Youth Connection | The Aftermath of the King County Elections

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The Nov. 8 King County elections results are in. But there’s a catch.

For city council, incumbents (positions 5, 3, and 7 respectively) swept the race with over 65 percent of the votes for each (Robertson, who ran without opposition, had over 95 percent). A much less decisive victory came to their ally John Stokes, who won with a mere 54 ballots out of 35,000 over Aaron Laing—a minuscule 0.17 percent. This meant a manual recount is in order, which began Dec. 8 to clear up any doubts on the outcome of the election.

In the school board elections, won over incumbent Betsy Johnson with 1.84 percent more votes for a spot for director district number 1.

Bellevue Patch Editor's Note: , after the unofficial results were returned. Click here for more Bellevue Patch coverage of elections.

Bonnie Pan writes for, a publication of.