Live election results: These are the key races in Washington state

SEATTLE - FOX 13 is tracking key races across Washington state in the 2023 General Election, including seven Seattle City Council seats, a Seattle housing levy, a Tacoma measure on tenant rights, Snohomish County sheriff and executive, and Spokane mayor.

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King County

Seattle City Council

There will be a shakeup on the Seattle City Council which has seven of nine seats up for grabs. There will be four new members with open races in districts 1, 3, 4 and 5.

There are also three incumbents trying to hold onto their spots in districts 2, 6 and 7.

After the initial results on election night, moderates took an early lead. All three incumbents were trailing, including Dist. 2's Tammy Morales, Dist. 6's Dan Strauss and Dist. 7's Andrew Lewis.

Rob Saka led Maren Costa 59% to 41% in Dist. 1.
Tanya Woo led Tammy Morales 54% to 45% in Dist. 2.
Joy Hollingsworth led Alex Hudson 58% to 41% in Dist. 3.
Maritza Rivera led Ron Davis 55% to 44% in Dist. 4.
Cathy Moore led ChrisTiana ObeySumner 70 to 29% in Dist. 5.
Pete Hanning led Dan Strauss 51% to 49% in Dist. 6.
Bob Kettle led Andrew Lewis 44% to 56% in Dist. 7.

Seattle Housing Levy

Also on the ballot in Seattle is renewing the city's housing levy. This time the levy is massive, asking voters to raise $970 million over the next seven years.

The levy will address Seattle's need for more affordable housing. The renewal would raise the levy's tax rate on assessed property value from 14 cents per $1,000 to 45 cents per $1,000.

The owner of a median-priced home would jump from paying about $108 to $360 a year.

As of Tuesday night, prop 1 was passing by a wide margin, 66 to 34%.

Pierce County

City of Tacoma Measure 1

In Tacoma, there is a controversial measure on the ballot fighting for more tenant rights.

Supporters of Measure 1 including groups like Democratic Socialist of America say Tacoma residents are experiencing the most evictions and rent continues to increase.

If Measure 1 passes, landlords would be banned from evicting anyone during the cold weather months as well as during the school year if a household has students. So even if they don't pay rent, landlords could not evict in many of those cases.

Also, if the rent goes up by more than 5%, they have to pay two months worth of rent to help relocate a tenant who cannot afford the increase.

Landlord groups say the restrictions are severe, even more stringent than Seattle's law right now. They say the rules will hurt small landlords and allow for abuses if someone wants to squat.

As of Tuesday night, Measure No. 1 was 51% no to 49% yes.