Politics & Government

UPDATE: Goss leads in LFP Mayoral Race, Adman in Northshore Fire Commission Race

Thompson and Goss both make November general election in LFP.

King County election results posted Tuesday afternoon show Mary Jane Goss still ahead in the Lake Forest Park Mayoral race and Eric Adman comfortably ahead in the King County Fire Protection District 16 Commission Position 1 race.

While the final results won't be complete until Aug. 31, the field in the Lake Forest Park mayoral race has been whittled down to two candidates for the November general election: current deputy mayor Thompson and Goss.

In the King County Fire Protection District 16 Commissioner's race, Adman and incumbent Don Ellis will be facing off in November. 

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Goss, a real estate broker who was the treasurer for the "No on Proposition 1" committee that helped defeat the city's levy lid lift last August, was leading with 50.13 percent of the vote based on votes tallied by 4 p.m. Tuesday. She had a total of 1,369 votes.

Thompson, who owns a vocational rehabilitation business and is an officer in the Army Reserve, trailed by slightly more than 100 votes, with 46.06 percent of the vote. He had a total of 1258 votes Tuesday night.

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Stan Lippmann, a physicist and disbarred attorney who has run many times for public office in the Seattle area over the last 14 years, and now in Lake Forest Park, his current hometown, had just 3.37 percent of the vote, a total of 92 votes.

Also facing a contested primary were the candidates for King County Fire Protection District No. 16's Commissioner Position No. 1 race.

Shoreline firefighter and paramedic Eric Adman still has a commanding lead, with 54.78 percent of the vote. He has 2,654 votes so far.

Incumbent Don Ellis, who has held the position for more than 20 years, has 34.61 percent of the vote, with 1,677 votes. Stan Isenhath, a real estate broker, had 10.05 percent of the vote, with 487 votes.

The countywide $13.3 million Veterans and Human Services Levy was the only measure on the ballot for residents of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. 

So far the measure was passing, with 67.51 percent of voters approving and 32.49 percent voting to reject it.

King County plans to release updated election results Wednesday afternoon.


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