Salomon Within 107 Votes of McClelland

The race for Shoreline Council Position 6 far from decided and it may not be until the election is certified Nov. 29 and the final results posted Nov. 30 that Shoreline voters know if Jesse Salomon or Robin McClelland is the winner.

Salomon has inched closer since trailing on election night by about six points and picked up a net gain of 365 votes since Thurs. and is now behind McClelland by 107 votes.

There may be between 1,500 to more than 3,000 votes left to count in Shoreline, according to a statistical snapshot from King County elections.

"I've been sitting by the edge of my seat," Salomon said. "I've been informed that this trend is reliable."

"It's rather difficult to wait so long for the votes to be counted," he said.

Salomon said his campaign called supporters or likely supporters in the final hours of the Nov. 8 election encouraging them to vote if they hadn't already. They continued the effort after 6 p.m. as the ballot drop box in Lake Forest Park was the last place to beat the 8 p.m. deadline. 

"I came to my election party totally exhausted and late," Salomon said.

For her part, McClelland is in a wait-and-see mode, hoping that tide turns back in her favor as it was on election night.

"The deed is done there's not a ballot left to be cast," she said. "I just have to take it a day at a time."

Below are Monday's updated results for the Shoreline Council races from King County Elections. Incumbents Chris Eggen and Doris McConnell have big leads and will be back for four more years. The next update will be Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

CITY OF SHORELINE

Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: *

14566

/

33429

43.57%

Council Position No. 2

William Hubbell

3610

29.48%

Chris Eggen

8598

70.22%

Write-in

37

0.30%

Council Position No. 4

Janet Way

4686

37.94%

Doris McConnell

7619

61.69%

Write-in

45

0.36%

Council Position No. 6

Jesse Salomon

6022

49.41%

Robin McClelland

6129

50.29%