Primary voters pick two for Grand Coulee race

Unofficial results of the Aug. 3 primary election for Grand Coulee City Council position 1 were posted late Monday at results.vote.wa.gov.

Ben Hughes garnered 101 votes for 65.16%.

He will face Tracy Justice Wright in the November general election. Wright got 17.42% of the votes with 27.

Not far behind, Frank Jones garnered 22 votes.

Five ballots were cast for write-ins.

The next vote count and certification will take place Aug. 18.

Voter turnout countywide was 27.75% across 45 precincts and includes 8,823 ballots counted, leaving only 150 left to count.

That does not include ballots "that may continue to be received in the mail with a postmark on or before Election Day or ballots with signature issues that must be corrected before they can be counted," according to the posted results.