Bothell and Kenmore voters had three local elections to decide in the Aug. 18 primary. King County results became final Sept. 2 with the numbers as follows.

In Bothell, as indicated by early results, incumbent Councilman Del Spivey will face challenger Gerry Gawne in November.

According to King County’s final numbers, Spivey led the way in a three-man race, earning 1,492 ballots, or 55.8 percent of all votes cast. Gawne came in second with 1,021 votes, or 38.2 percent.

Candidate Jeffrey Bogdan finished a very distant third with 146 ballots, 5.4 percent.

Overall, in the King County portion of Bothell, from among 9,822 registered voters, 2,820 or 28.7 percent, cast ballots, according to the county.

Snohomish County primary numbers also are being tabbed as final and official. For the portions of Bothell in Snohomish, Spivey again finished first, taking in 1,093 votes, 49.4 percent. Gawne took 904 ballots, 40.8 percent.

Bogdan again brought up the rear with 168 votes, 7.5 percent.

Snohomish officials did not make public the percentage of registered voters who cast ballots in specific races. However, according to the county election Web site, some 24.5 percent of Snohomish voters took part in the primary.

For the Position 2 seat on the Kenmore City Council, again as early results indicated, incumbent Laurie Sperry will take on challenger Diane Brennan.

Like the Bothell incumbent, Sperry led the way in a three-person race, finishing with 1,874 votes, or 52 percent, compared to Brennan’s second-place tally of 988 votes, or 27.4 percent.

Candidate Bob Black ended up third and out of the running for the November general election with 721 votes, 20 percent of the ballots.

Voters in Kenmore mailed back ballots at a slighter higher rate than their Bothell counterparts.

Out of 12,848 registered voters, 3,775, or 29 percent, took part in the primary, again according to the county.

Finally, for the District 1 seat on the Northshore School District Board of Directors, the incumbent once again finished first, but Sue Buske’s general-election challenger was right on her heals.

In King County, Buske finished with 4,019 votes, or 33.7 percent, compared to candidate Julia Lacey’s 3,904 ballots or 32.8 percent.

Third-place candidate Arthur Hu ended with 2,341 votes, 19.6 percent, while Jeff Wirrick brought up the rear with 1,592 votes, 13.3 percent.

Of eligible school district voters in King County, 27.5 percent cast primary ballots.

In Snohomish County, Buske and Lacey again finished first and second, though a somewhat wider gap separated the two. Buske earned 1,925 votes, 33.7 percent as opposed to Lacey’s 1,563, 27.4 percent.

Hu once more finished third: 1,179 votes, 20.6 percent. Wirrick also finished last in Snohomish: 895 votes, 15.7 percent.