Seattle School Board Elections Updates

Updating the august 5, 2025 election results via King County Elections. 


D2 - 43% of eligible voters voted

Kathleen Smith has widened her lead over incumbent Sarah Clark, 47.89% to 41.91%. Third place finisher Eric Feeny lost ground going from 11% to just under 10%. 

Question is: who will get his votes? 

Also to note in this race, the reason there are four seats open is because of the resignations of two directors, Lisa Rivera and Vivian Song, in 2024. However, one of those directors was at the beginning of her term and the other one was in the middle of her term. 

What that means in this particular race is that whoever wins will only have a two-year term. Why?

Because when resignations occur, the rule is that it doesn't matter where you are in the terms, in the very next general election, the seats that had resignations have to be on the ballot. 


D4 - 35% of eligible voters voted

Joe Mizrahi also widened his lead in this race against Laura Marie Rivera who gained a bit, 70.03% to her 17.15%.


D5 - 41% of eligible voters voted

Vivian Song also gained more votes and is now at 74.01% to Janis White's 15.25%. 


D7

We won't know how the race in D7 will play out until the general election.  However, in examining both candidates' webpages, Carol Rava has a number of current/former electeds endorsing her with just a single group endorsement (Moms Demand Action) while Jennifer LaVallee has seven group endorsements (including Moms Demand Action) as well as personal endorsements. Those group endorsements may serve LaVallee more.

Of course, The Stranger still has its endorsement to do in this race; I'll be interested to see who they pick. 

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