Burien City Council candidates who led after the first round of 2025 primary ballots largely maintained their positions in Wednesday’s updated results, with Hugo Garcia, Sarah Moore and Sam Méndez holding onto their leads as the second round of results were released.
Council Position 1 incumbent Hugo Garcia leads with 45.6 percent, while Jessica Ivey sits second at 27.4 percent.
For Burien’s Position 3 seat, Sam Méndez is leading with 46.7 percent, followed by Marie Barbon with 31.8 percent.
Position 5 incumbent Councilmember Sarah Moore is cruising to reelection, holding at nearly 62 percent. Gabriel Fernandez was at 23.4 percent.
In the hotly contested race for the state House in the 33rd Legislative District, Rep. Edwin Obras maintained a lead with 44.8 percent of the vote, while outgoing Burien Mayor Kevin Schilling held onto second with 31.7 percent.
In SeaTac, Bedria Abdullahi slightly edged out Michael Sanford with 41.5 percent to 40.1 percent in the City Council Position 6 race.
Kent’s crowded Council Position 6 race saw Sharn Shoker pulling ahead with 33.2 percent of the vote. Andy Song sits second with 18.8 percent, followed by Logan Evans at 16.4 percent.
In Tukwila, Jane Ho took a commanding lead with 46.4 percent in the race for Council Position 7. Gina Bernhardt Nielsen followed with 24.4 percent, ahead of Krysteena Mann at 18.7 percent.
For the Highline School Board District 4 seat, Damarys Espinoza held a narrow lead with 45.5 percent, just ahead of Ken Kemp at 43.1 percent.
Turnout across King County so far is just under 22 percent of registered voters casting ballots, and in Burien is at about 20 percent.
The top two candidates with the most votes in each race will advance to the November General Election.
Election results will continue to be updated daily until certification on Aug. 20.
City of Burien
Ballots Counted: 6,066
* Registered Voters: 30,366 • 19.98%
Council Position No. 1:
- Cameron Boosman: 377 • 6.53%
- Hugo Garcia*: 2,632 • 45.60%
- Jessica Ivey: 1,580 • 27.37%
- Claudio Fernandez: 1,155 • 20.01%
Council Position No. 3:
- Rashell Lisowski: 1,201 • 20.93%
- Sam Méndez: 2,681 • 46.72%
- Marie Barbon: 1,827 • 31.83%
Council Position No. 5:
- Jamie Jo Skeen: 814 • 14.14%
- Sarah Moore*: 3,563 • 61.89%
- Gabriel Fernandez: 1,349 • 23.43%
*indicates incumbent
State
33rd District Representative Position No. 1:
- Kevin Schilling: 4,846 • 31.73%
- Darryl Jones: 3,551 • 23.25%
- Edwin Obras: 6,842 • 44.80%
Highline School District No. 401
Ballots Counted: 15,446
* Registered Voters: 78,908 • 19.57%
Director District No. 4:
- Ken Kemp: 6,137 • 43.16%
- Damarys Espinoza: 6,477 • 45.55%
- Shirley-Nita Enninful: 1,531 • 10.77%
