EVERETT — A new leader emerged Thursday in a three-person contest for a Lynnwood City Council seat.
Naz Lashgari grabbed a comfortable lead in the race for Position 2 after the latest tally of ballots. Meanwhile, Don Gough and Councilman Patrick Decker continue to battle for runner-up and a spot in the general election.
Lashgari, former chair of the city’s commission on diversity and equity, had 2,065 votes, or 35.1%. Gough, a former mayor, had 1,905 votes, and Decker, who was appointed to the council seat earlier this year, had 1,903 votes. If the results remain this close, a recount might be needed to confirm the second-place finisher.
Lashgari, who was in third on election night, has surged forward on the strength of late-arriving ballots. Decker had led through two rounds of counting.
In Edmonds, incumbent City Councilwoman Kristiana Johnson now finds herself losing the primary to challenger Alicia Crank.
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Crank, who trailed by 193 votes on election night, now leads by 271. She has collected 45.6% of ballots cast to Johnson’s 43.5%. Both women are assured of advancing to a November showdown.
With Thursday’s tally, voter turnout countywide was 26.5%. Snohomish County Auditor Garth Fell reported just 350 ballots are left to count. The next update of results will be posted at 5 p.m. Thursday.
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