Adams County primary election results certified

RITZVILLE — Incumbent John Marshall will be challenged by Dan Blankenship in the race for Adams County commissioner, District 1, in the general election in November. Marshall and Blankenship received the highest number of votes in the primary election, which was certified Tuesday.

Blankenship finished the primary with 1,093 votes, or 56 percent, and Marshall received 462, or 24 percent. A third candidate, Glen Stockwell, received 375 votes, or 19 percent.

Jay Weise and Ken Johnson will advance to the general election in the race for Adams County commissioner, District 2. Weise received 486 votes, or 63 percent, and Johnson 269, or 35 percent, in the primary.

One of the two Washington House of Representatives seats in the Ninth District and the district’s Senate seat will be contested races. In both cases, two candidates were running and advance to the general election.

Incumbent Mary Dye finished well ahead of challenger Brett Borden in the primary for House of Representatives, Position No. 1. In Adams County, Dye received 2,861 votes, or 86 percent, to 446 votes, or 13 percent, for Borden. In the Ninth District as a whole, Dye received 29,082 votes, or 77 percent, and Borden received 7,889 votes, or 21 percent.

In the general election race for the Ninth District seat in the Washington Senate, Mark Schoesler, the incumbent, will be challenged by Jenn Goulet. Schoesler received 2,744 votes, or 79 percent, and Goulet received 702 votes, or 20 percent, in Adams County in the primary. In the Ninth District as a whole, Schoesler received 26,729 votes, or 67 percent, and Goulet 12,783, or 32 percent.