Each of the two incumbent 1st Legislative District Democratic state representatives is headed for a fourth two-year term.
Both Rep. Luis Moscoso and Rep. Derek Stanford are ahead of Republican opponents in results from the Nov. 4 election.
Both incumbents won election to open seats in 2010 and re-election in 2012.
Results of this year’s general election posted through Friday show Moscoso with a small but clear lead over Republican Ed Barton and Stanford with a convincing lead over Republican Mark Davies.
With less than one half of one percent of ballots uncounted Friday and even fewer arriving each day, Moscoso leads Barton 53 percent to 47 percent. Moscoso had a big financial lead, having reported raising $87,029 and spending $63,263, while Barton reported having raised $7,941 and spending $4,786. When the Seattle Times endorsed Barton before the primary, the paper’s editorial board said that Barton needed to get over a reluctance to raise money.
Stanford, who leads Davies 58 percent to 42 percent, has reported raising $78,017 and spending $62,149, and Davies has reported raising $1,485, all from state and district Republican organizations, with no spending. Stanford was alone on the primary ballot, but Davies qualified for the general election by filing as a write-in candidate before the primary and getting enough primary write-in votes to get a place on the November ballot.
In the Snohomish County part of the district – most of Mountlake Terrace, all of Brier, the Snohomish County part of Bothell and unincorporated areas north and east of Bothell – Moscoso leads Barton 52 percent to 47 percent, and Stanford leads Davies by a 57-43 percent margin.
In the King County part of the district – south Bothell, north Kirkland and unincorporated areas between Bothell and Kirkland — Moscoso leads Barton 57 percent to 43 percent, and Stanford holds a 58-42 percent lead over Davies.
Officials in both counties will continue to count ballots through certification Nov. 25.
Democratic 1st District State Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe is in the middle of a four-year term.
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