  85,077  44.11 % 
Ann Davison  106,235  55.09 %
Write-in  1,542 0.80 %
 
City Council Position No. 8
Teresa Mosqueda  105,706  55.99 % 
Kenneth Wilson  82,202  43.54 % 
Write-in  881  0.47 %
 
City Council Position 9
Nikkita Oliver  82,397 42.50 % 
Sara Nelson  111,107  57.31 %
Write-in   363  0.19 %
 
 
In the King County Executive race between two democrats, Dow Constantine leads over challenger Joe Nguyen.
King County Executive
Dow Constantine  244,213 56.34 %
Joe Nguyen  184,402 42.54 %
Write-in  4,874 1.12 %
 
Metropolitan King County Council District No. 5
Shukri Olow   9,418  31.84 %
Dave Upthegrove  19,778  66.87 %
Write-in  382  1.29 %
Metropolitan King County Council District. No. 7
Pete von Reichbauer  21,133 67.85 % 
Dominique Torgerson  9,696  31.13 %
Write-in  317  1.02 %
Metropolitan King County Council District. No. 9
Reagan Dunn  28,070 63.69 % 
Kim-Khanh Van 15,871 36.01 %
Write-in  132  0.30 %
 
In the Port of Seattle Commissioner's race for Position 4 the candidates are very nearly tied. Toshiko Hasegawa is now pulling ahead in the count.
Port of Seattle Position No. 4
Peter Steinbrueck 200,050  48.11 %
Toshiko Grace Hasegawa  213,673  51.38 %
Write in  1,851  0.45 %
Commissioner Position No. 3
Stephanie Bowman  201,966  48.62 %
Hamdi Mohamed  211,576  50.93 %
Commisioner Position No. 1
Norman Z. Sigler 102,516  25.41 %
Ryan Calkins 298,013  73.87 %
Write-in 2,921  0.72 %
 
In The City of Burien the council races the races still look competitive. Hugo Garcia has pulled ahead in the race for Council Position No.1.
Council Position No. 1
Martin Barrett  4,299  49.69 %
Hugo Garcia  4,325  49.99 %
Write-in   27  0.31 %
 
Council Position No. 3
Jimmy Matta  4,516  52.57 %
Mark Dorsey 4,039  47.01 %
Write-in  36  0.42 %
 
Council Position No. 5
Sarah Moore  4,563  53.44 % 
Alex Simkus  3,954  46.31 % 
Write-in  22  0.26 %
 
Council Position No. 7
Krystal Marx 3,718  43.65 %
Stephanie Mora  4,756  55.83 %
Write-in  44  0.52 %
 
The council races in the City of Normandy Park were not in question.
Council Position No. 4
Susan J. West  1,201 97.25 %
Write-in  34 2.75 %
 
Council Position No. 6
Eric Zimmerman 1,145 97.61 %
Write-in  28 2.39 %
 
Proposition No. 1
Yes  1,073 65.71 % 
No   560 34.29 %
 
In the City of Des Moines the council races are not close at this point
Council Position No. 1
Harry Steinmetz  3,980  97.91 %
Write in 85  2.09 %
 
Council Position No. 3
Gene Achziger  2,840  56.66 %
Priscilla Vargas 2,153  42.96 %
Write-in  19  0.38 %
 
Council Position No. 5
Traci Buxton 3,532  70.07 %
Tad Doviak 1,482  29.40 %
Write-in  27  0.54 %
 
Council Position No. 7
Matt Mahoney 3,117  60.72 % 
Soleil Lewis 2,005  39.06 %
Write-in  11  0.21 %
 
City of SeaTac Council races were up this time.
Council Position No. 2
Jake Simpson  1,957  59.12 % 
Stan Tombs 1,343  40.57 % 
Write-in  10  0.30 %
 
Council Position No. 4
Mohamed Egal  1,717  51.27 % 
Clyde (Fuzz) Hill  1,623  48.46 %
Write-in   9  0.27 %
 
Council Position No. 6
Iris Guzmán  1,724  51.90 % 
Pam Fernald  1,586  47.74 %
Write-in  12  0.36 %
 
 
VOTERS RENEW HIGHLINE'S EDUCATION LEVY
With early returns in, it appears voters will renew Highline Public Schools’ local education levy for another four years. The current approval rate is 60.13 percent. The levy is on track to continue local funding for critical education needs not covered by state and federal funding.