2025 King County Council election

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2025 King County Council election
 2023November 4, 20252027 

5 of 9 seats on the King County Council
Officially nonpartisan
 
Party Democratic Republican
Current seats72
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 3
Seats up32

2025 King County Council election incumbent map.svg
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent
     Republican incumbent

The 2025 King County Council election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect five members to the King County Council. Primary elections will be held on August 5, 2025.

Contents

District 1

As only one candidate filed to run, no primary election was held.

Candidates

Declared

  • Rod Dembowski, incumbent councilor [1]

Endorsements

General election

Results

General election results
CandidateVotes%
Rod Dembowski (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes100.00

District 3

As only two candidates filed to run, no primary election was held.

Candidates

Declared

  • Sarah Perry, incumbent councilor [9]
  • Rob Wotton, businessman [10]

Endorsements

Sarah Perry
Labor unions
Democratic party organizations
Organizations

General election

Results

General election results
CandidateVotes%
Sarah Perry (incumbent)
Rob Wotton
Write-in
Total votes100.00

District 5

Primary election

Candidates

Declared
  • Ahmad Corner, entrepreneur [13]
  • Steffanie Fain, managing attorney [14]
  • Angela Henderson, bricklayer [13]
  • Peter Kwon, SeaTac city councilor [15]
  • Ryan McIrvin, Renton city councilor [16]
  • Kim-Khánh Văn, Renton city councilor [17]

Endorsements

Steffanie Fain
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
Democratic party organizations
Newspapers
Peter Kwon
State legislators
Democratic party organizations
Ryan McIrvin
Statewide officials
State legislators
Democratic party organizations
Labor unions
Organizations
Kim-Khánh Văn
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Democratic party organizations
Organizations
Newspapers

Results

Nonpartisan primary [25]
CandidateVotes%
Peter Kwon8,14628.34
Steffanie Fain7,05324.53
Kim-Khanh Van6,39722.25
Ryan McIrvin3,35111.66
Angela Henderson2,0297.06
Ahmad Corner1,6325.68
Write-in 1400.49
Total votes28,748 100.00

General election

Results

General election results
CandidateVotes%
Steffanie Fain
Peter Kwon
Write-in
Total votes100.00

District 7

Primary election

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Pete von Reichbauer
Maya Vengadasalam
Newspapers

Results

Nonpartisan primary [25]
CandidateVotes%
Pete von Reichbauer (incumbent)17,03956.65
Maya Vengadasalam7,90526.28
Pahaliyah Brown5,03416.74
Write-in 1000.33
Total votes30,078 100.00

General election

Results

General election results
CandidateVotes%
Pete von Reichbauer (incumbent)
Maya Vengadasalam
Write-in
Total votes100.00

District 9

As only two candidates filed to run, no primary election was held.

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Jude Anthony
Democratic party organizations
Organizations
Reagan Dunn

General election

Results

General election results
CandidateVotes%
Jude Anthony
Reagan Dunn (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes100.00

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