As the mail ballots continue to come in, little is changing in the primary election for King County Executive.

As of Thursday at 5 p.m., Susan Hutchison continues to hold an impressive lead, with Dow Constantine in second and daylight third.

• Susan Hutchison – 91341 votes – 34.60 percent of counted votes

• Dow Constantine – 65885 – 24.96 percent

• Fred Jarrett – 32818 – 12.43 percent

• Larry Phillips – 31635 – 11.98 percent

• Ross Hunter – 29293 – 11.10 percent

• Alan Lobdell – 6495 2.46 percent

• Stan Lippmann – 3024 – 1.15 percent

• Goodspaceguy – 3102 – 1.18 percent

So far 272,563 people in King County have cast their ballot, of a total of 1,090,964 registered voters.

The votes of 724 Issaquah residents were counted today, Thursday, bringing the total of votes registered in the city to 4052. This is 24.68 percent of the 16,421 registered voters.

Today, the votes of 1,255 Sammamish residents were counted today, bringing the total to 5,487, or 20.64 percent of the 26,578 registered voters.

To keep an eye on the ballots as they are counted, go to your.kingcounty.gov/elections/200908/results