ELECTION UPDATE

A second ballot count by the Mason County elections office on Wednesday afternoon saw no significant changes from Tuesday’s initial count.

Aside from a few minor percentage point shifts, no candidate leads changed from the initial count.

The closest race involves the Shelton City Council Position 5 race between Tom Gilmore and Mark Frazier. Gilmore leads 592 (51.08%) to 557 (48.06). There were 10 write-in votes. Gilmore led by 28 votes in the initial count.

Other close races include:

Shelton School Board Director District No. 2 where incumbent Lauren Gilmore leads challenger Andrew Wilford by 75 votes. Gilmore led by 143 votes in Tuesday’s initial count.

Pioneer School Board Position No. 3 where Robert Clark leads Jim Christie by 30 votes. Clark led by 13 votes in the initial count.

Through Wednesday’s count, 13,192 ballots have been counted – a turnout of 29.51%.

According to the Secretary of State’s election website for Mason County, approximately 1,750 ballots remain on hand to be counted. The next scheduled count is 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9.