Canvassing Board Certifies Results for Renton City Council

The King County Canvassing Board certified the Nov. 2011 General Election results on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the King County Elections office in Renton.

Mayor Denis Law ran unopposed, garnering more than 96 percent of the vote, as did Council member Marcie Palmer (position 3) who received 98 percent of the vote. Incumbent Council members Greg Taylor (position 4) got 71 percent and Don Persson (position 7) earned 64 percent of the votes.

The race for added some spice to an otherwise ordinary election. , closely followed by .

In anticipation of the certified results, the , one week prior to the Canvassing Board's official certification. The finalized results for the City of Renton are as follows:

Daily results

General and Special Election

KING COUNTY

11/28/2011 9:48:59 PM

Official Final

11-08-2011

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CITY

CITY OF RENTON

Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: *

19411

/

42539

45.63%

Mayor

Denis Law

13748

96.78%

Write-in

457

3.22%

Council Position No. 3

Marcie Palmer

13205

98.35%

Write-in

221

1.65%

Council Position No. 4

Sarah Sanoy-Wright

4424

28.27%

Greg Taylor

11149

71.24%

Write-in

78

0.50%

Council Position No. 5

Ed Prince

8335

51.91%

Robin H. Jones

7652

47.66%

Write-in

70

0.44%

Council Position No. 7

Phyllis Forister

5635

35.37%

Don Persson

10238

64.26%

Write-in

60

0.38%

* Reflects the voter registration count as of October 27, 2011 following the official logic and accuracy test