Two Seattle council incumbents look poised to win re-election

Two out of three Seattle City Council incumbents who were initially trailing in last week's election now appear to be winning their races.

What's happening: City Councilmember Dan Strauss was comfortably ahead of restaurateur Pete Hanning in the latest batch of results from the Nov. 7 vote-by-mail election, leading with more than 52% of the vote on Monday.

• The Seattle Times called the District 6 race for Strauss on Friday.

Meanwhile, District 2 Councilmember Tammy Morales — who trailed challenger Tanya Woo by about nine percentage points on election night — was ahead 50.64% to Woo's 49.09% in Monday's count.

• Morales and Strauss were both the more left-leaning candidates in their races.

Yes, but: Centrist candidates favored by business and real estate interests appear to have prevailed in most of the other council contests on last week's ballot.

• On Friday, Councilmember Andrew Lewis conceded to retired naval officer Bob Kettle in District 7.

Meanwhile, Rob Saka defeated Maren Costa in District 1 and Joy Hollingsworth bested Alex Hudson in District 3, in two other races The Seattle Times called Friday.

• In District 5, Cathy Moore won handily against ChrisTiana ObeySumner in a result that was clear on election night.

What we're watching: The District 4 race between Ron Davis and Maritza Rivera remained close on Monday, but Rivera still led by slightly more than one percentage point (303 votes).

• King County Elections estimates there are only a few hundred ballots left to count in each Seattle council district, giving candidates little runway to catch up at this point.