General election results certified: Marchione officially wins mayoral race

King County Elections certified the results for the Nov. 3 general election at 4:05 p.m. today and Redmond incumbent John Marchione officially won the city’s mayoral race.

King County Elections certified the results for the Nov. 3 general election at 4:05 p.m. today and Redmond incumbent John Marchione officially won the city’s mayoral race.

Marchione finished with 53.97 percent (5,384) of the votes and challenger Steve Fields tallied 45.78 percent (4,567) of the votes.

Overall, 10,754 ballots were counted. There are 28,164 registered voters in Redmond, putting the voter turnout at 38.18 percent.

On the Redmond City Council ballot, four candidates ran unopposed: Hank Myers (Position 1) — 98.44 percent (6,579 votes); Hank Margeson (Position 3) — 98.38 percent (6,489 votes); Angela Birney (Position 5) — 98.86 percent (6,576 votes); and David Carson (Position 7) — 98.53 percent (6,440 votes).

In Lake Washington School District races:

Eric Laliberte won the Director District No. 1 race with 58.18 percent (18,879) of the votes and Jackie Pendergrass tallied 41.51 percent (13,469) of the votes.

In the Director District No. 2 race, Chris Carlson won with 67.40 percent (20,956) of the votes over Rob Tepper with 32.28 percent (10,036) of the votes.

At Director District No. 5, Siri Bliesner ran unopposed and notched 98.67 percent (24,240) of the votes.

Overall, 41,138 ballots were counted. There are 108,396 registered voters in the district, putting the voter turnout at 37.95 percent.