2026 Midterm Election

Ballot return closes at 8pm. The first batch of results is expected 15-30 minutes later.

As of 6pm on November 4, King County had received 878,871 ballots, representing 60.18% of the county’s 1,460,414 registered voters. King County Elections was expecting ~75% turnout. King County has counted about 73% of returned ballots.

Local elections STB is following:

• Seattle – Council District 5: Nilu Jenks | Julie Kang
• Seattle – Prop. 1 (transit service improvement): Yes | No
• King County – Council District 2: Toshiko Hasegawa | Rebecca Saldaña
• King County – Council District 8: Nick Duda | Teresa Mosqueda
• Pierce County – Prop 1. (transit service improvement): Yes | No

We’ll update this post with initial counts (expected shortly after 8pm) and later counts if results are likely to change. Key races appear to be decided; results are indicated in bold italics.

Please keep election discussion focused on local elections. Non-local elections may be discussed if explicitly related to local or regional issues regarding transit and/or land use.

Edit (1:18pm, 11/3): updated ballot return stats.
Edit (8:30pm, 11/3): updated with first drop results for watched races.
Edit (6:06pm, 11/4): updated turnout statistics.