Politics & Government
UPDATE: Sterner Gains Ground on French in LFP Council Race
Position 6 incumbent Sterner within 64 votes of French
Update:
Tom French's lead in the Lake Forest Park Council race stabilized on Tuesday and he led by 66 votes over Ed Sterner who had gained ground in Monday's tally.
Find out what's happening in Shoreline-Lake Forest Parkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
Find out what's happening in Shoreline-Lake Forest Parkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: *
5524
/
9408
58.72%
Mayor
Mary Jane Goss
2759
52.66%
Dwight A. Thompson
2465
47.05%
Write-in
15
0.29%
Council Position No. 2
Brian J. Cathcart
2152
44.76%
Catherine Stanford
2648
55.07%
Write-in
8
0.17%
Council Position No. 4
Chuck Paulsen
2322
48.35%
Jeff Johnson
2472
51.48%
Write-in
8
0.17%
Council Position No. 6
Tom French
2417
50.52%
Ed Sterner
2351
49.14%
Write-in
16
0.33%
Previous story:
Lake Forest Park City Council incumbent Ed Sterner has cut into the lead of challenger Tom French and trails by only 64 votes through Monday's count.
French has 50.58 percent of the vote or 2,280 votes to Sterner's 49.16 percent or 2,216 votes.
There may be as many as 684 votes left to count, according to King County Elections statistics. So far, 5,158 ballots have been counted out of a possible, 9,408 or 54.83 percent of the registered voter total.
Chuck Paulsen is within 102 votes of Jeff Johnson in the race for the open Position 4 seat vacated by mayoral candidate Dwight Thompson.
Below are the current tallies as of Monday afternoon. The next update will be posted on the King County elections Web site at 4:30 p.m.
CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: *
5524
/
9408
58.72%
Mayor
Mary Jane Goss
2759
52.66%
Dwight A. Thompson
2465
47.05%
Write-in
15
0.29%
CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: *
5158
/
9408
54.83%
Mayor
Mary Jane Goss
2591
52.79%
Dwight A. Thompson
2306
46.98%
Write-in
11
0.22%
Council Position No. 2
Brian J. Cathcart
2026
44.84%
Catherine Stanford
2484
54.98%
Write-in
8
0.18%
Council Position No. 4
Chuck Paulsen
2203
48.78%
Jeff Johnson
2305
51.04%
Write-in
8
0.18%
Council Position No. 6
Tom French
2280
50.58%
Ed Sterner
2216
49.16%
Write-in
12
0.27%
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