Friday’s (Aug. 4, 2023) fourth round of election returns show that Burien City Council, Position No. 2 incumbent Cydney Moore gained strength in second place over Rut Perez-Studer.
On Tuesday night (Aug. 1), Moore was initially trailing Perez-Studer by 73 votes, but by Thursday (Aug. 3) regained the lead by 77 votes.
Now she’s ahead by 204 votes, pushing Perez-Studer further back into third place – and most likely out of the General Election.
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 fourth round of totals, as of Aug. 3, 2023:
City of Burien
Ballots Counted: 9,131
Registered Voters: 29,539 • 30.91%
Council Position No. 2:
- Brittany Williams: 1,132 • 12.97%
- Linda Akey: 2,787 • 31.93%
- *Cydney Moore: 2,473 • 28.33%
- Rut Perez-Studer: 2,269 • 26.00%
Council Position No. 4:
- *Kevin J. Schilling: 4,834 • 55.75%
- Patricia Hudson: 2,764 • 31.88%
- Daniel Reed Martin: 995 • 11.48%
The next round of results will be released by King County Elections on Monday, Aug. 7 by 4:30 p.m.
