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Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2018)
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| 2018 King County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: May 18, 2018 |
| Primary election: August 7, 2018 General election: November 6, 2018 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Prosecuting attorney and district court judges |
| Total seats up: 27 |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2018 |
Elections
Prosecuting attorney
Incumbent Dan Satterberg defeated Daron Morris in the general election for King County Prosecutor on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for King County Prosecutor
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Satterberg (Nonpartisan) | 70.3 | 559,621 | |
| Daron Morris (Nonpartisan) | 28.9 | 229,592 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 6,325 | ||
| Total votes: 795,538 | |||
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Judicial
Superior Court
Position 9
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and Michael Scott was automatically re-elected.
Position 22
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and Karen Donohue was automatically re-elected.
Position 38
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and J. Michael Diaz was automatically re-elected.
Position 53
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and Sandra Widlan was automatically re-elected.
County District Court
King County District Court Northeast Division
Position No. 1
General election candidates
- Marcus Naylor (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Joshua Schaer (Nonpartisan)
Primary candidates
- Marcus Naylor (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Joshua Schaer (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Mychal Schwartz (Nonpartisan)
Position No. 2
General election candidates
- Ketu Shah (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 3
General election candidates
- Lisa O'Toole (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 4
General election candidates
- Peter L. Nault (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 5
General election candidates
- David A. Steiner (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 6
General election candidates
- Michael Finkle (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 7
General election candidates
- Donna Tucker (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
King County District Court Shoreline Division
Position No. 1
General election candidates
- Joe Campagna (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Les Ponomarchuk (Nonpartisan)
Position No. 2
General election candidates
- Marcine Anderson (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
King County District Court Southeast Division
Position No. 1
General election candidates
- Jason Poydras (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 2
General election candidates
- Matthew York (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 3
General election candidates
- Nathaniel Green Jr. (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 4
General election candidates
- Corinna D. Harn (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 5
General election candidates
- Virginia Amato (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 6
General election candidates
- Rhonda Laumann (Nonpartisan) ✔
King County District Court Southwest Division
Position No. 1
General election candidates
- David M. Christie (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 2
General election candidates
- Susan Mahoney (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 3
General election candidates
- Laurel Gibson (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 4
General election candidates
- D. Mark Eide (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 5
General election candidates
- Elizabeth D. Stephenson (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
King County District Court West Division
Position No. 1
General election candidates
- Lisa Paglisotti (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 2
General election candidates
- Mark C. Chow (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 3
General election candidates
- Art Chapman (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 4
General election candidates
- Gregg Hirakawa (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Position No. 5
General election candidates
- Anne C. Harper (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Washington elections, 2018
Ballot measures
- See also: King County, Washington ballot measures
• Proposition 1: King County Automated Fingerprint Identification System Services Property Tax 
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the county to levy for six years a property tax of $0.035 per $1,000 of assessed valuation with the purpose of funding criminal identification law enforcement technology. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing the county to levy for six years a property tax of $0.035 per $1,000 of assessed valuation with the purpose of funding criminal identification law enforcement technology. |
About the county
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for King County, Washington | ||
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| King County | Washington | |
| Population | 1,931,249 | 6,724,540 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 2,115 | 66,454 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 64% | 75.4% |
