New commissioners to join county board

Okanogan County’s close elections will end up seating two new commissioners in January, Chris Branch and Andy Hover.

The vote count posted Tuesday by the county auditor’s office showed Branch with 55.25 percent of the 16,361 votes, to incumbent Sheilah Kennedy’s 44.75 percent to take the District 1 seat.

Hover won with 51.68 percent of the vote to take the District 2 seat over Ashley Thrasher.