McDermott, Bemis to meet in November general election after leading in final certified primary results

By Evan Smith

Incumbent Democratic 7th District Congressman Jim McDermott will face Republican Ron Bemis in the Nov. 8 general election, after McDermott led the polling in final results that State officials certified Friday, with McDermott getting nearly 71 percent of votes cast in the King and Snohomish County parts of the District to 15 percent for Bemis.

Eliminated in the primary were Democrat Andrew Hughes with less than 6 percent, Republican Scott Sutherland with 3 percent, Democrat Charles Allen with more than 3 percent, Democrat Don Rivers with less than 2 percent and independent Goodspaceguy with less than 1 percent.

Here are vote totals for the King County part of the district – Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, most of Seattle and Seattle’s southwest suburbs – and the Snohomish County part of the district – Edmonds, Woodway and nearby unincorporated areas:

Congressional District No. 7

Name                                    King County                     Sno. Co.          Total

*Jim McDermott - D    117,493 – 72.06%         7,199 -  55.02%     124,692

*Ron Bemis – R             23,151 -- 14.20%        3,640 – 27.82%        26,791

Andrew Hughes – D         9,677 ---- 5.94%          663 --- 5.07%        10,340

Scott Sutherland - R         4,751 –-- 2.91%          822 --- 6.28%          5,573

Charles Allen – D             4.052 –-- 2.49%           315 --- 2.41%         4,367

Don Rivers – D                 2,368 –- 1.45%           320 --- 2.45%          2,388

Goodspaceguy – I             1,286 -- 0.79%            101 --- 0.77%          1,387

Write in                               271 --- 0.17%             25 --- 0.19%             296

*Advance to general election