Published 10:20 pm Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Ed Fitch is on track to serve his fourth and final term as mayor after initial returns suggest he defeated longtime Redmond City Councilor Jay Patrick on Election Day.

Initial results updated Wednesday show Fitch leading Patrick by 53% to 44%. Charles Webster Baer received 2% of the vote.

“I think we’re going to have a great council, and we’re going to get a lot done over the next four years that will be good for Redmond,” Fitch said Tuesday night.

Former councilor Tobias Colvin and incumbent Kathryn Osborne looked to be safely elected to city council. The third city council seat was too close to call as of Wednesday, with Paul Povey just a few hundred votes ahead of Barbara Tate according to the unofficial results.

Redmond mayor is an at-large, nonpartisan position. Fitch will serve his first four-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Redmond voters in 2024 increased the length of the mayor’s term from two years to four.…