The race for Kirkland City Council Position No. 4 is all but over, thanks to results released Monday.

Former State Rep. Toby Nixon reversed the trend seen last week that stoked ideas of a comeback from the incumbent and has expanded his lead for the seat.

The results also show Council members Bob Sternoff and Dave Asher holding onto their respective seats.

Incumbent Jessica Greenway is now 253 votes behind Nixon, with 17,897 votes counted. Nixon’s 3-percent lead has narrowed significantly since election day, but he still holds a 50.59-49.18 margin.

While Greenway made up 125 votes between election night and Thursday afternoon, the trend reversed course during the weekend as Nixon increased his lead by 55 votes.

“We’re feeling pretty good today,” Nixon said on Monday night. “I’ve been telling people if the percentage of remaining ballots she (Greenway) needed ever got over 55 percent, I’d be feeling really comfortable. As of today, based on a 48 percent turnout, she would need almost 59 percent of the remaining ballots in order to win.”

But Greenway is still not giving up hope.

“I’m glad I still have a chance,” said Greenway. “But this is not what I was hoping for today. My supporters and I are not going to give up until the very last vote is counted.”

Nixon could not be reached for comment on Monday. On Thursday, he said the vote was “still too close to call” and was not ready to declare victory.

King County Elections workers have counted 20,864 ballots or 43.58 percent of registered voters’ ballots that were sent out to Kirkland voters.

Secretary of State Sam Reed predicted a 47 percent turnout statewide and Greenway is fast running out of ballots to catch up with.

On Tuesday night, Nixon held a 3 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. Sternoff, who has held the seat for two-and-a-half terms, held a 561-vote lead on election night, and is now solidly holding the lead.

With 17,398 votes counted, Sternoff now leads annexation-area resident Jason Gardiner by 648 votes, or 51.69-48.03 percent.

Asher locked up a fourth term by defeating Jim Hart, who was on the ballot, but did not campaign. Asher is leading Hart 65.16-34.45 percent or by 5,262 votes.

A total of 17,068 votes have been counted by King County officials.