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ODESSA — Incumbents held comfortable leads over their opponents in local races for Mayor and Councilmember No. 5 after the first ballot count in the primary election Tuesday, Aug. 1. Incumbent mayor Bill Crossley had 162 votes. Second-place Jeremy Smith had 37 votes, while Ed Hayden was third with 22 votes. Meanwhile, incumbent councilwoman Marlene Kramer garnered 114 votes. Laura Caler had 73 votes, while Michael Igo had 33 votes. Races are much tighter in Harrington and Sprague. In Harrington, Gavin Wagner holds a slim l...
RITZVILLE — Jessica Quinn and Jen Verhey lead the races for two City Council seats at the end of the first day of counting in the Tuesday, Aug. 1 primary election. Quinn has 41 votes, or 64.06%, in her bid to win the Ward No. 1 seat. That's more than double her nearest opponent, Dede Boyer with 15 votes, or 23.44%. in third place, David Dahill has 5 votes, or 7.81%. Three ballots contained write-in candidates and 10 were under-votes, Adams County Auditor's Office election officials reported. There are only 210 registered v...
CONNELL — Candidate Preston Hart has a commanding lead in the Aug. 1 primary election race for City Council Position No. 5. but it's a dead heat to see who will be the runner-up. After the end of the first day of counting Tuesday, Hart had 108 votes, or 51.92%. His count exceeded the tally for the remaining two candidates, Patrice Hebel and Stephanie Hallman. The women were tied for second with 48 votes each, or 23.08%. Election officials said late-arriving ballots should break the tie before the election is certified Aug. 1...
RITZVILLE — Adams County voters appear to be favoring tax levies on the ballot following the initial tally in the Aug. 1 primary election. The Adams County Auditor's Office reported a special election in Hospital District No. 3 had received 639 "approved" votes, 84.30%. Only 119 voters, 15.79%, opposed the measure. In the Parks and Recreation District No. 3 Proposition No. 1 vote, 143 voters, 65.6%, supported the levy. Meanwhile, only 75 voters, 34.40%, opposed it. Parks and Recreation District No. 4's tax levy was leading b...
RITZVILLE - Two prominent residents are dominating the race to be the next mayor. At the end of counting primary election ballots Tuesday night, Aug. 1, Scott Yaeger had 202 votes, or 50.5% of the ballots cast. In a distant second, local businessman Corey W. Bartlett had 104 votes, or 26%. The two men are leading the race to advance to the Nov. 7 general election. Jack Curtis was third with 64 votes, or 16.0%; and Glen Stockwell and Keanu Niezwaag were tied for fourth with 14...
LIND - Preliminary primary election returns show Jamie Schmunk and Jim Weidemann leading Town Council races. At the end of counting Tuesday night, Aug. 1, Schmuck had 62 votes (37.8%) to lead the race for Town Council Position No. 4. Myra J. Horton was second with 47 votes (28.66%). In the race for Town Council Position No. 2, Weidemann led with 53 votes (32.32%), followed by James N. Dworshak in second with 44 votes (26.83%). Only the Top 2 advance to the Nov. 7 general...