Nearly 2 million votes have been counted in the state as of Tuesday afternoon and more than 460,000 in King County since election day, Nov. 3. A few races remain close, but many candidates have conceded their races. Overall, challengers are leading incumbents in most North Bend races, while incumbents lead in the races for Snoqualmie Valley Hospital’s Commission (Public Hospital District 4) seats.

As of press time Tuesday, the following results were reported.

North Bend:

City Council Position 1, Jonathan Rosen, unopposed, will reclaim his seat. He’s received 946 votes so far, plus 17 write-ins.

The only other city incumbent with a distinct lead is Mayor Ken Hearing, with 783 votes. He was opposed by write-in candidate Mary Miller, who likely accounted for most of the 456 write-in votes in the mayoral race.

Dee Wayne Williamson, in City Council Position 3, is trailing  Trevor Kostanich by more than 400 votes. Kostanich has 913, Williamson, 344.

David Cook, in Council Position 5, with 565  votes, has conceded to Brenden Elwood, who has 736 .

For City Council Position 7, Martin Volken leads Judy Bilanko, 792 to 502.

Voter turnout is 35 percent.

Snoqualmie:

Charles Peterson, in City Council Position 6, leads challenger Joe Larson, 951 to 817.  Two other council seats, Positions 2 and 4, are uncontested. Candidates,  Chelley Patterson and Brad Toft have 1,292 votes, and 1,274 votes, respectively.

Voter turnout is 28 percent.

Public Hospital District 4:

Two of the three races for hospital commission seats put incumbents solidly in the lead.

In Commissioner Position 1, incumbent David Speikers leads Fritz Ribary, 3,794 to 2,406; and in  Commissioner Position 5, incumbent Joan Young leads Steve Weaver, 3,275 to 2,692.

The lead in the race for Position 3 has changed hands several times. Currently, Emma Herron leads Ryan Roberts, 2,991 to 2,962.  

Voter turnout so far is 32 percent.

Voter turnout so far is 32 percent.

Fall City:

The Fall City Park District Commission had three races, all uncontested. At Position 2, Lee Moderow has 785 votes, plus 6 write-ins; Position 3, Terri Campbell has 783 votes, 10 write-ins; and Position 4, incumbent Kirk Harris has 772 votes, plus 6 write-ins;

Two races for the Fall City Water District Commission seats were also uncontested. At Position 1, Eric Soderman has 340 votes, plus eight write-ins; and at Position 3, Norman Jacobson has 346 votes, plus 7 write-ins.

Voter turnout for both districts is 33 percent.

Carnation:

Two of the three Carnation City Council seats on the ballot showed strong leads in initial vote counts, but one race, for Position 1, was tied several days in a row last week. Incumbent Fred Bereswill has taken the lead in the latest results, ahead of opponent Steven McFall, 170 to 157. At Position 3, incumbent Lee Grumman leads Jim Ribail, 186 to 161 and in the race for Position 5, Dustin Green leads Ernest Fix, 184  to 140. Voter turnout is 36 percent.

Duvall:

One Duvall City Council seat was contested. At Position 2, incumbent Leroy Collinwood leads Veronika Williams, 613 to 459, plus 7 write-ins. At Position 4, Becky Nixon has 828 votes, plus 33 write-ins and at Position 7, Jason Walker has 812, plus 14 write-ins.

Voter turnout is 28 percent.

Si View Metropolitan Park District:

One seat on the parks commission was uncontested and a second, the subject of a special filing period in August when no candidates came forward during the regular filing period, has four candidates. Unchallenged at Position 4, Bud Raisio has 2,080 votes, 31 write-ins.

For Position 5, Susan Kelly leads the field, with 1,468 votes, followed by Katie Eliza Klahn with 628, Dave Perkins, 325, and Jim Curtis, 252.

Proposition 1 is passing, 2,550 to 892.

Voter turnout is 33 percent.

Snoqualmie Valley School District:

All three seats for the school board were uncontested. At Position 2, Geoff Doy has 4,283 votes, plus 92 write-ins; Position 3, Carolyn Simpson has 4,509 votes, plus 87 write-ins; and Position 5, Dan Popp has 4,233 votes, plus 94 write-ins.

Voter turnout so far is 31 percent.

Riverview School District:

Four school board seats were up in the Riverview district, all uncontested. At Position 2, Jodi Fletcher has 2,596 votes, plus 18 write-ins. In Position 3, Carol Van Noy has 2,615 votes, 20 write-ins. Danny Edwards, Position 4, has 2,607 votes, 18 write-ins and Sabrina Parnell, Position 5, has 2,582 votes, 17 write-ins.

Voter turnout so far is 33 percent.

Fire/Utility Districts:

Fire Protection District 10 Commissioner Position 5, Mike Mitchell has 3,803 votes, plus 30 write-ins.

Fire Protection District 10 Proposition 1 is passing with 4,536 “yes” votes to 1,210 “no” votes.

FPD 10 voter turnout so far is 32 percent;

Fire Protection District 38 Commissioner Position 3, Chris Dahline has 1,28 votes with 15 write-ins;

FPD 38 voter turnout is 32 percent;

Fire Protection District 45 Commissioner Position 3, Jerry Smith has 1,504 votes with 17 write-ins; voter turnout is 31 percent.

Snoqualmie Pass Fire Protection District 51 Commissioner Position 3, Lloyd Holman has 12 votes.

Voter turnout for Snoqualmie Pass is 39 percent.

King County:

Charter Amendment 1 for law enforcement oversight is passing with 226,529  “yes” votes to 163,911 “no” votes;.

Proposition 1 “Best Starts for Kids” is passing with 228,058 “yes” votes to 180,250 “no” votes. Countywide, voter turnout was 35 percent.

Election results will be certified by the county’s canvassing board, Nov. 24.