{"id":7644,"date":"2019-08-07T16:24:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T23:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=7644"},"modified":"2019-08-07T16:24:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T23:24:27","slug":"second-count-of-primary-election-returns-released-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/second-count-of-primary-election-returns-released-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Count of Primary Election Returns Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The second count of returns from the 2019 Primary Election for\ncandidates for four Yakima City Council seats were released this afternoon by\nthe Yakima County Auditor\u2019s office.&nbsp; Only\nthe top two vote getters in each race move on to the November 5<sup>th<\/sup> General\nElection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yakima County uses an all-mail-in voting system, so ballots\nthat are postmarked before midnight on August 6<sup>th<\/sup> will still be\nconsidered valid for the Primary Election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the race to replace Dulce Gutierrez in Yakima City\nCouncil District 1, Elliana Macias, has 46.34% (versus 42.86% after the first\ncount) Kenton Gartrell now has 43.77% of the vote (compared to 46.55% after\nlast night\u2019s first count), and Matthew Sagan has received 9.16% of the vote\n(compared to 9.61% last night).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In District 3, Patricia Byers continues to lead all\ncontenders with 42.66% (compared to 45.17% after the first count). Thomas Sund\nstands at 34.30% (versus 34.73% on election night) and Berenice Ponce has\nreceived 22.44% (up from 19.38% last night).&nbsp;\nThe District 3 seat is currently held by Carmen Mendez, who chose not to\nrun for reelection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The District 5 seat is currently held by Kathy Coffey, who\nalso is not running this time around. Soneya Lund continues to lead the District\n5 field with 37.07% of the vote (versus 37.54% after the first count) followed\nby Liz Hallock with 32.44% (compared to 31.51% last night) and Mark Collins\nwith 30.21% (slightly down from 30.74% on election night).&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holly Cousens, who is seeking reelection to the Council District 7 seat, leads her two opponents with 68.53% of the primary vote (Cousens had 68.36% of the vote after the first count).\u00a0 Sarah Towell has gotten 17.68% (down from 18.28% last night) and Tracey Bautista has so far received 13.00% (an increase from the 12.55% she had after the election night count. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional ballot counts will be conducted over the next few days.\u00a0 Ballot counts will continue periodically until all of the ballots that were received before the midnight August 6<sup>th<\/sup> deadline have been tabulated.\u00a0 The 2019 Primary Election will be certified on August 20<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2019-Primary-Election-Returns-Second-Count-News-Release.pdf\">2019-Primary-Election-Returns-Second-Count-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2019-Primary-Election-Returns-Second-Count-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second count of returns from the 2019 Primary Election for candidates for four Yakima City Council seats were released this afternoon by the Yakima County Auditor\u2019s office.&nbsp; Only the top two vote getters in each race move on to the November 5th General Election. 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