LD 10 state legislators leading in primary election

Aug. 9, 2024 -- State Senator Ron Muzzall's (R-Oak Harbor), with 48.5% of the vote, leads by 1,488 votes districtwide in the Aug. 6 primary race for his legislative district 10 (LD 10) seat against Island County Commissioner Janet St. Clair who has 45.4% of the vote, and Camano Island resident Denny Sandberg, who has 5.9% after the Friday, Aug. 9 ballot tallies in the three county district.

Muzzall has 23,687 votes; 1,845 are from Skagit County. There St. Clair leads with 2,068. She has 22,199 districtwide.

In the LD 10 Pos. 1 contest, State Rep. Clyde Shavers (D-Oak Harbor) claimed victory in an email this morning. After Friday’s vote counts he has 52.1% of the districtwide vote, leading Republican challengers, Oak Harbor resident Carrie Kennedy's 26.7% and Yvonne Gallardo-Van Ornam, an Arlington city council member, with 21.2%. Kennedy leads Gallardo-Van Ornam by 2,680 votes.

It seems unlikely that the remaining votes will change any race’s standings. Island County’s remaining 225 votes are all in LD 10. Only an unknown portion of the Skagit County 9,100 votes and Snohomish County 500 votes are in LD 10 precincts. LD 10 is the southwestern portion on Skagit County and the northwestern tip of Snohomish County.

State Rep Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) declared victory in an email Thursday. He maintained his 10% lead over Republican challenger Island County resident Gary Wray for LD 10 Pos. 2. In Skagit County, Paul has 2,636 votes and 26,749 districtwide.

Incumbent Skagit County Commissioner Ron Wesen (R-Bow) is comfortably ahead of Hope Island challenger Rylee Fleury, with 66.2% of District 1 votes. In November these candidates will run countrywide.

Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Everett), continues his lead, now with 44.3% of the vote to date for the U.S. Second Congressional District seat He will face Sedro-Woolley resident Cody Hart, a MAGA Republican Party candidate with 23.4% of the vote. Republican Party candidate Leif Johnson, from Whidbey Island, has 11.8% of the vote and Burlington resident Edwin Stickle, a Democrat with 6.3% of the vote, is a distant fourth.

Skagit County election staff have counted 21,876 ballots of approximately 37,900. An estimated 44% cast ballots of the 86,514 residents registered to vote.

Read the update in the Aug. 14 Weekly News, which will include ballot counts from Monday, Aug. 12.