EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story contained incorrect vote totals for the Highline School District Director District No. 3 race between Katie Kresly and Joe Van.
The fourth round of 2025 General Election results released Friday, Nov. 7 shows clear winners for Burien’s City Council races, while the closely-watched Legislative District 33 race between Rep. Edwin Obras and Burien Mayor Kevin Schilling widened slightly in Obras’ favor.
According to the latest King County Elections update, Obras now leads Schilling by 641 votes, with 11,343 votes (50.57%) to Schilling’s 10,702 (47.72%). That margin grew from 205 votes on Thursday, when Obras had 9,554 votes (49.69%) to Schilling’s 9,349 (48.62%).
Burien City Council Race & Prop. 1
Based on voting trends and the latest results, South King Media projects victories for Hugo Garcia, Sam Méndez, Sarah Moore, and Rocco DeVito in the 2025 Burien City Council election.
Burien’s Proposition No. 1 — a measure related to the city’s public safety tax — is being rejected by a margin of 628 votes, with 5,111 voters (53.27 %) voting “No” and 4,483 voters (46.73 %) voting “Yes”.
Highline School Board Race
In the Highline School Board Director contests, Angelic Alvarez continues to maintain her comeback over Sue-Anne Hohimer for Director Position No. 1, and now leads by 879 votes with 11,120 (51.75 %) to Hohimer’s 10,241 (47.66 %).
Incumbent Joe Van is making a comeback in the District 3 race to Katie Kresly, behind now by just 75 votes with 10,703 votes to Kresly’s 10,778.
Director District No. 4 candidate Damarys Espinoza will beat challenger Ken Kemp. Espinoza has received 12,704 votes (58.55 %) to Kemp’s 8,887 votes (40.96 %).
Girmay Zahilay Wins King County Executive
King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci on Friday conceded the race for King County Executive, congratulating Executive-Elect Girmay Zahilay on his victory after updated election returns showed a clear win by 37,471 votes.
Legislative District 33 Race to Fain
The latest results show that Steffanie Fain will likely beat Peter Kwon in the race for King County Council District 5, with 19,407 votes (54.25 %) to Kwon’s 16,147 votes (45.13 %).
Countywide voter turnout in King County now stands at 36.9%, with 533,126 ballots counted as of Friday’s report, up from 429,014 a day earlier.
King County Elections will continue releasing updated results daily next week as remaining ballots are processed and verified.
Certification is scheduled for Nov. 25.
