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Dow Constantine leads in race for King County Executive

Aug 3, 2021, 8:15 PM | Updated: Aug 11, 2021, 4:00 pm

King County Executive Constantine, Joe Nguyen...

Dow Constantine and Joe Nguyen.

Dow Constantine is leading in the race for King County Executive in the primary election with 51.89% of the vote, followed most closely by Joe Nguyen with 32.57%.

Trailing behind Constantine and Nguyen is Bill Hirt with 10.86% of the vote, followed by Goodspaceguy (2.76%), and Johnathon Crines (1.48%).

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For the first time since he took office in 2009, incumbent King County Executive Dow Constantine is facing a prominent reelection challenge from a fellow Democrat, state Sen. Joe Nguyen.

Constantine’s past election challengers have primarily been Republicans, including his most recent opponent in 2017, Bill Hirt, who lost then by a wide 77% to 22% margin, and is running again in 2021.

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