BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Results for the primary election were updated last night.
Democrat incumbent Liz Lovelett still leads in the race for 40th district State Senator with 47% of the vote and will likely face off with Republican Daniel Miller in November.
Lovelett replaced former State Senator Kevin Ranker earlier this year after he stepped down amid sexual harassment claims.
In Whatcom County, Tony Larson and Satpal Sidhu are the frontrunners for County Executive.
Larson’s lead has shrunk a bit to 4% over Sidhu.
Kathy Kershner is still firmly in the lead for the County Council 4th position, sitting at 69% of the vote
Kershner, the current chair for the Whatcom Republicans, will likely face Brian Estes.
Meanwhile, Ben Elenbaas is topping Natalie McClendon for the 5th County Council position.
McClendon, the former chair for the Whatcom Democrats, has 28% compared to his 53%.
Carol Frazey, who is serving a partial term in the At-Large Council spot has 56% over David Ramirez’s 29%.
Seth Fleetwood and April Barker pull further ahead in the race for Bellingham Mayor with 29% and 26% respectively.
Pinky Vargas and Garrett O’Brien have about 22% of the vote each.
In Ferndale, incumbent Mayor Jon Mutchler will move ahead to November but it’s still not certain who his opponent will be with less than 200 votes separating Greg Hansen and Keith Olson.
So far, the voter turnout is at just 37%.
There will be another update when the Auditor’s Office releases the results from the third round of ballot counts at 5 PM Thursday.