A count of 400 additional ballots received by mail Wednesday in Benton County brought no changes in the leaders for five Kennewick City Council seats.
The results improved incumbent Steve Young's lead over Christopher Smart from a margin of 597 votes to 652 votes. Young has 54 percent with 4,620 votes.
The count trimmed John Hubbard's lead over incumbent Tom Moak from a margin of 195 votes to 189 votes. Hubbard still has 51 percent at 4,698 votes.
Incumbent James Hempstead gained two more votes than Sharon Brown did, but still trails at 47.3 percent with 4,323 votes while Brown has 52.7 percent with 4,824 votes.
Incumbent Bob Parks has 57.8 percent with 5,267 votes while Candace Bluechel has 42.1 percent and 3,839 votes.
Don Britain added to his count with 5,631 votes, or 62 percent, while incumbent Margery Price has 3,440 votes and 38 percent.
There still are 1,100 ballots uncounted.
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Recent ballots show no big changes
Recent ballots show no big changes
A count of recently received ballots from last week's primary increased some candidates' leads and narrowed a few others but brought no changes in the lineup for the Nov. 8 general election.
Steve Young, Kennewick's Ward 3 councilman, still holds an easy two-to-one margin over the closest challenger, Loren Nichols, with 940 votes, for 62 percent.
Nichols, whose controversial stand against illegal immigration and call for Kennewick to be an English language-only city gave him media attention, earned nearly 26 percent, or 393 of the 1,523 ballots cast.
Paterson fire district race no longer a tie
Paterson fire district race no longer a tie
The challenger for Benton Fire District 6, Position 1, covering the Paterson area, edged ahead of the incumbent in Thursday's ballot count.
Richard Jackson and Steve McClintock were in a 50-vote tie since election night Tuesday. But more votes were counted Thursday, putting Jackson in the lead.
He has 64 votes, or 52 percent, to McClintock's 58 votes, or nearly 48 percent. The election will be certified Nov. 29.
RICHLAND SCHOOLS: Incumbents keep seats on board
RICHLAND SCHOOLS: Incumbents keep seats on board
Voters were standing by the incumbents in the Richland School Board race on Tuesday.
In the race for Position 3, incumbent Rick Donahoe received 5,624 votes, or about 55 percent, over Gordon Comfort’s 4,533.
For Position 4, incumbent Mary Guay had 5,218 votes, or nearly 52 percent, while Brian Barth received 4,877 votes.
3 irrigation district incumbents re-elected
3 irrigation district incumbents re-elected
Three irrigation district incumbents were re-elected Tuesday to three-year terms.
Unofficial results for the Kennewick Irrigation District showed David McKenzie, the current board president, with 780 votes. His challengers Kirk Higginson received 41 votes and Jim Wade had 40 votes.
The Columbia Irrigation District voting gave Division 4 incumbent Jim Gose 119 votes, defeating challenger Wayne Ehlers with 19 votes.
Kennewick City Council: Loren Nichols takes second
Kennewick City Council: Loren Nichols takes second
A political newcomer who campaigned on making illegal immigration a capital crime and having Kennewick declared an English language-only community will advance to the general election.
Loren Nichols will face Mayor Steve Young on Nov. 8 in the race for a seat on the Kennewick City Council based on unofficial results in Tuesday's primary.
All three incumbents on the Kennewick council received the most votes in their bids for re-election to new four-year terms.
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