On Tuesday (Aug. 15), King County Elections released its final, certified election results for the Aug. 1 Primary Election, so now we know who will face off for Burien City Council in the General Election.
The top two vote-getters – eight candidates in total – will face off for four open seats, with the voting deadline of Tuesday, Nov. 7.
Some observations:
- Just 8,555 out of 27,328 registered voters – 31.3% – bothered to actually vote.
- Incumbent Steve Armstrong is out, having lost to Patty Janssen by 32 votes for Position No. 7.
- The highest margin of victory belongs to incumbent Debi Wagner, who beat newcomer Jimmy Matta by 1,756 votes for Position No. 3.
- Darla Green beat incumbent Nancy Tosta by 21 votes.
- The B-Town Blog will be holding Candidate Forums this Fall, so stay tuned for updates…
City of Burien • Ballots Counted: 8,555 * Registered Voters: 27,328 • 31.30 %
Council Position No. 1:- Pedro E. Olguin: 2,687 • 33.63 %
- Joel Manning: 2,270 • 28.41 %
- Gary Wood: 1,476 • 18.48 %
- Charles Schaefer: 1,315 • 16.46 %
- Robert L. Richmond, III: 224 • 2.80 %
- Write-in: 17 • 0.21 %
- Debi Wagner*: 4,485 • 56.22 %
- Jimmy Matta: 2,729 • 34.21 %
- Austin Tucker: 718 • 9.00 %
- Write-in: 46 • 0.58 %
- Darla Green: 2,888 • 35.94 %
- Nancy Tosta*: 2,867 • 35.68 %
- Jill Esau: 1,321 • 16.44 %
- Mary Russell: 937 • 11.66 %
- Write-in: 22 • 0.27 %
- Krystal Marx: 2,212 • 27.45 %
- Patty Janssen: 1,890 • 23.45 %
- Steve Armstrong*: 1,858 • 23.05 %
- Trevor Gage: 1,388 • 17.22 %
- Martin Culbert: 690 • 8.56 %
- Write-in: 21 • 0.26 %
