EDITOR’S NOTE: The original story has been corrected to clarify that the strategic alliance between UW Medicine and Public Hospital District No. 1 can’t be revised until 2026, which is 15 years after its approval. The wrong year was reported in the original story.)

Dr. Terry Block, appointed in January to fill a vacant position on the Public Hospital District No. 1 Board of Commissioners, will not advance to the general election in November.

Block came in third in the Aug. 18 primary election behind Savannah Clifford-Visker of Renton and Lawton Montgomery of Kent, who will now run for the at-large Position 4 on the commission in the Nov. 3 election.

In the primary race for Renton City Council Position 4, Ryan McIrvin received 61 percent of the vote to Monique Taylor-Swan’s 33 percent, as of Tuesday, the latest results available before the Renton Reporter’s print deadline.

Charles D. Seil, who had withdrawn from the race before the election, received 5 percent of the vote.

The council incumbent, Greg Taylor, had decided not to seek re-election.

The percentages had changed little in the hospital commission race since the initial election night tally.

Cifford-Visker had 39 percent of the vote as of Tuesday, Montgomery had 36 percent of the vote and Block had 25 percent of the vote.

Block was appointed by other commissioners to replace former commissioner Dr. Aaron Heide, who was removed from the board for missing meetings. Heide is now working in Reno, Nev.

Contacted by the Renton Reporter, Block said he had offered his services to the people of the district and “that’s OK” if they didn’t want them. He was told by many people the election was really a commentary on Valley Medical Center CEO Rich Roodman and the strategic alliance between the hospital district and UW Medicine.

Lawton and Clifford-Visker had each expressed disappointment with Roodman’s continued employement and the strategic alliance in the primary election Voters’ Pamphlet.

Block pointed out in the interview that the two candidates weren’t “being completely honest with the voters” because the alliance agreement can’t be revised until 2026 and Roodman has a contract for the next two years.

The vote count is continuing; the election results will be certified on Aug. 18.