Once losing, Moscoso now beating Munson in state rep race

Luis Moscoso now leading Heidi Munson for state representative position

November 5, 2010 1:45 pm

As numbers continue to be counted, early results in local state elections all are holding up with one noticeable exception.

In District 1, Position 2, Bothell Republican Heidi Munson previously was holding on to a slim lead over Mountlake Terrace Democrat Luis Moscoso.

In total votes from both King and Snohomish counties, Moscoso is starting to build a lead of his own. As of late Nov. 5, Moscoso had earned 20,521 votes, or 50.3 percent of ballots cast, compared to Munson’s 20,230 ballots, or 49.6 percent.

Moscoso had been trailing in King County, but pulling ahead in Snohomish. Updated results put him in the lead in both local counties.

In King, Moscoso has 3,229 votes, 51 percent, to Munson’s 3,089 ballots, or 48.8 percent.

In Snohomish, Moscoso has 17,292 votes, 50.8 percent. Munson trails with 17,141 votes, 48.6 percent.

King County will next update its voter tallies on Nov. 8. The Snohomish County Website states new numbers will be available Nov. 6. According to a King County spokesperson, an automatic recount will result in any race if the final difference between candidates amounts to less than 2,000 votes and that difference also is equal to or less than one half of 1 percent of the total ballots cast for both candidates.

In other races, the latest available combined numbers from both local counties looked as follows early Nov. 5:

• District 1, Position 1: Bothell Democrat Derek Stanford 18,549, votes, 52.2 percent; Bothell Republican Dennis Richter, 17,002, 47.7 percent.

• District 32, State Senate: State Rep. Maralyn Chase, D-Shoreline, 20,942 or 59.1 percent; Kenmore Mayor David Baker, 14,478 or 40.8 percent.

• District 32, Position 1: Shoreline Democrat Cindy Ryu, 20,985 or 59.5 percent; Shoreline Republican Art Coday 14,242 40.4 percent.

• District 32, Position 2: Incumbent State Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-Lake Forest Park, 22,226, 63.1 percent; Republican challenger, Gary Gagliardi, 12,999, 36.9 percent.

At the federal level:

• U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, 943,607, or 51.26 percent; Dino Rossi, 897,237, or 48.7 percent.

• Incumbent Rep. Jay Inslee, D-1, 111,217, 56.6 percent; challenger James Watkins, 85,125, 43.3 percent.