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ELECTION RESULTS UPDATE Lundsten and Browning leading Skagit County Commissioner elections

County and regional election results

Mark Lundsten and Peter Browning are ahead in their races to be Skagit County Commissioners; they led throughout the August primary. Lundsten, a retired commercial fisherman and Democrat, leads incumbent District 1 Commissioner Republican Ron Wesen by 1,774 ballots, 52.3% of the vote. Browning, director of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce, leads Mount Vernon Councilmember Mary Hudson by 2,592 ballots, 53.4%. Some 35,000 county ballots were uncounted after two days of general election vote tallies Wednesday evening.

In August, Lundsten's lead narrowed with every count update; he won that race by 419 votes, almost all of them from the La Conner school district precincts. The summer election was among District 1 voters, the western third of the county. The contests for commissioner are now countywide.

Browning, who prefers the title "nonpartisan," won 41.4% of the District 2 vote, central Skagit County, against Hudson, a Democrat, and incumbent Democratic Commissioner Ken Dahlstedt.

Attorney Tom Seguine is not repeating his August victory, when he won 45.4% of the vote again his opponent, Elizabeth Yost Neidzwski, and Heather Shand Perkins. Neidzwski leads with by 2,326 votes, with 53.2%.

Congressional and statewide races totals roughly mirror the district and state returns, with Secretary of State Kim Wyman winning 53% of the Skagit County vote, better than her statewide 52.4%.

Gov. Jay Inslee has been elected to a third term, garnering 58.5% of the statewide vote to date. In Skagit County he is getting 56.8%. Attorney General Bob Ferguson has 54.5% of the Skagit County vote versus 58% statewide.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal is at 56.3%, slightly higher than 56% statewide; and State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Granz is winning 56.5% of County votes, below her 58.3% statewide percentage.

U.S. Rep Rick Larsen is winning 61% of Skagit County votes while he is gaining 64.6% in his Second Congressional District of Island and San Juan counties and the western portions of Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 7,723 vote lead over President Donald Trump in the County, 58.8% of the total to Trump’s 39.1%. Statewide, Biden’s lead at noon Thursday was 802,359, 59.8%, while Trump had 37.3%. Four other candidates and write in candidates were collecting a little over 2.6% of the vote.

The Skagit County Office of Elections plans to report its next vote count by 6 p.m. Friday. The website link: https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20201103/skagit/. State results are at: https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20201103/.

The Weekly News will post a weekend update.

 

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