Primary Election Results – This Story Has Been Updated.
Posted August 6, 2020 at 12:36 am by Peggy Sue McRae
Election results thanks to Louise Dustrude…
The five-person county council primary race on San Juan produced two clear leaders for the November general election: Christine Minney with 1978 votes and Ryan Palmateer with 1458. Others in that race were Sharon Kivisto, 812, Steve Wehrly, 295, and Daniel Miller, 289. The incumbent, Bill Watson, chose not to run for re-election.
On Orcas, Cindy Wolf with 2182 votes will face incumbent Rick Hughes, with 2079. Another candidate, Michael Durland, had 622 votes.
All of these totals are expected to go up as more votes are counted, but the winners are so far ahead no change in rankings can be expected.
School levies on Orcas and Lopez passed easily. The Orcas vote, for Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy, passed by about 70% to 30%. The Lopez Technology Capital Projects Levy passed by about 67% to 33%.
In the 2nd Congressional District race, Democratic incumbent Rick Larsen led the field with over 50% of the votes. Facing him in November will be Republican Timothy Hazelo, who received 14.3%.
In the 40thLegislative District, all three Democratic incumbents can be expected to prevail in November. Both Sen. Liz Lovelett and Rep. Alex Raml had comfortable leads over their Republican opponents, and Rep. Debra Lekanoff ran unopposed.
In statewide races, Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, received 52% of the vote, to 17% for a Republican opponent, Loren Culp, chief of police of Republic, and 7% for frequent initiative promoter Tim Eyman.
Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson received 56% of the vote to 24% for Republican Matt Larkin.
Secretary of State Kim Wyman, the only Republican to win repeatedly statewide, has 57% of the vote to 44% for Democrat Gael Tarleton.
Two Democrats will face one another in November for Lt. Governor: Denny Heck who got 27% of the votes and Marko Liias who got 17%. The incumbent Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib chose not to run in order to join the Society of Jesus.
In another statewide race of interest to many in San Juan County, incumbent Public Lands Commissioner, Democrat Hilary Franz, got nearly 52% of the vote, while her Republican opponent, Kuehl Pedersen, got almost 22%.
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