Nixon-Greenway Kirkland City Council race narrows

One of the Kirkland City Council races may come down to every last vote with the second release of voting results from the King County Elections Office showing the race narrowing.

One of the three Kirkland City Council races may come down to every last vote. The second release of voting results from the King County Elections Office shows the race for Position No. 4 narrowing.

Incumbent Jessica Greenway is now just 210 votes behind former State Rep. and annexation-area resident Toby Nixon, with 12,572 votes counted.

Just last night Nixon held a three-percentage point lead over the incumbent, which has been cut by 113 votes to 50.73-49.06 percent. 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 overall total of ballots counted for the election is 14,469 or 30.22 percent of registered voters in the city. Secretary of State Sam Reed predicted a 47 percent turnout state wide. If that prediction holds true for Kirkland, Greenway has to make up the 210-vote difference on approximately 5,000 remaing ballots.

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 12,288 votes counted, Sternoff now leads annexation-area resident Jason Gardiner by 630 votes, or 52.41-47.30 percent.

The Kirkland Reporter will update the results tomorrow night when the King County Elections Office releases more results from counted ballots.