2021 King County Executive election

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2021 King County Executive election
  2017 November 2, 2021 2025  
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Candidate Dow Constantine Joe Nguyen
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote312,663253,609
Percentage54.57%44.27%

County Executive before election

Dow Constantine
Nonpartisan

Elected County Executive

Dow Constantine
Nonpartisan

The 2021 King County Executive election took place on November 2, 2021, following a primary election on August 3, 2021. Incumbent County Executive Dow Constantine ran for re-election to a fourth term. He was challenged by four opponents, the most well-known of whom was State Senator Joe Nguyen. In the nonpartisan primary, Constantine placed first with 52 percent of the vote and advanced to the general election against Nguyen, who won 33 percent. In the closest race that Constantine faced, he defeated Nguyen to win his final term as County Executive, 55–44 percent. Ultimately, Constantine would not serve out his full fourth term, and resigned in 2025 to become the CEO of Sound Transit. [1]

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Primary election

Candidates

Results

2021 King County Executive primary election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Dow Constantine (inc.) 241,478 51.86%
Nonpartisan Joe Nguyen 151,757 32.59%
Nonpartisan Bill Hirt50,55310.86%
Nonpartisan Goodspaceguy12,8772.77%
Nonpartisan Johnathon Crines6,8841.48%
Write-in 2,0750.45%
Total votes465,624 100.00%

General election

Results

2021 King County Executive election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Dow Constantine (inc.) 312,663 54.57%
Nonpartisan Joe Nguyen253,60944.27%
Write-in 6,6391.16%
Total votes572,911 100.00%

References

  1. Gutman, David (March 26, 2025). "Dow Constantine gives final address on state of King County". The Seattle Times . Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  2. Gutman, David (April 27, 2021). "State Sen. Joe Nguyen launches bid for King County executive". The Seattle Times . Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  3. "Incumbent Dow Constantine leads primary race for King County executive". KING-TV . August 3, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Gutman, David (August 3, 2021). "Dow Constantine leads in King County executive primary, Joe Nguyen trails". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  5. "August 3, 2021 Primary". King County Elections. August 17, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  6. "November 02, 2021 - Official Final Election Results" (PDF). King County Elections. November 22, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2025.