Initial primary election results show Braun, Martinez-Dunning, Strickland leading top local races

Washington was one of five states throughout the United States, including Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Virginia, to hold a primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 4, and initial results show Congressional incumbents Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Marilyn Strickland and Thurston County commissioner challenger Nicolas Martinez-Dunning leading the top local races.

The top two candidates in each primary race will move on to the general election after the primary is certified.
Additional vote tallies will be announced in the coming days as eligible mail-in ballots arrive and last-minute votes are collected from drop boxes.

Here in Thurston County, there are 215,385 total registered voters countywide and, according to thurstoncountywa.gov, a total of 86,342 ballots have been turned in for a voter turnout of 40%.

The races highlighted below feature three or more candidates.

To view complete Washington state early primary election results, visit results.wa.gov.

Congressional District No. 3, U.S. Representative
Incumbent Marie Glusenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, trails challenger Sen. John Braun in the race for Congressional District No. 3, U.S. Representative as initial primary election results began to pour in. She reeled in a total of 77,503 votes, or 36.45%, while Braun, R-Centralia, earned 84,225 total votes, or 39.61%.

Brent Hennrich is in third place in the race in the Third Congressional District, earning 35,555 total votes or 16.72%.

Thurston County Commissioner, District No. 5
Challenger Nicolas Martinez-Dunning led as initial election results in the race for District 5 Thurston County Commissioner began to pour in.

He reeled in 5,444 total votes, or 38.86%, while incumbent Emily Clouse tallied 4,896 votes, or 34.74%.

Michelle Gipson, in third place in the race, earned a total of 3,513 votes, or 24.93%.

Congressional District No. 10, U.S. Representative

Incumbent Marilyn Strickland led as initial results for U.S. Representative of the 10th Congressional District were released. She tallied a total of 72,062 total votes or 47.38%, while Chris D. Chung received 48,055 total votes or 31.6%.

Alex Scheel earned 15,290 total votes or 10.05% to finish in third place.

Legislative Dist. 2, Representative Pos. 2
Incumbent Matt Marshall led in the race of Legislative Dist. 2, Representative Pos. 2, as initial results began to show. He received 17,651 total votes or 57.02%, while Angela Taylor earned 10,349 total votes or 33.43%.

Martin L. Miller received 2,921 total votes or 9.44% to finish in third place.

Legislative Dist. 19, Representative Pos. 2
In the race for Rep. 2 in Washington state’s 19th Legislative District, challenger Terry Carlson led over incumbent Joel McEntire as initial results poured in. Carlson received 17,316 total votes, or 43.17%, while McEntire received 16,806 votes, or 41.9%.

Jimi O’Hagan was third in the race by earning 3,124 total votes or 7.79%.

Legislative Dist. 35, Representative Pos. 1
Incumbent Dan Griffey led the primary race in Washington’s 35th Legislative District for the Representative Pos. 1 seat. He earned 23,135 total votes or 52.77%, while challenger Jim Pierson earned 12,538 total votes or 28.6%.

Shaena Garberich, who finished third in the race, earned 8,144total votes or 18.57%.

Public Utility District Commissioner, District No. 1
Incumbent Jim Campbell led as early results for Public Utility District Commissioner of District No. 1 began to show in the primary election. He received 14,778 total votes or 56.07%, while challenger Troy Kirby earned 7,341 total votes or 27.85%.

Bruce D. WIlkinson Jr. earned 4,064 total votes or 15.42% to finish in third place.