By Daria Kroupoderava
Northwest Asian Weekly
Photo from Pramila Jayapal’s facebook page
The general election results are in from Election Night Nov. 4, and there were almost an equal percentage of winners and losers in the API community.
Several API candidates win Representative and Senator positions
Mia Su-Ling Gregerson won Representative position no. 2 for Legislative District no. 33 by 55 percent of the votes.
Pramila Jayapal won the State Senator position for Legislative District no. 37 by 66 percent of the votes.
Incumbent Cindy Ryu had no opponent and kept her spot as Representative position no. 1 for Legislative District no. 32.
Cyrus Habib won the State Senator position for Legislative District no. 38 by 64 percent of the votes.
Incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos kept her spot as Representative position no. 1 for Legislative District no. 37 with 84 percent of the votes.
Kimi Kondo defeated Jon M. Zimmerman for Seattle Municipal Court Judge, Position 2.
Linda Lau had no opponent against her for judge position no. 5 on the Court of Appeals, Division no. 1, District no. 1.
Mark C. Chow defeated Phillip Travel for King County District Court Judge, Position 7.
Mary Yu had no opponent against her for judge position no. 1 on the State Supreme Court.
Sarah Sanoy-Wright lost to Steve Bergquist for the Representative position no. 1 spot for Legislative District no. 11. Sanoy-Wright received 34 percent of the votes.
Shari Song lost to Mark Miloscia for the State Senator seat in Legislative District no. 30. Song received 44 percent of the votes.
Jessica Spear lost to incumbent Frank Chopp for the Representative position no. 2 spot in Legislative District no. 43. Spear received 16 percent of the votes.
Louis Watanabe lost to Pramila Jayapal for the State Senator seat in Legislative District no. 37. Watanabe received 33 percent of the votes.
Marcus Naylor lost to Lisa O’Toole for judge position no. 3 in District court. Naylor received 35 percent of the votes.
Eddie Yoon lost to Charles W. Johnson for a seat on the State Supreme court. Yoon received 23 percent of the votes.
Kiku Hiyashi (front), Andy Chin (top left), wife Monica Shah, and Ketu Shah honored at the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation’s Diversity at the Top Dinner (Photo by George Liu/NWAW)
Controversial King County District Court race
Incumbent Ketu Shah garnered 52 percent of Tuesday’s vote count in the much-discussed Eastside race between challenger Sarah Hayne, who was backed by a defense lawyer action community. Hayne is married to a Citizens for Judicial Excellence (CJE) co-founder. Shah, who is endorsed by the Northwest Asian Weekly, stated the race was “very much closer than I expected,” to the Seattle Times. (end)
Daria Kroupoderava can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.
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