Thursday’s (Aug. 3, 2023) third round of election returns show that Burien City Council, Position No. 2 incumbent Cydney Moore is now in second place behind Linda Akey, after gaining enough votes to overtake Rut Perez-Studer.
On Tuesday night (Aug. 1), Moore was initially trailing by 73 votes, then on Wednesday, Aug. 2 gained enough to be down by just 15.
Now she’s ahead by 77 votes, pushing Perez-Studer into third place – and most likely out of the General Election if the trend continues.
For Position No. 4, Kevin Schilling will face off against Patricia Hudson in November.
The top two vote-getters for each race move on to the Nov. 7 General Election.
Votes will be finalized by King County Elections on Aug. 15, 2023.
*denotes incumbent
Here are the third round of totals, as of Aug. 3, 2023:
City of Burien
Ballots Counted: 7,803
Registered Voters: 29,539 • 26.42 %
Council Position No. 2:
- Brittany Williams: 992 • 13.31%
- Linda Akey: 2,379 • 31.92%
- *Cydney Moore: 2,047 • 27.46%
- Rut Perez-Studer: 1,970 • 26.43%
Council Position No. 4:
- Kevin J. Schilling: 4,214 • 56.82%
- Patricia Hudson: 2,301 • 31.03%
- Daniel Reed Martin: 826 • 11.14%
The next round of results will be released by King County Elections on Friday, Aug. 4 by 4:30 p.m.