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City Council Position No. 1: Jean Godden (I) - 71.61% Joe Szwaja - 28.04% City Council Position No. 3: Bruce Harrell - 60.30% Venus Velázquez - 39.31% City Council Position No. 5: Tom Rasmussen (I) - 98.25% City Council Position No. 7: David Della (I) - 35.19% Tim Burgess - 64.41% City Council Position No. 9: Sally Clark (I) - 75.55% Judy Fenton - 22.10% Seattle School District Director District 1 Peter Maier - 63.44% Sally Soriano (I) - 36.31% Director District 2 Sherry Carr - 59.12% Darlene Flynn (I) - 40.56% Director District 3 David Bloomstrom - 23.25% Harium Martin-Morris - 76.26% Director District 6 Maria G. Ramirez: mariagramirez@mac.com - 38.36% Steve Sundquist - 61.32% For up-to-date results, visit the King County Elections web site. King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg, R (I) - 54.60% Bill Sherman, D - 45.24% Assessor Scott Noble, D (I) - 71.13% Jim Nobles, R - 28.72% King County Council District 2 Larry Gossett, D (I): gossettforcountycouncil@hotmail.com - 98.11% District 4 Larry Phillips, D (I): larryphillips07@comcast.net - 97.91% District 6 Jane Hague, R (I) - 57.43% Richard Pope, D - 39.80% District 8 Dow Constantine, D (I) - 77.05% John Potter, R: john@johnpotter.us - 22.74% For up-to-date results from the King County elections, visit the King County Elections web site. Port of Seattle Commissioner Position 2 Bob Edwards: bob@edwardsforport.com (I) - 45.63% Gael Tarleton - 54.00% Commissioner Position 5 Bill Bryant - 50.65% Alec Fisken (I) - 48.99% The Port race between Bryant and Fisken is still being tallied. For up-to-date results, visit the King County Election web site. Ballot Measures City of Seattle Charter Amendment No. 17 - Adding a Preamble to the City's Charter The city council has proposed to amend the city charter to add a preamble. The amendment would add a preamble to the charter stating its purpose. That purpose is to protect and improve the health, safety, environment and general welfare of the people; enable city government to provide services and meet the people's needs efficiently; allow equal and fair participation of all persons in city government; provide for an open, accountable, and ethical government and civil service; foster financial responsibility; promote prosperity; and meet the needs of a healthy growing city. Should this charter amendment be approved? Yes - 74.65% No - 25.35% Charter Amendment No. 18 - Mayor's annual address to the City Council The city council has proposed an amendment to Article V, Section 6 of the city charter concerning the mayor's annual messages to the city council. The amendment would change the charter section concerning the mayor's annual State-of-the-City message to the city council. The charter now requires one such message annually, in June. The amendment would require the mayor to present this message in February instead. It would also require the mayor to present a second annual message to the council when the mayor presents a proposed budget. Should this charter amendment be approved? Yes - 73.56% No - 26.44% King County Regional Transportation Investment District Proposition #1 - Regional Roads & Transit System To reduce transportation congestion, increase road and transit capacity, promote safety, facilitate mobility, provide for an integrated regional transportation system, and improve the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Washington, shall Sound Transit (a regional transit authority) implement a regional rail and transit system linking Lynnwood, Shoreline, Northgate, Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, SeaTac airport, Kent, Federal Way and Tacoma as described in the Sound Transit 2 plan, financed by the existing taxes approved by the voters in 1996 and an additional sales and use tax of up to five-tenths of one percent imposed by Sound Transit, all as provided in Resolution No. R2007-15; and shall a regional transportation investment district (RTID) be formed and authorized to implement and invest in improving the regional transportation system by replacing vulnerable bridges, improving safety, and increasing capacity on state and local roads to further link major education, employment, and retail centers as described in Moving Forward Together: A Blueprint for Progress – King Pierce Snohomish Counties, financed by a sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent and a local motor vehicle excise tax of eight-tenths of one percent imposed by RTID, all as provided in Resolution No. PC-2007-02; further provided that the Sound Transit taxes shall be imposed only within the boundaries of Sound Transit, and the RTID taxes shall be imposed only within the boundaries of the RTID? YES - 44% NO - 56% Proposition No. 1 - Medic One - Emergency Medical Services Renewal of Exsisting Regular Property Tax Levy The King County Council adopted Ordinance 15861 concerning fuding for the Medic One emergency medical services system. This proposition would replace an expiring levy to continue fuding of Medic One emergency medical services. It would authorize King County to impose regular property tax levies of $0.30 or less per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for each of six consecutive years, with collection beginning in 2008, as provided in King County Ordinance 15861. Shall this proposition be: YES - 81.23% NO - 18.77% Initiative 25 - King County Charter Amendment regarding County Director of Elections Initiative 25 is a proposed ordinance. If approved by voters, it would place a charter amendment on the November 2008 general election ballot that would ask: "Shall the King County Charter be amended to provide that the position of county director of elections be created as a nonpartisan elected office?" Should Initiative 25 be adopted so that this charter amendment will be placed before voters in November 2008? Yes - 58.02% No - 41.98% For up-to-date results on King County ballot issues, visit the King County Elections web site page.
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