Politics & Government
Stokes-Laing Bellevue Council Race Fits Conditions for Machine Recount
John Stokes leads Aaron Laing by 110 votes -- 50.03 percent to 49.67 percent -- in the close race for the Bellevue City Council seat to be vacated by Grant Degginger.
In Monday night's last general election count before certification, Bellevue City Council candidate John Stokes leads Aaron Laing by 110 votes -- 50.03 percent to 49.67 percent -- in the close race for the seat that will be vacated by Grant Degginger.
The conditions for a mandatory machine recount are triggered if the difference between the two candidates is fewer than 2,000 votes and the difference between the two candidates is less than half a percent, according to elections officials. Both conditions fit Monday night's results.
Decisions on recounts will be made after the results are certified Tuesday morning, according to the King County Elections Office.
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Election night saw the. However, the campaign for the seat being vacated by Degginger grew heated, as .
ResultsCITY OF BELLEVUE
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Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: * 35691 / 66425 53.73% Council Position No. 1
Aaron Laing
15088 49.67%
John Stokes
15198 50.03%
Write-in
92 0.30% Council Position No. 3
Michelle Hilhorst
9634 31.69%
John Chelminiak
20689 68.06%
Write-in
77 0.25% Council Position No. 5
Patti Mann
10511 34.23%
Claudia Balducci
20116 65.51%
Write-in
79 0.26% Council Position No. 7
Jennifer Robertson
22395 97.35%
Write-in
610 2.65%
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