Norris leads in Hospital District 4 race

Preliminary General Election results.

In the only contested race for Public Hospital District 4, Dariel Norris leads Gene Pollard.

King County Public Hospital District 4 had three commissioner positions open, but only one race.

Of 29,641 registered voters, 6,343 ballots were counted.

For Position 2, Norris garnered 52.68 percent (2,555) of the vote, while Gene Pollard received 46.87 percent (2,273) of the vote, according to preliminary results.

Jen Carter, who ran unopposed for Position 4, received 98.63 percent (3,807) of the vote. Kevin Hauglie, who ran unopposed for Position 5 after three other candidates withdrew, received 98.19 percent (3,851) of the vote.

King County Elections released preliminary election results at about 8:15 p.m. on Nov. 5. Of 1,329,464 registered county voters, 312,930 ballots were returned.

Final results will be certified on Nov. 26.

For more information, go online to www.kingcounty.gov/election.