Muzzall wins re-election to his LD 10 senate seat

State Sen. Ron Muzzall’s (R-Oak Harbor) has won re-election to his state Legislative District 10 senate seat. His margin after Monday’s ballot count is 2.1%, 51% to 48.9%, and 1,871 votes against Island County Commissioner Janet St. Clair. He has led by increasingly large margins since the third day of tally reports after the Nov. 5 elections.

The election offices in the three-county district estimate 1,800 ballots remained to be counted. Tuesday, Skagit County staff were counting from an estimated 1,600 and Snohomish County staff were counting a reported 100 or so ballots there. Island County election staff will count their last 100 ballots Nov. 26, when all counties will certify their results.

Incumbent LD 10 State Reps. Clyde Shavers (D-Oak Harbor, Pos. 1) and Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor, Pos. 2) increased their vote leads, as they have since election night. Shavers has 53.2% and leads by 5,775 votes against Republican Carrie Kennedy. Paul gained 53.6% and is 6,551 votes up on Republican Gary Wray.

Incumbent Skagit County Commissioners Ron Wesen and Peter Browning have also increased their margins of victory with every ballot count since election day. Wesen leads Hope Island resident Rylee Fleury with 62.8% and by 15,719 votes. First elected in 2008, Wesen next term will be his fifth.

Browning has a 13,133-vote lead, 60.6%, against Mount Vernon City Councilmember Richard Brocksmith. This will be Browning's second term.

Skagit County election staff estimate over 70,600, 79.5% of the county’s 88,818 registered voters, have cast ballots.

The Secretary of State’s office will certify all elections by Dec. 5.

The Weekly News will report new totals online later this week.