It’s been a few weeks of voters dropping off ballots, and tonight King County Elections (KCE) posted the early results in the general election at 8:15 p.m.

Local races involve candidates in Congressional District 9 and Legislative District 41, both of which cover Mercer Island.

Current Congressional District 9 U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D) has 68.66% of the votes (127,694) and leads Melissa Chaudhry (D) with 28.78% (53,521).

In Legislative District 41, current State Sen. Lisa Wellman (D) has 70.03% of the votes (36,888) and leads Jaskaran Singh Sarao (R) with 29.80% (15,700).

Also in the 41st, State Rep. Pos. 1 Tana Senn (D) has 68.45% of the votes (36,162) and leads Emily Tadlock (R) with 31.38% (16,577).

Finally in the 41st, current State Rep. Pos. 2 My-Linh Thai (D) has 66.25% of the votes (35,017) and leads Al Rosenthal (R) with 33.65% (17,786).

Locally, voters visited the 24-hour box situated at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center (8236 SE 24th St.) and slid their ballots inside. Today was the final day to do so.

KCE Communications Manager Halei Watkins gave the Reporter a rundown of the election situation on Nov. 4: “All drop box locations in King County will have elections staff and plain-clothed security tomorrow for election day, beginning around noon. So far, we’ve had a very smooth election, with returns being really steady since we mailed out ballots on Oct. 16. No issues to report — just lots of voters using drop boxes and coming to see us at our Vote Centers.”

KCE will post an updated tally of early results by 4 p.m. on Nov. 6.

Final results will be certified on Nov. 26.