Preliminary results for August 4 primaries

An estimated 36 percent of eligible Whatcom County voters submitted ballots in the August 4 primary election. A total of 53,750 votes were counted by election eve with approximately 14,500 left to count.

Statewide, governor Jay Inslee, D., received 649,074 votes (51.86 percent) with the next closest candidate, Republican Loren Culp, receiving 209,517 votes (16.7 percent). Including Culp, the 15 Republican candidates had a vote total of 542,790. In Whatcom County, Inslee received 27,637 votes (51.8 percent) versus the next closest candidate, Loren Culp, who received 9,788 votes (18.3 percent).

Democrat Congresswoman Suzan DelBene received 74,273 votes (56.4 percent) statewide versus Republican Jeffrey Beeler, Sr. who brought in 42,374 votes (32.2 percent). In the county, DelBene received 10,819 votes (39.7 percent) versus Beeler’s 13,864 votes (50.9 percent). In the Lieutenant Governor’s race, Democrat Denny Heck received 12,948 (24.8 percent) while his closest competitor, Republican Ann Davison Sattler, received 11,115 (21.3 percent) in the county while in the state, the two received 334,117 (27.7 percent) and 139,341 (11.5 percent), respectively.

Statewide, Secretary of State Kim Wyman, R., received 617,425 votes (50.2 percent) and will face Democrat Gael Tarleton with 549,124 (44.6 percent) in the general election. Attorney General Bob Ferguson, D., cruised home to a primary victory with 697,273 votes (56.6 percent) against Matt Larkin, R., with 289,292 votes (23.5 percent).

Luanne Van Werven, R., pulled in 19,701 votes (53.0 percent) against Blaine’s Alicia Rule, D., with 17,380 votes (46.8 percent) for state representative District 42, Pos. 1. Jennifer Sefzik, R., received 19,121 votes (51.5 percent) for the Pos. 2 seat, leading Sharon Shewmake, who received 17,934 votes (48.4 percent).

For more election results, go to bit.ly/2PrrPBx. The next vote count will be announced at 5 p.m. on August 5 and on subsequent days as ballots come into the election office.