Barbara Drennen and Dr. Tamara Sleeter have been elected to the Public Hospital District No. 1 Board of Commissioners.

Sleeter’s victory in the Nov. 5 general election was apparent after the initial results released election night gave her a commanding lead over incumbent commissioner Sue Bowman.

Drennen’s race with hospital volunteer Albert Haylor of Kent was much closer, although Drennen maintained a roughly 2-percentage-point lead since election night.

As of Monday, Drennen had 50.90 percent or 23,017 votes to Haylor’s 48.77 percent or 22,052 votes. Sleeter had 60.37 percent or 27,152 to Bowman’s 39.23 percent or 17,645 votes.

The election results were certified Tuesday after the final tally was posted.

Drennen of Kent will replace commissioner Anthony Hemstad on the commission. Hemstad, who served one six-year term on the commission, resigned in September and has moved outside the hospital district.

Drennen will be sworn in at a commission meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, in the Valley Medical Center board room.

Drennen is the executive director of the Pediatric Interim Care Center (PICC) in Kent, where drug-affected babies are treated.

Sleeter of Renton is an obstetrician who has delivered thousands of babies at Valley Medical Center.

Like Hemstad, Bowman had served one term on the commission.

Drennen and Sleeter will join Joos, Carolyn Parnell and Dr. Aaron Heide on the commission. They’ll also serve on the Board of Trustees that oversees the strategic alliance between Public Hospital District No. 1 and UW Medicine

Earlier this year Heide resigned as an alliance trustee.