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ELECTION 2026: Results for Seattle Transit Measure, three statewide initiatives, State Supreme Court

ELECTION 2026: Results for Seattle Transit Measure, three statewide initiatives, State Supreme Court

Seattle's transit measure passed with 72.59% of the vote, while State Initiative 645, which would repeal the millionaires' tax, was rejected with 58.14% of the vote against it. Three other statewide initiatives received mixed results, with State Initiative 638 on sex verification passing with 56.74% of the vote. In the State Supreme Court elections, incumbent justices Colleen Melody, Jaime Michelle Hawk, and Debra L. Stephens were re-elected with respective vote shares of 59.99%, 57.75%, and 63.77%.

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