August 2026 Primary Election

Preliminary first-count results released yesterday. Coverage by KUOW, by The Urbanist, by The Stranger, by The Seattle Times ($), and by the Northwest Progressive Institute.

King County's results are here (PDF); statewide results are accessible here. First-drop preliminary results represent about half of ballots cast; later counts typically trend very progressive in the Puget Sound region.

Seattle Transit Blog has not yet issued endorsements for this year's elections.

Selected Primary Elections (top two proceed to the November General Election):

• Seattle City Council D5: Nilu Jenks (49.69%); Julie Kang (36.67%)
• King County Council D2: Rebecca Saldana (51.94%); Toshiko Grace Hasegawa (38.66%)
  • Mriam Mboya (8.70%)
• King County Council D8: Teresa Mosqueda (62.78%); Nick Duda (27.49%)
  • Mia Jacobson (9.27%)
• State Leg. D43 Senator: Jamie Pedersen (71.06%); Hannah Sabio-Howell (17.86%)
• State Leg. D46 Pos. 1: Gerry Pollet (54.34%); Will Dreher (30.69%)
  • Ron Davis (13.69%)
• US Congress D9: Adam Smith (50.94%); Doug Basler (23.79%)
  • Kshama Sawant (12.56%); Melissa Chaudhry (11.42%); Jacob Perasso (1.13%)

Selected levies and other elections:

• Seattle Prop. 1 (Library Levy): Yes (71.71%)
• Tacoma Prop 1 (Connect Tacoma: Safe Streets and Sidewalks Levy): Yes (57.51%)
• Spokane Public Transportation Benefit Area Prop 1: Yes (50.38%)

We are tracking a few elections of interest and will share relevant updates as ballots are counted. Results are from August 4, 2026.

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