||| BY MINOR LILE, ORCASONIAN REPORTER |||

With approximately 83% of the vote counted, Cindy Wolf has received 5,861 votes (52.94%) and holds a 682 vote lead over incumbent Rick Hughes (5,179 votes, 46.78%) in the race for the District 2 County Council seat.

  • Cindy Wolf 5,861 votes (52.94%)
  • Rick Hughes 5,179 votes (46.78%)

In the race for the District 1 seat, Christine Minney with 5,559 votes (51.22%) holds a 291 vote lead over Ryan Palmateer (5,268, 48.54%).

  • Christine Minney 5,559 votes (51.22%)
  • Ryan Palmateer 5,268 votes (48.54%)

Also on the ballot is the election of six District 2 members to the Charter Review Commission. The current vote count is as follows:

  1. Olivia Roseberry 2,445 votes
  2. Janet Brownell 2,419
  3. Kevin Ranker 2,179
  4. Anne Marie Shanks 1,967
  5. Sharon Abreu 1,870
  6. Tony P Ghazel 1,736
  7. Minor Lile 1,694
  8. Greg Ayers 1,505
  9. D.N. Kinsey 1,265

Tim Blanchard and Margaret Manning were also on the ballot, but had withdrawn prior to the election.

A total of 12,122 ballots have been tabulated with an estimated 2,000 remaining to be counted. The next ballot count is expected at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4.
Results for all of the November 3 general election races in San Juan County are available HERE.


 

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