James Alberson takes lead against Joe Todd in race for Renton City Council seat

Published 10:30 am Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Based on vote counts announced on Nov 15. at 3:39 pm.

James Alberson has taken a lead over Joe Todd in the race for Renton City Council Position No. 1.

With 29.31% of registered voters ballots counted, Alberson has earned 59.14 % (9,774 votes) of the votes, and Joe Todd has earned 40.41% (6,679).

The race for city council position no. 1 has the largest margin of any Renton position that does not have a candidate running unopposed.

Todd had the highest amount of campaign contributions ($65,755) and expenditures ($53,329) of any candidate running for Renton City Council. Alberson had the third highest campaign constibution numbers behind Carmen Rivera with $42,944.