Branch, Haven maintain leads in third unofficial count.

OKANOGN – With more than 80 percent of the registered voters counted the Okanogan County Chief Deputy Auditor/Certified Elections Administrator Jaime Groomes released the third unofficial count of Nov. 3 election results at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The results show both incumbent county commissioners, Chris Branch, Position 1, and Andy Hover, Position 2, still holding comfortable double-digit leads over their challengers. Branch leads opponent Shauna Beeman by 2,572 votes, 11,040 to 8,468, and Hover leads Katie Haven by 3,891 votes, 11,9226 to 8,035.
Winthrop’s Adrianne Moore trails incumbent Keith Goehner by more than 15,000 votes in the race for State Representative Position 1 in the 12th Legislative District but is preferred by Okanogan County voters with a margin of more than 200 votes. Douglas County voters prefer Goehner over Moore 13,271 to 6,688.
Statewide election results can be followed online at results.vote.wa.gov. Douglas County results can be followed at douglascountywa.net. Okanogan County results are available online at okanogancounty.org/auditor. A live link on the Okanogan County auditor’s website allows viewers to observe the election boards process.
Groomes will release the next update of Okanogan County results at 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13. The next Douglas County results will be poste at 4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12.