One withdraws from Burien City Council race as King County Elections releases final 2023 Primary Election lineup

Former Burien City Council candidate John White has officially withdrawn from running for Position No. 4, and on Monday, May 22, 2023, King County Elections released the final lineup for the Aug. 1 Primary ballot.

The top two vote-getters for each position will move onto the Nov. 7 General Election. NOTE: If there are two or fewer candidates for a position (like Position No. 6), they will advance directly to the Nov. 7 ballot.

Here’s who will be on the Aug. 1 Primary ballot (*denotes incumbent)

City of Burien, Council Position No. 2:

• Brittany Williams
• Linda Akey
• *Cydney Moore
• Rut Perez-Studer

City of Burien, Council Position No. 4:

• *Kevin J. Schilling
• Patricia Hudson
• John Lawrence White Withdrawn
• Daniel Reed Martin

City of Burien, Council Position No. 6:

• Krystal Marx
• Alex Andrade

Other Races:

Metropolitan King County, Council District No. 8:

• Teresa Mosqueda
• Sofia Aragon
• GoodSpaceGuy

Highline School District No. 401, Director District No. 1:

• Michael T. Lewis
• Stephanie Tidholm
• Loren Dugan
• Mitchell Khayim

Highline School District No. 401, Director District No. 4:

• Carlos M. Ruiz
• Joey Martinez
• Melissa Petrini

Highline School District No. 401, Director District No. 5:

• *Azeb Hagos

North Highline Fire District, Commissioner Position No. 1:

• Terri Robison

Highline Water District, Commissioner Position No. 1:

• Todd Fultz

Port of Seattle, Commissioner Position No. 2:

• *Sam Cho

Port of Seattle, Commissioner Position No. 5:

• Jesse Tam
• *Fred Felleman
• Todd Curtis

City of Normandy Park, Council Position No. 1:

• *Sheri Healey

City of Normandy Park, Council Position No. 3:

• *Shawn McEvoy

City of Normandy Park, Council Position No. 5:

• *Jack Lamanna

City of Normandy Park, Council Position No. 7:

• *Sue-Ann Hohimer

City of SeaTac, Council Position No. 1:

• *Senayet Negusse
• Amy Rotter

City of SeaTac, Council Position No. 3:

• Marianne “Ginger” West
• Elizabeth Greninger
• *Peter Kwon

City of SeaTac, Council Position No. 5:

• James Lovell
• Brian Millican

City of SeaTac, Council Position No. 7:

• Joe Vinson
• Damiana Merryweather

City of Des Moines, Council Position No. 2:

• *JC Harris
• Rob Back

City of Des Moines, Council Position No. 4:

• *Jeremy Nutting
• Christine Puzas

City of Des Moines, Council Position No. 6:

• Yoshiko Grace Matsui

City of Tukwila, Mayor:

• Thomas McLeod
• Kate Kruller

City of Tukwila, Council Position No. 2:

• Armen Papyan

City of Tukwila, Council Position No. 4:

• Dennis Martinez
• Melissa McMahon Do

City of Tukwila, Council Position No. 6:

• Jovita McConnell