| Black/African American | 6.5% | 3.8% |
| Asian | 17.6% | 8.5% |
| Native American | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Other (single race) | 4.2% | 4.5% |
| Multiple | 6.4% | 5.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.7% | 12.7% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 93.1% | 91.3% |
| College graduation rate | 52.5% | 36% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $94,974 | $73,775 |
| Persons below poverty level | 8.9% | 10.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 39 Washington counties—12.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Clallam County, Washington | 2.76% | 0.38% | 3.30% | ||||
| Cowlitz County, Washington | 13.32% | 4.44% | 11.15% | ||||
| Grays Harbor County, Washington | 6.99% | 14.11% | 14.56% | ||||
| Mason County, Washington | 5.81% | 7.09% | 8.66% | ||||
| Pacific County, Washington | 6.74% | 11.52% | 14.07% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Washington with 52.5 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 36.8 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Washington cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 73.3 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Washington supported Democratic candidates for president more often than Republican candidates, 53.3 to 43.3 percent. The state favored Democrats in every election between 2000 and 2016.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Washington. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[1][2]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 34 out of 49 state House districts in Washington with an average margin of victory of 25.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 30 out of 49 state House districts in Washington with an average margin of victory of 32.1 points. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 15 out of 49 state House districts in Washington with an average margin of victory of 13.9 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 19 out of 49 state House districts in Washington with an average margin of victory of 14.9 points. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
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| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | |
| 1 | 59.66% | 37.93% | D+21.7 | 61.73% | 30.36% | D+31.4 | |
| 2 | 47.71% | 49.88% | R+2.2 | 37.79% | 53.05% | R+15.3 | |
| 3 | 57.66% | 38.63% | D+19 | 51.82% | 38.12% | D+13.7 | |
| 4 | 40.00% | 57.37% | R+17.4 | 34.91% | 56.36% | R+21.4 | |
| 5 | 53.41% | 44.29% | D+9.1 | 54.74% | 37.12% | D+17.6 | |
| 6 | 46.76% | 50.72% | R+4 | 44.72% | 46.75% | R+2 | |
| 7 | 36.16% | 61.01% | R+24.9 | 29.00% | 63.45% | R+34.5 | |
| 8 | 36.10% | 61.49% | R+25.4 | 34.54% | 57.03% | R+22.5 | |
| 9 | 37.70% | 59.71% | R+22 | 35.13% | 56.40% | R+21.3 | |
| 10 | 50.21% | 47.38% | D+2.8 | 46.94% | 45.07% | D+1.9 | |
| 11 | 67.51% | 30.27% | D+37.2 | 67.74% | 25.40% | D+42.3 | |
| 12 | 39.91% | 57.67% | R+17.8 | 37.34% | 55.97% | R+18.6 | |
| 13 | 35.70% | 61.75% | R+26 | 31.04% | 61.91% | R+30.9 | |
| 14 | 42.63% | 54.97% | R+12.3 | 38.98% | 54.23% | R+15.2 | |
| 15 | 45.75% | 52.31% | R+6.6 | 42.51% | 51.74% | R+9.2 | |
| 16 | 38.20% | 59.21% | R+21 | 36.00% | 56.67% | R+20.7 | |
| 17 | 48.28% | 49.36% | R+1.1 | 45.51% | 46.88% | R+1.4 | |
| 18 | 43.85% | 54.12% | R+10.3 | 42.36% | 50.56% | R+8.2 | |
| 19 | 53.59% | 43.66% | D+9.9 | 41.57% | 50.52% | R+8.9 | |
| 20 | 40.98% | 56.26% | R+15.3 | 30.96% | 61.41% | R+30.4 | |
| 21 | 61.52% | 36.25% | D+25.3 | 62.27% | 30.19% | D+32.1 | |
| 22 | 63.17% | 33.68% | D+29.5 | 60.67% | 30.15% | D+30.5 | |
| 23 | 57.91% | 39.72% | D+18.2 | 56.69% | 34.37% | D+22.3 | |
| 24 | 54.21% | 42.81% | D+11.4 | 48.95% | 43.35% | D+5.6 | |
| 25 | 50.87% | 46.92% | D+4 | 45.23% | 46.56% | R+1.3 | |
| 26 | 49.33% | 48.06% | D+1.3 | 45.36% | 45.35% | D+0 | |
| 27 | 67.29% | 30.00% | D+37.3 | 65.15% | 26.43% | D+38.7 | |
| 28 | 54.44% | 43.37% | D+11.1 | 52.61% | 38.96% | D+13.7 | |
| 29 | 62.55% | 34.97% | D+27.6 | 54.47% | 36.76% | D+17.7 | |
| 30 | 58.70% | 39.18% | D+19.5 | 56.77% | 35.96% | D+20.8 | |
| 31 | 47.88% | 49.93% | R+2.1 | 41.61% | 50.16% | R+8.5 | |
| 32 | 70.64% | 26.92% | D+43.7 | 71.67% | 21.56% | D+50.1 | |
| 33 | 65.65% | 32.25% | D+33.4 | 64.85% | 28.57% | D+36.3 | |
| 34 | 77.41% | 20.25% | D+57.2 | 79.30% | 14.85% | D+64.4 | |
| 35 | 51.47% | 45.95% | D+5.5 | 44.25% | 46.59% | R+2.3 | |
| 36 | 81.82% | 15.34% | D+66.5 | 85.25% | 9.15% | D+76.1 | |
| 37 | 86.30% | 11.18% | D+75.1 | 87.06% | 8.13% | D+78.9 | |
| 38 | 59.99% | 37.08% | D+22.9 | 53.38% | 37.81% | D+15.6 | |
| 39 | 49.44% | 47.52% | D+1.9 | 40.00% | 50.75% | R+10.7 | |
| 40 | 62.09% | 34.70% | D+27.4 | 62.61% | 29.29% | D+33.3 | |
| 41 | 60.00% | 38.22% | D+21.8 | 67.76% | 26.09% | D+41.7 | |
| 42 | 49.67% | 47.37% | D+2.3 | 47.57% | 44.43% | D+3.1 | |
| 43 | 85.99% | 10.63% | D+75.4 | 88.74% | 5.96% | D+82.8 | |
| 44 | 54.08% | 43.61% | D+10.5 | 50.96% | 40.24% | D+10.7 | |
| 45 | 58.18% | 39.63% | D+18.6 | 64.80% | 28.03% | D+36.8 | |
| 46 | 78.25% | 19.15% | D+59.1 | 81.92% | 12.42% | D+69.5 | |
| 47 | 55.53% | 42.30% | D+13.2 | 54.37% | 38.29% | D+16.1 | |
| 48 | 61.67% | 35.86% | D+25.8 | 68.17% | 25.02% | D+43.2 | |
| 49 | 57.30% | 40.04% | D+17.3 | 54.21% | 37.87% | D+16.3 | |
| Total | 56.16% | 41.29% | D+14.9 | 54.30% | 38.07% | D+16.2 | |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
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