The race for Kirkland City Council Position No. 4 narrowed a little more with the third day of voting results on Thursday. But former State Rep. Toby Nixon is still in the lead and the narrowing margin has slowed.

Incumbent Jessica Greenway is now just 198 votes behind annexation-area resident Toby Nixon, with 15,080 votes counted. While Greenway made up 113 votes between election night and Wednesday afternoon, she only cut the margin by 12 votes on Thursday.Despite the fact that the trend continues toward Greenway, it is not looking good for a full comeback.

King County Elections workers seem to be counting about 2,000-3,000 votes per day and have counted 17,407 ballots or 36.36 percent of registered voters’ ballots that were sent out to Kirkland voters.

Secretary of State Sam Reed predicted a 47 percent turnout statewide. If that prediction holds true for Kirkland, Greenway has to make up the 198-vote difference on approximately 2,500 remaining ballots.

On Tuesday night, Nixon held a three-percentage point lead over the incumbent.

Greenway has made a habit out of comebacks, by trailing on election night in both her first bid for city council and her run in 2007, eventually pulling ahead for the victory.

The race for Position No. 2 has widened and looks to be over, as it trends toward the incumbent. Bob Sternoff, who has held the seat for two-and-a-half terms, held a 561-vote lead on election night, and is pulling away ever so slightly.

With 14,700 votes counted, Sternoff now leads annexation-area resident Jason Gardiner by 638 votes, or 52.02-47.70 percent.