Renton election results: Incumbents are leading

Published 8:48 pm Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Incumbents lead in the early results for Renton City Council positions.

With the results released on Nov. 10, James Alberson, Carmen Rivera and Ruth Perez lead the races for city council positions.

For Council Position No. 1, Alberson leads Michael Westgaard with 10,101 votes to 7,923 votes. Alberson currently has 55.76% of the tallied votes.

For Council Position No. 2, Rivera leads Clymer at 10,389 votes to 7,747 votes. Rivera has 56.91% of the votes.

For Council Position No. 6, Perez leads Paul Dutton with 12,151 votes to 5,634 votes, with 67.66% of the votes.

King County Elections has counted 19,589 ballots for Renton city positions as of the results released on Nov. 10, and 31.65% of the ballots sent out have been tallied.

Renton schools

For the Renton School District, Avanti Bergquist ran unopposed for Director of District No. 2 and has 97.52% of the votes.

Lindsay Jensen leads Meagan Powell with 14,627 votes to 7,056 votes. Jenson has 66.78% of the counted votes.

Both Proposition No. 1 and No. 2 are passing.

Proposition No. 1, the Educational Programs and Operations Replacement Levy, would result in a tax of $1.06 per $1,000 of assessed property value. The district reports that this replacement levy would renew funding for jobs and basic education programs, “including middle and high school athletics/activities, class size reduction, transportation, summer school and after school enrichment activities, elementary music and art programs, technology, curriculum, special education, and maintenance and operations programs outside of basic education funding, food service, safety, school counseling, social emotional supports, and administrative support.”

This proposition has 16,329 votes in favor and 8,608 votes opposed.

Proposition No. 2, the Technology/Capital Projects Replacement Levy, would result in a tax of $0.72 per $1,000 of assessed property value. The district says this levy needs to be continued so that construction, modernization and remodeling of school facilities could be supported as needed throughout Renton schools.

This proposition has 16,857 votes in favor and 8,345 votes opposed.

The district website reports that these two levies would not be a new tax, but are instead renewing the expiring levies that have been in place to “provide local funding for critical needs not covered by state and federal funding.”

King County Elections has counted 26,038 ballots for Renton School District as of the results released on Nov. 10, and 33.63% of the total ballots have been counted.

Other results

• King County Executive: Girmay Zahilay leads with 53.82%% of the vote vs. Claudia Balducci, who has 44.93%.

• Senate Joint Resolution No. 8201: This statewide measure is passing with 71.03%of the vote in King County and 57.23% statewide. With this measure, the Legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on allowing money in Washington’s long-term care fund to be invested. This amendment would allow the state fund dedicated to providing long-term care benefits for eligible seniors and people with disabilities to be invested as authorized by law.

• King County Prop. 1: Proposition No. 1, Medic One – Emergency Medical Services Replacement of Existing Levy is passing with 80.67% of the vote. For the county-wide Medic One emergency medical services system, the county seeks to replace an expiring levy by imposing regular property taxes of $0.25 or less per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for each of six consecutive years, with collection beginning in 2026, as provided in King County Ordinance No. 19950, to continue paying for Medic One emergency medical services. For a property with an assessed valuation of $844,000, the maximum rate would be approximately $211 in the first year. Qualifying seniors, veterans, and disabled persons would be eligible for exemption from the levy.