Races throughout Southwest Washington remained shut following the discharge of an up to date poll depend by election officers on Friday night.
Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, is 2,079 votes forward of Democrat challenger Marla Keethler within the race for the seventeenth District Senate seat within the Washington Legislature. The seat has been held by Vancouver Republican Lynda Wilson, who’s retiring. Harris stands at 51.23 % or 41,120 votes to Keethler’s 48.64 % or 39,041 votes districtwide, in accordance with the Washington Secretary of State’s Friday depend.
Republican David Stuebe nonetheless leads within the seventeenth District, Place 2, Home race. Stuebe had 50.53 % or 40,187 votes, with Democrat Terri Niles at 49.31 % or 39,214 votes.
The 18th District Senate race is even tighter than the seventeenth District. Democrat Adrian Cortes has maintained a slight lead over Republican Brad Benton since election night time. Cortes has 50.23 % or 38,988 votes to Benton’s 49.58 % or 38,483 votes — a 505 vote distinction.
Within the 18th District, Place 2, race John Ley is sustaining a lead over Democrat John Zingale. Ley, a Republican, has 50.69 % or 39,191 votes to Zingale’s 49.14 % or 37,996 votes.
Within the Clark County Council District 4 race, Joe Zimmerman has a slight lead over Matt Little. Zimmerman has 49.65 % or 22,304 votes, with Little trailing at 49.63 % or 22,295 votes.
Vancouver’s Prop 4, which might fund extra law enforcement officials and help employees, is failing with 39,909 or 52.07 % of Vancouver voters rejecting the measure.
The Clark County Elections Workplace reported it had about 20,000 ballots left to depend as of Friday night time. The workplace expects to launch the following set of election outcomes at 3 p.m. Saturday.